2015 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 2015 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as the other local elections.

2015 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)
17 out of 51 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.2%
First party Second party Third party   Ind Leader John Lamb n/a Ian Gilbert Party Conservative Independent Labour Leader since 25 May 2014 n/a Oct/Nov 2010 Leader's seat West Leigh n/a Victoria Last election 19 seats, 30.9% 13 seats, 18.2% 9 seats, 18.1% Seats before 19 13 9 Seats won 13 2 3 Seats after 22 11 9 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 34,725 12,679 16,963 Percentage 39.3% 14.3% 19.2% Swing 8.4% 3.9% 1.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Green Leader James Moyies Graham Longley n/a Party UKIP Liberal Democrats Green Leader since May 2014 n/a Leader's seat West Shoebury Blenheim Park n/a Last election 5 seats, 18.8% 5 seats, 12.6% 0 seats, 1.3% Seats before 5 5 0 Seats won 1 0 0 Seats after 5 4 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 9,023 8,796 6,181 Percentage 10.2% 10.0% 7.0% Swing 8.6% 2.6% 5.7%
Leader before election Ron Woodley Independent No overall control Leader after election Ron Woodley Independent No overall control

Summary Result

2015 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	13	3	68.4	9	22	43.1	34,725	39.3	+8.4
	Labour	3	1	15.8	7	10	19.6	16,963	19.2	+1.1
	Independent	2	2	10.5	8	10	21.6	12,679	14.3	–3.9
	UKIP	1		5.3	4	5	9.8	9,023	10.2	–8.6
	Liberal Democrats	0	2	0.0	4	4	5.9	8,796	10.0	–2.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	6,181	7.0	+5.7

Ward Results

Belfairs

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Salter	2,204	42.6
	UKIP	David Dearle	1,166	22.5
	Labour	Dave Alston	641	12.4
	Independent	Stephen McKiernan	495	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Grimwade	410	7.9
	Green	Barry Bolton	263	5.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blenheim Park

Blenheim Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Courtenay	1,930	37.8
	UKIP	Paul Lloyd	1,143	22.4
	Labour	Matthew Dent	947	18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Herbert	698	13.7
	Green	Jimmy Wild	386	7.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chalkwell

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Habermel	2,266	49.4
	Labour	Lars Davidsson	895	19.5
	Independent	Lucy Courtenay	737	16.1
	Green	Peter Walker	381	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jessie Skinner	304	6.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastwood Park

Eastwood Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Byford	2,862	57.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Collins	952	19.3
	Labour	Martin Berry	732	14.8
	Green	Fiddian Warman	398	8.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kursaal

Kursaal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith McMahon	1,367	36.5
	Conservative	Alex Bright	951	25.4
	UKIP	Verina Weaver	898	24.0
	Green	Simon Cross	358	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Betson	171	4.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Arscott	2,167	41.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wexham	1,672	32.0
	Labour	Chris McGurk	782	15.0
	Green	Jon Mullett	602	11.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Milton

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Garston	1,709	39.0
	Labour	Gary Sergeant	1,658	37.8
	Green	Vida Mansfield	476	10.9
	Independent	Tammy Cooper	295	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Howes	247	5.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prittlewell

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Meg Davidson	2,325	46.3
	Labour	Tony Borton	976	19.4
	Independent	Paul Ryder	738	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Davis	542	10.8
	Green	Andy Beale	441	8.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St. Laurence

St. Laurence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Buckley	1,911	37.3
	UKIP	David McGlone	1,387	27.1
	Conservative	David Burzotta	1,356
	Labour	Reg Copley	748	14.6
	Labour	Sean Jones	699
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Lewin	642	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Roast	624
	Green	Tanya Rayment	284	5.5
	Green	Denis Walker	177
	Independent	Carl Whitwell	150	2.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	UKIP hold

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul van Looy	1,531	32.6
	Conservative	Val Jarvis	979	20.9
	UKIP	Roger Weaver	880	18.8
	Labour	Jes Phillips	817	17.4
	Green	Stephen Jordan	227	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nora Goodman	139	3.0
	Independent	ABC	119	2.5
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Shoeburyness

Shoeburyness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Hadley	1,991	38.8
	Independent	Anne Chalk	1,783	34.8
	Labour	Maggie Kelly	929	18.1
	Green	Susan Smith	289	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Redican	138	2.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Southchurch

Southchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Holland	1,872	38.6
	Independent	Keith Sharman	1,117	23.0
	UKIP	Barrie Page	817	16.8
	Labour	Ros Sanders	719	14.8
	Green	Julian Esposito	209	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Fisher	121	2.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorpe

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ron Woodley	3,260	59.8
	Conservative	Jon Bacon	1,435	26.3
	Labour	Rob Birks	396	7.3
	Green	Liz Swanson	227	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Clinkscales	132	2.4
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Victoria

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Norman	1,503	40.7
	Conservative	Denis Garne	868	23.5
	UKIP	Peter Breuer	831	22.5
	Green	Ian Hurd	332	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Collins	155	4.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

West Leigh

West Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Georgina Phillips	2,893	52.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Bailey	1,086	19.6
	UKIP	David Standfield	776	14.0
	Labour	Jay Woods	531	9.6
	Green	Sarah Yapp	265	4.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Shoebury

West Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Cox	1,999	38.0
	Conservative	Derek Jarvis	1,734
	UKIP	Eddie McNally	1,125	21.4
	Independent	Alex Moyies	875	16.6
	Independent	Margaret Haydon	816
	Labour	David Carrington	656	12.5
	Labour	Matt Zarb-Cousin	529
	Green	Nigel Outten	360	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Row	249	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Betson	170
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Westborough

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Willis	1,438	33.3
	Conservative	Daryl Peagram	1,273	29.4
	Independent	David Webb	587	13.6
	Green	Paul Mansfield	506	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Barrett	344	8.0
	Independent	Alan Hart	176	4.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing