2016 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

2016 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

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17 out of 51 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.9%
First party Second party Third party   Ind Leader John Lamb n/a Ian Gilbert Party Conservative Independent Labour Leader since 25 May 2014 n/a Oct/Nov 2010 Leader's seat West Leigh n/a Victoria Last election 22 seats, 39.3% 11 seats, 14.3% 9 seats, 19.2% Seats before 22 14 9 Seats won 8 4 4 Seats after 24 13 10 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 11,383 7,796 7,080 Percentage 30.6% 21.0% 19.0% Swing 9.1% 6.6% 0.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Floyd Waterworth Graham Longley Party UKIP Liberal Democrats Leader since May 2015 Leader's seat Blenheim Park Blenheim Park (retired) Last election 5 seats, 10.2% 4 seats, 10.0% Seats before 2 4 Seats won 0 1 Seats after 2 2 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 5,472 3,883 Percentage 14.7% 10.4% Swing 3.7% 0.4%
Leader before election Ron Woodley Independent No overall control Leader after election John Lamb Conservative No overall control

The 2016 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. ^[2]

Result Summary

Prior to the election, three UKIP councillors left the UKIP group to sit as the Southend Independence Group. They are shown in the table as Independents.

2016 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8	2	47.1	16	24	49.0	11,383	30.6	–9.1
	Independent	4	1	23.5	9	13	21.6	7,796	21.0	+6.6
	Labour	4	1	23.5	6	10	21.6	7,080	19.0	–0.1
	UKIP	0		0.0	2	2	3.9	5,472	14.7	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	1	2	5.9	1	2	3.9	3,883	10.4	+0.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,598	4.3	–3.0

Ward results

Belfairs

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Aylen*	1,051	41.6	+32.0
	Conservative	Alan Dear	990	39.2	−3.4
	Labour	Dave Alston	264	10.5	−1.9
	Green	Nick Brown	117	4.6	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Herbert	102	4.0	−3.9
Majority			61	2.4	N/A
Turnout			2,524	34.2	+1.0
	Independent hold		Swing	17.7

Blenheim Park

Blenheim Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Boyd	715	31.6	−6.2
	Labour	Matt Dent	555	24.6	+6.0
	UKIP	Roger Weaver	474	21.0	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Allen-King	317	14.0	−0.3
	Independent	Colin Ritchie	105	4.7	N/A
	Green	Jules Esposito	94	4.2	−3.4
Majority			160	7.1	–8.3
Turnout			2,260	29.0	–35.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	6.1

Chalkwell

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Burzotta	817	38.5	−11.0
	Independent	Andy Crow	502	23.6	+7.5
	Labour	Taylor Barrall	347	16.3	−3.2
	UKIP	Paul Lloyd	223	10.5	N/A
	Green	Mark Meatcher	124	5.8	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Davis	112	5.3	−1.3
Majority			315	14.9	–15.0
Turnout			2,125	30.1	–34.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.3

Eastwood Park

Eastwood Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Walker*	1,022	42.5	−15.4
	UKIP	Verina Weaver	644	26.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Collins	464	19.3	±0.0
	Labour	Sean Jones	222	9.2	−5.6
	Green	Fiddian Warman	50	2.1	−6.0
Majority			378	15.7	–22.9
Turnout			2,402	32.5	–33.8
	Conservative hold

Kursaal

Kursaal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen McDonald	709	42.1	+5.6
	UKIP	Gordon Bailey-Smith	379	22.5	−1.5
	Conservative	Simon Gittus	378	22.5	−2.9
	Green	Liz Swanson	141	8.4	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Collins	75	4.5	−0.1
Majority			330	19.6	+8.5
Turnout			1,682	21.7	–26.6
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Leigh

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wexham	1,185	49.1	+17.1
	Conservative	John Hodge	574	23.8	−17.7
	Labour	Matt Zarb-Cousin	272	11.3	−3.7
	UKIP	Ted Preedy	206	8.5	N/A
	Green	Jon Mullett	174	7.2	−4.3
Majority			611	25.3	N/A
Turnout			2,411	32.6	–36.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	17.4

Milton

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Ware-Lane*	1,020	45.3	+7.5
	Conservative	Daniel Nelson	593	26.3	−12.7
	UKIP	Jo Googe	297	13.2	N/A
	Green	Stephen Bartram	142	6.3	−4.6
	Independent	Stephen Cummins	124	5.5	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Howes	78	3.5	+2.1
Majority			427	19.0	N/A
Turnout			2,254	30.5	–27.4
	Labour hold		Swing	10.1

Prittlewell

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Garston*	758	30.1	−16.2
	Labour	Mike Fieldhouse	680	27.0	+7.6
	UKIP	Bob Gage	473	18.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Betson*	253	10.1	−0.7
	Independent	Paul Ryder	233	9.3	−5.4
	Green	Abbie-Jade Sutherland	118	4.7	−4.1
Majority			78	3.1	–23.8
Turnout			2,515	32.8	–32.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	11.9

Shoeburyness

Shoeburyness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Assenheim*	728	29.0	N/A
	Conservative	Sue Abrahams	607	24.1	−14.7
	Independent	Anne Chalk	527	21.0	−13.8
	UKIP	Edward McNally	309	12.3	N/A
	Labour	Maggie Kelly	236	9.4	−8.7
	Green	Nigel Outten	57	2.3	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Barrett	50	2.0	−0.7
Majority			121	4.9	N/A
Turnout			2,514	29.5	–30.4
	Independent hold

Southchurch

Southchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Bright	861	35.1	−3.5
	Independent	Keith Sharman	800	32.6	+9.6
	UKIP	Barrie Page	367	14.9	−1.9
	Labour	Ros Sanders	296	12.1	−2.7
	Green	Paul Hill	80	3.3	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Juliet Thompson	52	2.1	−0.4
Majority			61	2.5	–13.1
Turnout			2,456	32.9	–31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.6

St. Laurence

St. Laurence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Flewitt*	824	38.2	+0.9
	UKIP	Viv White	437	20.3	−6.8
	Labour	Reg Copley	370	17.1	+2.5
	Independent	Kat Woodley	245	11.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Thompson	218	10.1	−2.4
	Green	Tanya Rayment	64	3.0	−2.5
Majority			387	17.9	N/A
Turnout			2,158	29.0	–32.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.9

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Ayling*	838	37.0	+4.4
	Labour	Donna Richardson	473	20.9	+3.5
	Conservative	Del Thomas	464	20.5	−0.4
	UKIP	David Stansfield	352	15.6	−2.2
	Green	Jason Pilley	104	4.6	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tomasz Lachowicz	31	1.4	−1.6
Majority			365	16.1	+4.4
Turnout			2,262	28.3	–30.4
	Independent hold		Swing	0.5

Thorpe

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Stafford*	1,873	63.1	+3.3
	Conservative	Jon Bacon	475	16.0	−10.3
	UKIP	Clive Cowan	297	10.0	N/A
	Labour	Rod Birks	184	6.2	–1.1
	Green	Jo Bates	83	2.8	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Clinkscales	56	1.9	−0.5
Majority			1,398	47.1	+13.6
Turnout			2,968	40.0	–32.5
	Independent hold		Swing	6.8

Victoria

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Gilbert*	987	54.7	+14.0
	UKIP	Peter Breuer	357	19.8	−2.7
	Conservative	Dennis Garne	276	15.3	−8.2
	Green	Ian Hurd	117	6.5	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Collins	66	3.7	−0.5
Majority			630	34.9	+17.7
Turnout			1,803	25.0	–25.3
	Labour hold		Swing	8.4

West Leigh

West Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb*	1,219	44.6	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Bailey	769	28.1	+8.5
	UKIP	Lesley Martin	313	11.4	−2.6
	Labour	Ian Pope	235	8.6	−1.0
	Independent	Gabriella Terry	108	4.0	N/A
	Green	Sarah Yapp	89	3.3	−1.5
Majority			450	16.5	–16.0
Turnout			2,733	38.7	–39.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.0

West Shoebury

West Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Jarvis*	810	36.0	−2.0
	Independent	Peter Lovett	767	34.1	N/A
	UKIP	Lenny Lierens	344	15.3	−6.1
	Labour	Joseph Saunders	230	10.2	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Roast	55	2.4	−2.3
	Green	Stephen Jordan	44	2.0	−4.8
Majority			43	1.9	N/A
Turnout			2,250	30.8	–33.2
	Conservative hold

Westborough

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Jones	693	33.9	+0.6
	Independent	Dr Vel*	451	22.1	+8.5
	Conservative	Daryl Peagram	317	15.5	−13.9
	UKIP	Frank Snell	263	12.9	N/A
	Green	Paul Mansfield	124	6.1	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Austin	119	5.8	−2.2
	Independent	Alan Hart	77	3.8	−0.3
Majority			242	11.8	+7.9
Turnout			2,044	27.6	–28.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	4.0

References

1. "2016 Borough Council Election". southend.gov.uk. Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
2. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.