1995 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 1995 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Results summary

1995 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	3	3	21.4	13	16	38.5	15,524	32.5	–2.7
	Liberal Democrats	7	2	50.0	7	14	35.9	16,273	34.0	–5.6
	Labour	4	2	28.6	5	9	23.1	16,004	33.5	+8.9
	Ind. Conservative	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	±0.0

Ward results

Belfairs

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Newton	1,805	43.4
	Conservative	H. Briggs	1,606	38.6
	Labour	J. Grindley	748	18.0
Majority				4.8
Turnout				45.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Blenheim

Blenheim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Mallam	1,739	49.5
	Conservative	P. Longden	1,003	28.5
	Labour	M. Cohen	774	22.0
Majority				21.0
Turnout				37.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chalkwell

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

Eastwood

Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Betson	1,691	40.6
	Conservative	T. Ager	1,447	34.8
	Labour	M. Pether-Longman	1,024	24.6
Majority				5.8
Turnout				38.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Leigh

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Wexham	2,099	56.7
	Conservative	J. Rowswell	965	26.1
	Labour	P. Circus	640	17.3
Majority				30.6
Turnout				39.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milton

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hawkins	1,508	54.1
	Conservative	J. Carlile	1,012	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	W. Petchey	269	9.6
Majority				17.8
Turnout				31.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Prittlewell

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Durrant	1,633	53.2
	Liberal Democrats	D. Elf	1,627
	Conservative	R. Brown	747	24.3
	Conservative	B. Houssart	721
	Labour	R. Merton	688	22.4
	Labour	Z. Chaudhri	633
Turnout				35.6
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Shoebury

Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Kennedy	2,275	45.8
	Conservative	R. Hadley	1,972	39.7
	Liberal Democrats	C. Cooper	721	14.5
Majority				6.1
Turnout				33.1
	Labour gain from Ind. Conservative		Swing

Southchurch

Southchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Garston	1,454	45.3
	Labour	D. Garne	1,293	40.3
	Liberal Democrats	A. Miller	460	14.3
Majority				5.0
Turnout				35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Burstin	2,045	72.3
	Conservative	A. Holland	508	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	R. Alexander	276	9.8
Majority				54.3
Turnout				32.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Thorpe

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Carr	1,641	51.3
	Labour	C. Smith	833	26.0
	Liberal Democrats	M. Donn	727	22.7
Majority				25.3
Turnout				32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Dunn	2,061	71.3
	Conservative	R. Davy	519	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Francis	312	10.8
Majority				53.4
Turnout				30.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Westborough

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Lubel	1,460	52.5
	Labour	M. Royston	890	32.0
	Conservative	J. Lambert	431	15.5
Majority				20.5
Turnout				31.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing