1994 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

1994 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

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13 out of 39 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats won 4 6 Seats after 17 14 Seat change 5 4 Popular vote 17,376 19,563 Percentage 35.2% 39.6% Swing 18.6% 12.7%   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Ind. Conservative Seats won 3 0 Seats after 7 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 12,138 did not stand Percentage 24.6% did not stand Swing 9.9% N/A
Winner of each seat at the 1994 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No overall control

The 1994 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Summary

Election result

1994 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election [1]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	4	5	30.8	14	17	48.7	17,376	35.2	–18.6
	Liberal Democrats	6	4	46.2	8	14	30.8	19,563	39.6	+12.7
	Labour	3	1	23.1	4	7	17.9	12,138	24.6	+9.9
	Ind. Conservative	0		0.0	1	1	2.6	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	340	0.7	–0.7

Ward results

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Belfairs

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Petchey	2,121	47.1	+16.4
	Conservative	G. Horrigan	1,945	43.2	–19.6
	Labour	J. Grindley	435	9.7	+5.0
Majority			176	3.9	N/A
Turnout			4,501	51.2	+4.6
Registered electors			8,785
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	18.0

Blenheim

Blenheim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Longley	2,399	57.6	+13.5
	Conservative	P. Longden	1,181	28.4	–19.9
	Labour	R. Merton	585	14.0	+8.1
Majority			1,218	29.2	N/A
Turnout			4,165	46.5	+4.4
Registered electors			8,962
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	16.7

Chalkwell

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Latham*	1,686	45.1	–19.0
	Liberal Democrats	H. Lister-Smith	1,568	42.0	+13.6
	Labour	J. Mapp	481	12.9	+5.4
Majority			118	3.1	–32.6
Turnout			3,735	40.6	+4.4
Registered electors			9,192
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.3

Eastwood

Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	N. Goodman	2,384	49.4	+15.8
	Conservative	H. Briggs*	1,809	37.5	–23.4
	Labour	M. Pether-Longman	551	11.4	+7.2
	Liberal	T. French	83	1.7	+0.5
Majority			575	11.9	N/A
Turnout			4,827	46.4	+6.3
Registered electors			10,403
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	19.6

Leigh

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Crystall	2,408	57.9	+9.9
	Conservative	B. Isaacs*	1,314	31.6	–13.6
	Labour	P. Circus	435	10.5	+5.3
Majority			1,094	26.3	+23.5
Turnout			4,157	47.0	+0.9
Registered electors			8,839
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	11.2

Milton

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Lee	1,232	42.9	+21.3
	Conservative	K. Cater*	1,102	38.4	–20.1
	Liberal Democrats	W. Petchey	535	18.6	–0.1
Majority			130	4.5	N/A
Turnout			2,869	35.3	+3.6
Registered electors			8,131
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	20.7

Prittlewell

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Miller	2,369	60.8	+15.3
	Conservative	R. Brown	943	24.2	–19.8
	Labour	D. Garne	585	15.0	+6.7
Majority			1,426	36.6	+35.1
Turnout			3,897	44.1	+7.1
Registered electors			8,831
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	17.6

Shoebury

Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Ascroft*	2,082	41.4	–7.6
	Labour	I. Pope	1,944	38.7	+23.1
	Liberal Democrats	E. Erlick	1,002	19.9	+16.3
Majority			138	2.7	–15.4
Turnout			5,028	35.4	+1.7
Registered electors			14,213
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.4

Southchurch

Southchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Haine*	1,578	45.4	–25.0
	Labour	W. McIntyre	1,104	31.8	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Miller	538	15.5	+8.2
	Liberal	V. Wilkinson	257	7.4	+4.0
Majority			474	13.6	–37.9
Turnout			3,477	39.1	+7.5
Registered electors			8,900
	Conservative hold		Swing	19.0

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Smith	1,573	54.6	+7.1
	Conservative	A. Holland	715	24.8	–17.2
	Liberal Democrats	R. McMullan	591	20.5	+10.0
Majority			858	29.8	+24.3
Turnout			2,879	35.3	+3.8
Registered electors			8,162
	Labour hold		Swing	12.2

Thorpe

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. White	1,788	49.5	–24.1
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hooton	1,122	31.1	+17.3
	Labour	C. Smith	703	19.5	+9.5
Majority			666	18.4	–41.4
Turnout			3,613	37.5	+3.2
Registered electors			9,646
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.7

Victoria

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Dandridge	1,866	61.3	+7.4
	Conservative	R. Davy	673	22.1	–14.8
	Liberal Democrats	G. Stride	507	16.6	+7.4
Majority			1,193	39.2	+22.2
Turnout			3,046	33.7	+1.0
Registered electors			9,040
	Labour hold		Swing	11.1

Westborough

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Sibley	2,019	62.6	+18.8
	Labour	M. Royston	644	20.0	+9.0
	Conservative	J. Lambert	560	17.4	–25.3
Majority			1,375	42.6	+41.5
Turnout			3,223	38.2	+3.1
Registered electors			8,432
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.9

References

1. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 9 September 2025.
2. "Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Election Results 1973-1996" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2018.