2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

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2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
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  2016 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) 2019  

17 out of 51 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout32.2%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  John Lamb (cropped).jpg Ian Gilbert (cropped).jpg
Ind
LeaderJohn LambIan Gilbertn/a
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Leader since25 May 2014Oct/Nov 2010n/a
Leader's seatWest LeighVictorian/a
Last election24 seats, 30.6%10 seats, 19.0%13 seats, 21.0%
Seats before28912
Seats won853
Seats after29119
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote15,65811,4128,269
Percentage37.0%27.0%19.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.4%Increase2.svg 8.0%Decrease2.svg 1.5%

 Fourth party
  Carole Mulroney (cropped).jpg
LeaderCarole Mulroney
Party Liberal Democrats
Leader sinceMay 2017
Leader's seat Leigh
Last election2 seats, %
Seats before2
Seats won1
Seats after2
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote5,357
Percentage12.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.3%

Southend UK local election 2018 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

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Leader before election

John Lamb
Conservative

Leader after election

John Lamb
Conservative

Elections to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Contents

Composition

Directly after the 2016 election the composition of the council was:

13102224
IndLabourLib DemUKIPConservative

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

129228
IndLabourLib DemConservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

119229
LabourIndLib DemConservative

Result Summary

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2018
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2921Increase2.svg 137.015,658Increase2.svg6.4
  Labour 1120Increase2.svg 227.011,412Increase2.svg8.0
  Independent 903Decrease2.svg 319.58,269Decrease2.svg1.5
  Liberal Democrats 200Steady2.svg12.75,357Increase2.svg2.3
  Green 000Steady2.svg2.81,184Decrease2.svg1.5
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.9390Decrease2.svg13.8
 Psychedelic Future000Steady2.svg0.042New

Ward results

Belfairs

Belfairs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Dear 1,329 50.4 Increase2.svg11.2
Independent Stephen McKiernan44516.3New
Labour Taylor Barral42316.0Increase2.svg5.5
Liberal Democrats Sarah Risbin1636.2Increase2.svg2.2
UKIP Frank Snell1555.9New
Green Nick Brown1214.6Increase2.svg0.6
Majority88434.1
Turnout 2,19135.2
Conservative hold Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (−41.6).

Blenheim Park

Blenheim Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laurie Burton 906 35.1 Increase2.svg10.5
Conservative Floyd Waterworth83532.4Increase2.svg0.8
Independent Keith Evans52720.4Increase2.svg15.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Grimwade2047.9Decrease2.svg6.1
UKIP Paul Lloyd1064.1Decrease2.svg17.9
Majority712.8
Turnout 2,57831.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.svg

No Green candidate as previous (−4.2).

Chalkwell

Chalkwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Folkard 981 40.8 Increase2.svg2.3
Independent Andy Crow61625.6Increase2.svg1.9
Labour Sean Jones53522.3Increase2.svg6.0
Liberal Democrats Jill Allen-King27211.3Increase2.svg6.0
Majority36515.2
Turnout 2,40432.7
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg0.2

No UKIP (−10.5) or Green (−5.8) candidates as previous.

Eastwood Park

Eastwood Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Moring 1,324 54.8 Increase2.svg12.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Collins78032.3Increase2.svg13.0
Labour Ros Sanders31112.9Increase2.svg3.7
Majority54422.5
Turnout 2,41532.2
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg

No UKIP (−26.8) or Green (−2.1) candidates as previous.

Kursaal

Kursaal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Dent 1,008 51.9 Increase2.svg9.8
Conservative Dave Clift47924.7Increase2.svg2.2
Liberal Democrats Howard Gibeon45623.5Increase2.svg19.0
Majority52927.2
Turnout 1,94324.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing Decrease2.svg

No UKIP (−19.0) or Green (−8.4) candidates as previous.

Leigh

Leigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carole Mulroney 1,077 39.6 Decrease2.svg9.5
Conservative Paul Gilson87932.4Increase2.svg8.6
Labour Michelle Williams58621.6Increase2.svg10.3
Green Jon Mullett1756.4Decrease2.svg0.8
Majority1987.3
Turnout 2,71735.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg

No UKIP candidate as previous (−8.5).

Milton

Milton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cheryl Nevin 1,305 50.7 Increase2.svg5.4
Conservative Garry Lowen83232.2Increase2.svg5.9
Independent Stephen Cummins1776.9Increase2.svg1.4
Green Vida Guilford1465.7Decrease2.svg0.6
Liberal Democrats Bob Howes1164.5Increase2.svg1.0
Majority47318.4
Turnout 2,57631.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg

No UKIP candidate as previous (−13.2).

Prittlewell

Prittlewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Buck 1,051 40.3 Increase2.svg10.2
Labour Jennifer Beck79430.5Increase2.svg3.5
Independent Tino Callaghan*43516.7New
Liberal Democrats Adam Hutchins1937.4Decrease2.svg2.7
Green Simon Cross1345.1Increase2.svg0.4
Majority2579.9
Turnout 2,60733.4
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Decrease2.svg

No UKIP (−18.8) or Independent (−9.3) candidates as previous.

Shoeburyness

Shoeburyness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nick Ward 1,332 49.1 Increase2.svg4.9
Conservative Val Jarvis84731.2Increase2.svg6.9
Labour Greg Keane47717.6Increase2.svg8.2
Liberal Democrats Granville Stride552.0Steady2.svg
Majority48517.9
Turnout 2,71128.5
Independent hold Swing Decrease2.svg

No UKIP (−12.3), Green (−2.3) or two Independent candidates (−29.0, −21.0) as previous.

Independent vote share change compared to 2014 election.

Southchurch

Southchurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Nelson 1,210 47.5 Increase2.svg12.4
Independent Derek Kenyon69627.3Decrease2.svg16.9
Labour Martin Berry47618.7Increase2.svg6.6
Green Jules Esposito1024.0Increase2.svg0.7
Liberal Democrats John Batch642.5Increase2.svg0.4
Majority51420.2
Turnout 2,54833.3
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Decrease2.svg

No Independent (−32.6) or UKIP (−14.9) candidates as previous.

St. Laurence

St. Laurence
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David McGlone 855 34.4 Decrease2.svg3.8
Independent David Allen77931.3New
Labour Janet Phillips43817.6Increase2.svg0.5
Liberal Democrats Kev Malone41616.7Increase2.svg6.6
Majority763.1
Turnout 2,48831.8
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg

No UKIP (−20.3) or Green (−3.0) candidates as previous.

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Trevor Harp 850 37.4 Increase2.svg0.4
Labour Ian Pope73032.1Increase2.svg11.2
Conservative Harry Mason49221.7Increase2.svg1.2
Green James Thomas873.8Decrease2.svg0.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Arnold703.1Increase2.svg1.7
Psychedelic Future Jason Pilley421.8New
Majority120
Turnout 27.7Decrease2.svg
Independent hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.4

No UKIP (−15.6) candidates as previous.

Thorpe

Thorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Martin Terry 1,871 58.6 Decrease2.svg11.0
Conservative James Moyies93529.3Increase2.svg13.3
Labour Jack Reason3059.6Increase2.svg3.4
Liberal Democrats James Clinkscales802.5Increase2.svg0.6
Majority93629.3
Turnout 3,19142.7
Independent hold Swing Decrease2.svg

No Independent (−63.1), UKIP (−10.0) or Green (−2.8) candidates as previous.

Independent vote share change compared to 2014 election.

Victoria

Victoria
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Borton 1,222 61.0 Increase2.svg6.3
Conservative John Harland49224.6Increase2.svg9.3
Green Clare Fletcher28814.4Increase2.svg7.9
Majority73036.5
Turnout 2,00225.3
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.5

No UKIP (−19.8) or Liberal Democrat (−3.7) candidates as previous.

West Leigh

West Leigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fay Evans 1,489 48.9 Increase2.svg4.3
Liberal Democrats Ashley Thompson1,04134.2Increase2.svg6.1
Labour Hilary Scarnell36715.0Increase2.svg6.4
UKIP Lesley Martin1294.2Decrease2.svg7.2
Majority44814.7
Turnout 3,04242.8
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.1

No Independent (−4.0) or Green (−3.3) candidates as previous.

West Shoebury

West Shoebury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Denis Garne 1,089 44.6 Increase2.svg8.6
Independent Peter Lovett79232.4Decrease2.svg1.7
Labour Tom Murray36715.0Increase2.svg4.8
Liberal Democrats David Barrett1958.0Increase2.svg5.6
Majority29712.2
Turnout 3,04232.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg

No UKIP (−15.3) or Green (−2.0) candidates as previous.

Westborough

Westborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Robinson 1,146 52.4 Increase2.svg18.5
Conservative Jack Warren53924.7Increase2.svg10.2
Independent Alan Hart1948.9Increase2.svg5.1
Liberal Democrats Billy Boulton1758.0Increase2.svg2.2
Green Paul Mansfield1316.0Decrease2.svg0.1
Majority60727.8
Turnout 2,18528.5
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg4.2

No Independent (−22.1) or UKIP (−12.9) candidates as previous.

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