Chalkwell (Southend-on-Sea ward)

Chalkwell
Electoral ward for the Southend-on-Sea City Council
Chalkwell ward boundaries since 2001
District	Southend-on-Sea
County	Essex
Population	9,926 (2021) [1]
Major settlements	Chalkwell
Area	1.617 square kilometres (0.624 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1974
Number of members	3
Councillors	Stephen Habermel   Nigel Folkard   James Courtenay
ONS code	00KFMR [2]
GSS code	E05002214 [3]

Chalkwell is an electoral ward of Southend-on-Sea. The ward has existed since the creation of the district on 1 April 1974 and first used at the 1973 elections. The ward returns three councillors to Southend-on-Sea City Council. It was subject to boundary revisions in 1976 and 2001. The ward covers Chalkwell.

List of councillors

The ward has been represented by three councillors since the first election in 1973. ^{[4] [5]}

Term	Councillor	Party
1973–1984	N. Harris		Conservative
1973–1976	C. Jarman		Conservative
1973–1978	A. Mussett		Conservative
1976–1987	M. Collard		Conservative
1978–1979	T. Murphy		Conservative
1979–1986	A. Daniels		Conservative
1984–1996	J. Tobin		Conservative
1986–1990	J. Wade		Alliance
1987–1991	J. Hendry		Conservative
1990–2007	Charles Latham		Conservative
1991–1998	T. Holdcroft		Conservative
1996–1998	H. Lister-Smith		Liberal Democrats
1997–1999	E. Sullivan		Conservative
1998–2004	Lesley Salter		Conservative
1999–2014	Richard Brown		Conservative
2004–2016	Ian Robertson		Conservative
2007–present	Stephen Habermel		Conservative
2015–present	Nigel Folkard		Conservative
2016–2021	David Burzotta		Conservative
2021–present	James Courtenay		Conservative

Southend-on-Sea council elections since 2001

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Southend-on-Sea in 2001. ^[6] Chalkwell ward lost some territory to Leigh. All seats were up for election in 2001. ^[5] The subsequent election cycle for the first Chalkwell seat was 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. The cycle for the second seat was 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. The cycle for the third seat was 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021 and 2024.

2024 election

The election took place on 2 May 2024. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

2024 Southend-on-Sea City Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Courtenay	975	40.8	–6.7
	Labour	Mike O'Connor	868	36.3	+4.7
	Green	James Vessey-Miller	331	13.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hind	130	5.4	–2.4
	Confelicity	Roma Patel	73	3.05	±0.0
Majority			107	4.5	–11.4
Turnout			2,388	33.7	–0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.7

2023 election

The election took place on 4 May 2023. ^{[11] [8] [12] [13]}

2023 Southend-on-Sea City Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Habermel	1,147	47.5	+2.7
	Labour	David Carrington	762	31.6	+1.9
	Green	James Vessey-Miller	241	10.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hind	189	7.8	–4.3
	Confelicity	Linzi Arkus-Binder	75	3.1	+1.0
Majority			385	15.9	+0.8
Turnout			2,421	34.0
Registered electors			7,131
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

2022 election

The election took place on 4 May 2022. ^{[14] [8] [15] [16]}

2022 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Folkard	1,023	44.8	−2.7
	Labour	Joe Cresswell	678	29.7	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hind	275	12.1	+3.3
	Green	RJ Learmouth	168	7.4	−2.0
	Women's Equality	Emily Kent	91	4.0	−1.7
	Confelicity	Kevin Waller	47	2.1	N/A
Majority			345	15.1
Turnout			2,282
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

2021 election

The election took place on 6 May 2021. ^{[17] [8] [18] [19]}

2021 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Courtenay	1,219	47.5	+9.2
	Labour	Sorraiya Nawaz	732	28.5	+0.9
	Green	James Vessey-Miller	241	9.4	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hind	226	8.8	−3.9
	Women's Equality	Katie Cohen	147	5.7	+4.2
Majority			487	19.0	+8.3
Turnout			2,565	35.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

2019 election

The election took place on 2 May 2019. ^{[20] [8] [21]}

2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Habermel	974	38.3	–2.5
	Labour	Aston Line	703	27.6	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Allen-King	322	12.7	+1.4
	Independent	Andy Crow	306	12.0	–13.6
	Green	Nathaniel Love	200	7.9	New
	Women's Equality	Vinice Cowell	38	1.5	New
Majority			271	10.7	–4.5
Turnout			2,543	35.3	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.9

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. ^{[22] [8] [23]}

2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Folkard	981	40.8	2.3
	Independent	Andy Crow	616	25.6	1.9
	Labour	Sean Jones	535	22.3	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Allen-King	272	11.3	6.0
Majority			365	15.2	—
Turnout			2,404	32.7	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

2016 election

The election took place on 5 May 2016. ^{[24] [8] [25]}

2016 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Burzotta	817	38.5	−10.9
	Independent	Andy Crow	502	23.6	N/A
	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
Turnout				30.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015 election

The election took place on 7 May 2015. ^{[26] [8]}

2015 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Habermel	2,266	49.4
	Labour	Lars Davidsson	895	19.5
	Independent	Lucy Courtenay	737	16.1
	Green	Peter Walker	381	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jessie Skinner	304	6.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. ^[8]

2014 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Folkard	849	37.3	–4.4
	Independent	Lucy Courtenay	467	20.5	New
	UKIP	Leonard Stanley	403	17.7	New
	Labour	Lars Davidsson	397	17.5	–1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Davis	158	6.9	–0.6
Majority
Turnout			2,294	30.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

2012 election

The election took place on 3 May 2012. ^[8]

2012 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Robertson	799	41.7
	Independent	Nick Ward	490	25.6
	Labour	Lars Davidsson	366	19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Norah Goodman	143	7.5
	English Democrat	Jeremy Moss	117	6.1
Majority
Turnout			1,925	26.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011 election

The election took place on 5 May 2011. ^[8]

2011 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Habermel	1,256	47.3
	Independent	Lucy Courtenay	634	23.9
	Labour	Lars Davidsson	481	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Maguire	285	10.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010 election

The election took place on 6 May 2010. ^[8]

2010 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Brown	1,997	43.0	–13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Mallam	1,046	22.5	+6.1
	Independent	Lucy Courtenay	586	12.6	New
	Labour	Lars Davidsson	553	11.9	–1.9
	UKIP	Keith McLaren	193	4.2	–2.8
	Green	Michael Woodgate	153	3.3	New
	BNP	David Newman	118	2.5	–3.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

2008 election

The election took place on 1 May 2008. ^[8]

2008 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Robertson	1,257	56.8	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Mallam	363	16.4	−0.1
	Labour	Lars Davidsson	306	13.8	+2.1
	UKIP	Toni Thornes	154	7.0	−3.0
	BNP	James Haggar	132	6.0	+6.0
Majority			894	40.4	+2.5
Turnout			2,212	32.1	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007 election

The election took place on 3 May 2007. ^[8]

2007 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Hebermel	1,179	54.4	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Mallam	357	16.5	−11.4
	Labour	Joan Richards	254	11.7	−4.0
	UKIP	Toni Thornes	217	10.0	+10.0
	Green	Michael Woodgate	162	7.5	+7.5
Majority			822	37.9	+9.4
Turnout			2,169	29.6	−3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006. ^[8]

2006 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Brown	1,309	56.4	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Adams	648	27.9	+5.4
	Labour	John Aitkin	365	15.7	+2.9
Majority			661	28.5	−5.5
Turnout			2,322	32.6	−2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005 by-election

The by-election took place on 5 May 2005.

2005 Chalkwell by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Carlile	1,870	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Vincent	1,146	27.4
	Labour	Lydia Sookias	772	18.4
	UKIP	Leonard Lierens	219	5.2
	Independent	John Bacon	179	4.3
Majority			724	17.3
Turnout			4,186	57.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2004 election

The election took place on 10 June 2004. ^[8]

2004 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Robertson	1,434	56.4	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Coyle	571	22.5	−0.9
	Labour	Lydia Sookias	325	12.8	−1.5
	English Democrat	Jeremy Moss	211	8.3	+8.3
Majority			863	34.0	−4.8
Turnout			2,541	35.4	+9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2003 election

The election took place on 1 May 2003. ^[8]

2003 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Latham	1,155	62.2	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Gage	435	23.4	+4.8
	Labour	Lydia Sookias	266	14.3	+0.5
Majority			720	38.8	−2.4
Turnout			1,856	25.9	−1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. ^[8]

2002 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Brown	1,217	59.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Alexander	379	18.6
	Labour	Lydia Sookias	280	13.8
	Independent	Donald Weedon	160	7.9
Majority			838	41.2
Turnout			2,036	27.8	−25.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

2001 election

The election took place on 7 June 2001. ^[27]

2001 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Salter	1,950
	Conservative	Charles Latham	1,875
	Conservative	Richard Brown	1,830
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Fisher	1,067
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Alexander	1,022
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Holliday	815
	Labour	Joyce Mapp	708
	Labour	Lydia Sookias	602
	Labour	Sylvia Sookias	510
Turnout			10,379	52.9
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1997–2001 Southend-on-Sea council elections

Chalkwell ward boundaries from 1976 to 2001

The electoral cycle was restarted on 1 May 1997 without change of ward boundaries, to coincide with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council becoming a unitary authority on 1 April 1998. All seats were up for election in 1997. ^[5]

2000 election

The election took place on 4 May 2000.

2000 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Salter	1,633	60.0	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Fisher	623	22.9	−5.9
	Labour	Ruth Jarvis	285	10.5	−6.3
	UKIP	David Cooper-Walker	179	6.6	+6.6
Majority			1,010	37.1	+11.4
Turnout			2,720	28.3	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

1999 election

The election took place on 6 May 1999.

1999 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Brown	1,450	54.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Miller	766	28.8
	Labour	Philip Hannan	448	16.8
Majority			684	25.7
Turnout			2,664	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

1998 by-election

The by-election took place on 19 February 1998.

1998 Chalkwell by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Salter	1,353	48.1	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats		1,283	45.6	+11.6
	Labour		176	6.3	−7.5
Majority			70	2.5
Turnout			2,812	29.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

1997 election

The election took place on 1 May 1997.

1997 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Latham	2,400	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	B. Lister-Smith	2,368	34.0
	Conservative	E. Sullivan	2,151
	Conservative	B. Trevelyan	2,149
	Liberal Democrats	D. Durant	2,050
	Liberal Democrats	A. Miller	1,812
	Ind. Conservative	J. Tobin	1,233	17.7
	Labour	D. Homer	959	13.8
	Labour	M. Humphrey	957
	Labour	N. Waymark	784
Turnout				64.7
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

1976–1997 Southend-on-Sea council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Southend-on-Sea in 1976. ^[4]

1996 election

The election took place on 2 May 1996.

1996 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

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

1995 election

The election took place on 4 May 1995.

1995 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Holdcroft	1,498	42.3
	Liberal Democrats	H. Lister-Smith	1,454	41.0
	Labour	J. Mapp	592	16.7
Majority				1.3
Turnout				36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.

1994 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Latham	1,686	45.1
	Liberal Democrats	H. Lister-Smith	1,568	42.0
	Labour	J. Mapp	481	12.9
Majority				3.1
Turnout				40.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1992 election

The election took place on 7 May 1992.

1992 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Tobin	2,128	64.1
	Liberal Democrats	H. Lister-Smith	941	28.4
	Labour	J. Mapp	249	7.5
Majority				35.7
Turnout				36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

1991 election

The election took place on 2 May 1991.

1991 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election: Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Holdcroft	2,051	54.4
	Liberal Democrats	J. Wade	1,228	32.6
	Labour	J. Mapp	399	10.6
	Liberal	G. Wilkinson	94	2.5
Majority				21.8
Turnout				41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

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