2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

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.

2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)
17 out of 51 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout32.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Ind
Leader John Lamb Ian Gilbert n/a
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Leader since 25 May 2014 Oct/Nov 2010 n/a
Leader's seat West Leigh Victoria n/a
Last election 24 seats, 30.6% 10 seats, 19.0% 13 seats, 21.0%
Seats before 28 9 12
Seats won 8 5 3
Seats after 29 11 9
Seat change Increase 5 Increase 1 Decrease 4
Popular vote 15,658 11,412 8,269
Percentage 37.0% 27.0% 19.5%
Swing Increase 6.4% Increase 8.0% Decrease 1.5%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Carole Mulroney
Party Liberal Democrats
Leader since May 2017
Leader's seat Leigh
Last election 2 seats, %
Seats before 2
Seats won 1
Seats after 2
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 5,357
Percentage 12.7%
Swing Increase 2.3%
Map showing the results of the 2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Leader before election

John Lamb
Conservative

 Leader after election

John Lamb
Conservative

Composition

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

↓
13 10 2 2 24
Ind Labour Lib Dem UKIP Conservative

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
12 9 2 28
Ind Labour Lib Dem Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
11 9 2 29
Labour Ind Lib Dem Conservative

Result Summary
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2018
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 29 2 1 Increase 1 37.0 15,658 Increase6.4
  Labour 11 2 0 Increase 2 27.0 11,412 Increase8.0
  Independent 9 0 3 Decrease 3 19.5 8,269 Decrease1.5
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 0 Steady 12.7 5,357 Increase2.3
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 2.8 1,184 Decrease1.5
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.9 390 Decrease13.8
  Psychedelic Future 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 42 New

Ward results

Belfairs
Belfairs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Dear 1,329 50.4 Increase11.2
Independent Stephen McKiernan 445 16.3 New
Labour Taylor Barral 423 16.0 Increase5.5
Liberal Democrats Sarah Risbin 163 6.2 Increase2.2
UKIP Frank Snell 155 5.9 New
Green Nick Brown 121 4.6 Increase0.6
Majority 884 34.1 —
Turnout 2,191 35.2 —
Conservative hold Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (−41.6).

Blenheim Park
Blenheim Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laurie Burton 906 35.1 Increase10.5
Conservative Floyd Waterworth 835 32.4 Increase0.8
Independent Keith Evans 527 20.4 Increase15.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Grimwade 204 7.9 Decrease6.1
UKIP Paul Lloyd 106 4.1 Decrease17.9
Majority 71 2.8 —
Turnout 2,578 31.9 —
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease

No Green candidate as previous (−4.2).

Chalkwell
Chalkwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Folkard 981 40.8 Increase2.3
Independent Andy Crow 616 25.6 Increase1.9
Labour Sean Jones 535 22.3 Increase6.0
Liberal Democrats Jill Allen-King 272 11.3 Increase6.0
Majority 365 15.2 —
Turnout 2,404 32.7 —
Conservative hold Swing Increase0.2

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

Eastwood Park
Eastwood Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Moring 1,324 54.8 Increase12.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Collins 780 32.3 Increase13.0
Labour Ros Sanders 311 12.9 Increase3.7
Majority 544 22.5 —
Turnout 2,415 32.2 —
Conservative hold Swing Decrease

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

Kursaal
Kursaal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Dent 1,008 51.9 Increase9.8
Conservative Dave Clift 479 24.7 Increase2.2
Liberal Democrats Howard Gibeon 456 23.5 Increase19.0
Majority 529 27.2 —
Turnout 1,943 24.4 —
Labour gain from Independent Swing Decrease

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

Leigh
Leigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Carole Mulroney 1,077 39.6 Decrease9.5
Conservative Paul Gilson 879 32.4 Increase8.6
Labour Michelle Williams 586 21.6 Increase10.3
Green Jon Mullett 175 6.4 Decrease0.8
Majority 198 7.3 —
Turnout 2,717 35.8 —
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease

No UKIP candidate as previous (−8.5).

Milton
Milton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cheryl Nevin 1,305 50.7 Increase5.4
Conservative Garry Lowen 832 32.2 Increase5.9
Independent Stephen Cummins 177 6.9 Increase1.4
Green Vida Guilford 146 5.7 Decrease0.6
Liberal Democrats Bob Howes 116 4.5 Increase1.0
Majority 473 18.4 —
Turnout 2,576 31.5 —
Labour hold Swing Decrease

No UKIP candidate as previous (−13.2).

Prittlewell
Prittlewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Buck 1,051 40.3 Increase10.2
Labour Jennifer Beck 794 30.5 Increase3.5
Independent Tino Callaghan* 435 16.7 New
Liberal Democrats Adam Hutchins 193 7.4 Decrease2.7
Green Simon Cross 134 5.1 Increase0.4
Majority 257 9.9 —
Turnout 2,607 33.4 —
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Decrease

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

Shoeburyness
Shoeburyness
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nick Ward 1,332 49.1 Increase4.9
Conservative Val Jarvis 847 31.2 Increase6.9
Labour Greg Keane 477 17.6 Increase8.2
Liberal Democrats Granville Stride 55 2.0 Steady
Majority 485 17.9 —
Turnout 2,711 28.5 —
Independent hold Swing Decrease

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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Nelson 1,210 47.5 Increase12.4
Independent Derek Kenyon 696 27.3 Decrease16.9
Labour Martin Berry 476 18.7 Increase6.6
Green Jules Esposito 102 4.0 Increase0.7
Liberal Democrats John Batch 64 2.5 Increase0.4
Majority 514 20.2 —
Turnout 2,548 33.3 —
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Decrease

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

St. Laurence
St. Laurence
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David McGlone 855 34.4 Decrease3.8
Independent David Allen 779 31.3 New
Labour Janet Phillips 438 17.6 Increase0.5
Liberal Democrats Kev Malone 416 16.7 Increase6.6
Majority 76 3.1 —
Turnout 2,488 31.8 —
Conservative hold Swing Decrease

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

St. Luke's
St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Trevor Harp 850 37.4 Increase0.4
Labour Ian Pope 730 32.1 Increase11.2
Conservative Harry Mason 492 21.7 Increase1.2
Green James Thomas 87 3.8 Decrease0.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Arnold 70 3.1 Increase1.7
Psychedelic Future Jason Pilley 42 1.8 New
Majority 120
Turnout 27.7 Decrease
Independent hold Swing Decrease5.4

No UKIP (−15.6) candidates as previous.

Thorpe
Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Martin Terry 1,871 58.6 Decrease11.0
Conservative James Moyies 935 29.3 Increase13.3
Labour Jack Reason 305 9.6 Increase3.4
Liberal Democrats James Clinkscales 80 2.5 Increase0.6
Majority 936 29.3 —
Turnout 3,191 42.7 —
Independent hold Swing Decrease

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

Independent vote share change compared to 2014 election.

Victoria
Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Borton 1,222 61.0 Increase6.3
Conservative John Harland 492 24.6 Increase9.3
Green Clare Fletcher 288 14.4 Increase7.9
Majority 730 36.5 —
Turnout 2,002 25.3 —
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.5

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

West Leigh
West Leigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fay Evans 1,489 48.9 Increase4.3
Liberal Democrats Ashley Thompson 1,041 34.2 Increase6.1
Labour Hilary Scarnell 367 15.0 Increase6.4
UKIP Lesley Martin 129 4.2 Decrease7.2
Majority 448 14.7 —
Turnout 3,042 42.8 —
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.1

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

West Shoebury
West Shoebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Denis Garne 1,089 44.6 Increase8.6
Independent Peter Lovett 792 32.4 Decrease1.7
Labour Tom Murray 367 15.0 Increase4.8
Liberal Democrats David Barrett 195 8.0 Increase5.6
Majority 297 12.2 —
Turnout 3,042 32.7 —
Conservative hold Swing Decrease

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

Westborough
Westborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Robinson 1,146 52.4 Increase18.5
Conservative Jack Warren 539 24.7 Increase10.2
Independent Alan Hart 194 8.9 Increase5.1
Liberal Democrats Billy Boulton 175 8.0 Increase2.2
Green Paul Mansfield 131 6.0 Decrease0.1
Majority 607 27.8 —
Turnout 2,185 28.5 —
Labour hold Swing Increase4.2

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

References
  • "Election Results 2018". Southend-on-Sea City Council. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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