1991 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 1991 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Results summary

1991 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	6	1	46.2	18	24	61.5	20,421	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	4	3	30.8	5	9	23.1	15,640	30.0
	Labour	2	1	15.4	3	5	12.8	9,926	19.1
	Ind. Conservative	1	1	7.7	0	1	2.6	2,386	4.6
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,297	2.5
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,270	2.4
	Residents	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,141	2.2

Ward results

Belfairs

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Du Bois	2,141	46.3
	Liberal Democrats	D. Evans	2,103	45.5
	Labour	N. Boorman	312	6.7
	Liberal	A. Farmer	67	1.4
Majority				0.8
Turnout				52.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Blenheim

Blenheim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Mallam	1,823	40.7
	Conservative	G. Littler	1,759	39.3
	Labour	B. Thurston	447	10.0
	Independent	V. Jobson	235	5.3
	Liberal	V. Wilkinson	212	4.7
Majority				1.4
Turnout				48.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chalkwell

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

Eastwood

Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Ager	2,526	52.2
	Liberal Democrats	G. Longley	1,878	38.8
	Labour	Z. Chaudhri	340	7.0
	Liberal	L. Farmer	98	2.0
Majority				13.4
Turnout				45.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Leigh

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Wexham	2,269	49.3
	Conservative	M. Reynolds	1,880	40.9
	Labour	P. Circus	329	7.2
	Liberal	K. Izard	120	2.6
Majority				8.4
Turnout				51.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milton

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Carlile	1,403	50.3
	Labour	K. Lee	826	29.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Kaufman	244	8.7
	Independent	J. Adams	166	6.0
	Liberal	T. Marshall	150	5.4
Majority				20.7
Turnout				37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prittlewell

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Armitage	1,916	46.8
	Conservative	S. Diggins	1,616	39.5
	Labour	D. Garne	563	13.7
Majority				7.3
Turnout				43.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shoebury

Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	A. Cole	2,386	44.8
	Labour	A. Chalk	1,279	24.0
	Residents	R. Hadley	1,141	21.4
	Independent	J. Hendry	201	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	G. Stride	183	3.4
	Liberal	M. Blain	134	2.5
Majority				20.8
Turnout				40.4
	Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing

Southchurch

Southchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Garston	2,034	54.1
	Labour	W. McIntyre	977	26.0
	Liberal Democrats	R. More	410	10.9
	Independent	J. Foster	221	5.9
	Liberal	I. Farmer	120	3.2
Majority				28.1
Turnout				41.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Burstin	1,536	44.2
	Liberal Democrats	H. Gibeon	1,022	29.4
	Conservative	G. Woolf	845	24.3
	Liberal	T. French	75	2.2
Majority				14.8
Turnout				43.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Thorpe

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Carr	2,356	61.4
	Labour	G. Farrer	593	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	W. Petchey	384	10.0
	Independent	D. Markscheffel	278	7.2
	Liberal	S. Marshall	227	5.9
Majority				45.9
Turnout				39.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Dunn	1,809	54.6
	Conservative	O. Byrne	1,032	31.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. Miller	304	9.2
	Independent	C. Rogers	169	5.1
Majority				23.5
Turnout				37.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Westborough

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Cossey	1,876	59.2
	Conservative	R. Brown	778	24.6
	Labour	K. Stone	513	16.2
Majority				34.6
Turnout				37.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing