2001 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 2001 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 12.[1] The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative increase their majority on the council after winning 32 of the 51 seats on the council.[3] The Labour party won 12 seats to become the main opposition, while the Liberal Democrats dropped to 7 seats.[3]

Southend-on-Sea Local Election Result 2001[2][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 32 +7 62.7 46.9 84,705 -10.5%
  Labour 12 +7 23.5 27.9 50,487 +10.4%
  Liberal Democrats 7 -2 13.7 24.0 43,367 +1.0%
  Independent 0 0 0 0.7 1,288 +0.7%
  Green 0 0 0 0.5 906 +0.3%

Ward results
Belfairs (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Aylen 2,061
Conservative Julie Cushion 1,856
Conservative Margaret Evans 1,800
Liberal Democrats Christopher Charles 1,515
Liberal Democrats Michael Grimwade 1,510
Liberal Democrats Howard Gibeon 1,321
Labour Alan Francis 709
Labour Cheryl Nevin 679
Labour Jonathan Grindley 657
Turnout 12,108 63.0
Blenheim Park (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Longley 1,657
Liberal Democrats James Clinkscales 1,613
Liberal Democrats Brian Smith 1,559
Conservative David Angus 1,514
Conservative Margaret Longden 1,375
Conservative Peter Collins 1,372
Labour Matthew Doody 960
Labour Rosemary Merton 936
Labour Ernest Webb 840
Turnout 11,826 55.7
Chalkwell (3)[4]
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
Eastwood Park (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Walker 1,958
Conservative Roger Weaver 1,922
Conservative Andrew Moring 1,766
Liberal Democrats Norah Goodman 1,579
Liberal Democrats David Wells 1,244
Liberal Democrats Mervyn Howell 1,126
Labour John Felton 724
Labour Michael Doogan-Turner 714
Labour Joan Richards 635
Turnout 11,668 58.8
Kursaal (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis Garne 1,349
Labour Stephen George 1,303
Labour Judith McMahon 1,295
Conservative Graham John 958
Conservative Leslie Judd 860
Conservative Judith Smithson 838
Liberal Democrats Rose Day 435
Liberal Democrats Christine Read 421
Turnout 7,460 42.2
Leigh (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Crystall 1,685
Liberal Democrats Peter Wexham 1,656
Liberal Democrats Nigel Baker 1,564
Conservative Robin Carlile 1,459
Conservative Joyce Lambert 1,403
Conservative Jeanette Rowswell 1,369
Labour Vera Norman 801
Labour Kyle Campbell 710
Labour Colin Campbell 702
Turnout 11,349 59.2
Milton (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Davy 1,355
Conservative Jonathan Garston 1,344
Conservative Ann Robertson 1,310
Labour William Chesworth 1,285
Labour Lilias Felton 1,214
Labour Maureen Shaw 1,192
Liberal Democrats Amanda Spraggs 490
Liberal Democrats Richard Wiggins 466
Turnout 8,656 47.4
Prittlewell (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Price 1,702
Conservative Murray Foster 1,626
Conservative Anna Waite 1,509
Liberal Democrats John Adams 1,349
Liberal Democrats Steven Cox 1,277
Liberal Democrats Barry Godwin 1,223
Labour Margaret Borton 1,105
Labour Evelyn Tarff 992
Labour Bernard Chalk 936
Green Andrea Black 408
Turnout 12,127 58.1
St Laurence (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Gorham 1,576
Conservative Michael Dolby 1,561
Conservative Brian Houssart 1,492
Liberal Democrats Mary Betson 1,361
Liberal Democrats Carole Roast 1,269
Liberal Democrats Mary Lubel 1,245
Labour John Hellyer 1,006
Labour Colin Assen 958
Labour Paul White 907
Turnout 11,375 57.3
St Lukes (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald Copley 1,837
Labour Kevin Robinson 1,680
Labour Michael Royston 1,538
Conservative Ellen Hodgson 1,311
Conservative Melvyn Day 1,307
Conservative Michael Steptoe 1,263
Liberal Democrats Michael Clark 557
Liberal Democrats Marion Boulton 532
Green Adrian Hedges 498
Turnout 10,523 52.4
Shoeburyness (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Ascroft 1,877
Conservative Patricia Rayner 1,536
Labour Anne Chalk 1,485
Conservative Allan Cole 1,415
Labour George Saville 1,264
Labour Linda Cooke 1,148
Liberal Democrats Janet Porter 419
Liberal Democrats Granville Stride 347
Turnout 9,491 51.1
Southchurch (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Garston 2,462
Conservative Ann Holland 2,301
Conservative Brian Kelly 2,203
Labour Gary Farrer 1,003
Labour Ruth Jarvis 920
Labour Jean Haisman 878
Liberal Democrats Janet Davis 564
Liberal Democrats Michael Woolcott 475
Turnout 10,806 57.4
Thorpe (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sally Carr 2,893
Conservative Anthony Delaney 2,738
Conservative Daphne White 2,708
Labour Elsie Townsend 877
Labour John Townsend 794
Labour John Townsend 698
Liberal Democrats Timothy Ray 606
Liberal Democrats Linda Smith 583
Turnout 11,897 63.8
Victoria (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Dandridge 1,621
Labour David Norman 1,395
Labour Jane Norman 1,371
Conservative Paul Jones 1,039
Conservative Anthony Smithson 854
Conservative Ahmed Khwaja 753
Liberal Democrats Donna Collins 514
Liberal Democrats Paul Collins 489
Turnout 10,523 52.4
West Leigh (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Lamb 2,541
Conservative Howard Briggs 2,455
Conservative Gwendoline Horrigan 2,439
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Pilgrim 1,389
Liberal Democrats Albert Wren 1,365
Liberal Democrats Richard Collins 1,232
Labour Terence Adams 505
Labour Suzanne Gardner 498
Labour Christopher Elliott 474
Turnout 12,898 66.8
West Shoebury (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony North 2,328
Conservative Derek Jarvis 2,236
Conservative Verina Wilson 2,135
Labour John Jarvis 1,173
Labour John Hodgkins 1,146
Labour David Yallop 989
Liberal Democrats Colin Spraggs 550
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Goldsmith 466
Turnout 11,023
Westborough (3)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Sibley 1,164
Labour Marimuthu Velmurugan 990
Labour Teresa Merrison 928
Labour Charles Willis 846
Liberal Democrats Colin Ritchie 839
Liberal Democrats Stephen Newton 807
Conservative Mark Newman 796
Conservative David Nicklin 779
Conservative Kathleen Meager 695
Independent Mark Flewitt 672
Independent Martin Terry 616
Turnout 9,132 48.5

References
  1. "Southend-on-Sea". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  2. "The Local Elections of 7 June 2001" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 27 September 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  3. "Essex, Southend: Tories claim local victories". Echo. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  4. "Southend Borough Council: Borough Council Election" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
Preceded by
2000 Southend-on-Sea Council election		 Southend-on-Sea local elections Succeeded by
2002 Southend-on-Sea Council election
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