The 1996 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.
| 1996 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 7 |  4 | 50.0 | 11 | 18 | 45.0 | 13,100 | 30.7 | –3.3 | |
| Labour | 5 | 2 | 35.7 | 6 | 11 | 27.5 | 14,907 | 34.9 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | 2 |  6 | 14.3 | 8 | 10 | 25.0 | 14,705 | 34.4 | +1.9 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | O. Shapiro | 1,773 | 43.4 | ||
| Conservative | H. Briggs | 1,773 | 43.4 | ||
| Labour | J. Grindley | 542 | 13.3 | ||
| Majority | 0.0 | ||||
| Turnout | 45.0 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | B. Smith | 1,586 | 41.0 | ||
| Labour | T. Merrison | 1,142 | 29.5 | ||
| Conservative | T. Ager | 1,137 | 29.4 | ||
| Majority | 11.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 41.6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | H. Lister-Smith | 1,444 | 44.0 | ||
| Conservative | J. Tobin | 1,416 | 43.1 | ||
| Labour | M. Humphrey | 425 | 12.9 | ||
| Majority | 0.9 | ||||
| Turnout | 33.8 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | R. Fisher | 1,556 | 41.7 | ||
| Conservative | R. Weaver | 1,350 | 36.2 | ||
| Labour | M. Flewitt | 823 | 22.1 | ||
| Majority | 5.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 34.8 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | A. Smulian | 1,574 | 47.9 | ||
| Conservative | J. Rowsell | 934 | 28.4 | ||
| Labour | P. Circus | 779 | 23.7 | ||
| Majority | 19.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 35.3 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | L. Felton | 1,271 | 54.7 | ||
| Conservative | R. Davy | 798 | 34.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | W. Petchey | 256 | 11.0 | ||
| Majority | 20.4 | ||||
| Turnout | 25.5 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | W. Elf | 1,626 | 56.0 | ||
| Conservative | B. Houssart | 744 | 25.6 | ||
| Labour | Z. Chaudhri | 533 | 18.4 | ||
| Majority | 30.4 | ||||
| Turnout | 31.6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | L. Wisken | 2,046 | 50.6 | ||
| Conservative | A. North | 1,594 | 39.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | S. Newton | 403 | 10.0 | ||
| Majority | 11.2 | ||||
| Turnout | 26.3 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Holland | 1,418 | 50.1 | ||
| Labour | D. Garne | 1,080 | 38.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | P. Craddock | 331 | 11.7 | ||
| Majority | 11.9 | ||||
| Turnout | 31.1 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Copley | 1,542 | 66.7 | ||
| Labour | J. Mapp | 1,323 | |||
| Conservative | C. Langlands | 503 | 21.7 | ||
| Conservative | D. Ayre | 481 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | R. Alexander | 268 | 11.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | J. Kaufman | 233 | |||
| Turnout | 27.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. Ayre | 1,688 | 58.6 | ||
| Labour | C. Smith | 748 | 25.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | A. Miller | 447 | 15.5 | ||
| Majority | 32.7 | ||||
| Turnout | 28.7 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Crisp | 1,788 | 70.6 | ||
| Conservative | M. Longden | 482 | 19.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | T. Ray | 261 | 10.2 | ||
| Majority | 51.6 | ||||
| Turnout | 26.5 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | H. Gibeon | 1,342 | 51.7 | ||
| Labour | M. Royston | 865 | 33.3 | ||
| Conservative | R. Brown | 387 | 14.9 | ||
| Majority | 18.4 | ||||
| Turnout | 29.8 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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