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
Turnout	32.2%
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 5 1 4 Popular vote 15,658 11,412 8,269 Percentage 37.0% 27.0% 19.5% Swing 6.4% 8.0% 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 Popular vote 5,357 Percentage 12.7% Swing 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:

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13	10	2	2	24
Ind	Labour	Lib Dem	UKIP	Conservative

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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12	9	2	28
Ind	Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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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	1		37.0	15,658	6.4
	Labour	11	2	0	2		27.0	11,412	8.0
	Independent	9	0	3	3		19.5	8,269	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0			12.7	5,357	2.3
	Green	0	0	0			2.8	1,184	1.5
	UKIP	0	0	0			0.9	390	13.8
	Psychedelic Future	0	0	0			0.0	42	New

Ward results

Belfairs

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Dear	1,329	50.4	11.2
	Independent	Stephen McKiernan	445	16.3	New
	Labour	Taylor Barral	423	16.0	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Risbin	163	6.2	2.2
	UKIP	Frank Snell	155	5.9	New
	Green	Nick Brown	121	4.6	0.6
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	10.5
	Conservative	Floyd Waterworth	835	32.4	0.8
	Independent	Keith Evans	527	20.4	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Grimwade	204	7.9	6.1
	UKIP	Paul Lloyd	106	4.1	17.9
Majority			71	2.8	—
Turnout			2,578	31.9	—
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

No Green candidate as previous (−4.2).

Chalkwell

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Folkard	981	40.8	2.3
	Independent	Andy Crow	616	25.6	1.9
	Labour	Sean Jones	535	22.3	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Allen-King	272	11.3	6.0
Majority			365	15.2	—
Turnout			2,404	32.7	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

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	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Collins	780	32.3	13.0
	Labour	Ros Sanders	311	12.9	3.7
Majority			544	22.5	—
Turnout			2,415	32.2	—
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Kursaal

Kursaal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Dent	1,008	51.9	9.8
	Conservative	Dave Clift	479	24.7	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Gibeon	456	23.5	19.0
Majority			529	27.2	—
Turnout			1,943	24.4	—
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

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

Leigh

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Mulroney	1,077	39.6	9.5
	Conservative	Paul Gilson	879	32.4	8.6
	Labour	Michelle Williams	586	21.6	10.3
	Green	Jon Mullett	175	6.4	0.8
Majority			198	7.3	—
Turnout			2,717	35.8	—
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (−8.5).

Milton

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cheryl Nevin	1,305	50.7	5.4
	Conservative	Garry Lowen	832	32.2	5.9
	Independent	Stephen Cummins	177	6.9	1.4
	Green	Vida Guilford	146	5.7	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Howes	116	4.5	1.0
Majority			473	18.4	—
Turnout			2,576	31.5	—
	Labour hold		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (−13.2).

Prittlewell

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Buck	1,051	40.3	10.2
	Labour	Jennifer Beck	794	30.5	3.5
	Independent	Tino Callaghan*	435	16.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Hutchins	193	7.4	2.7
	Green	Simon Cross	134	5.1	0.4
Majority			257	9.9	—
Turnout			2,607	33.4	—
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

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

Shoeburyness

Shoeburyness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nick Ward	1,332	49.1	4.9
	Conservative	Val Jarvis	847	31.2	6.9
	Labour	Greg Keane	477	17.6	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Granville Stride	55	2.0
Majority			485	17.9	—
Turnout			2,711	28.5	—
	Independent hold		Swing

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	12.4
	Independent	Derek Kenyon	696	27.3	16.9
	Labour	Martin Berry	476	18.7	6.6
	Green	Jules Esposito	102	4.0	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Batch	64	2.5	0.4
Majority			514	20.2	—
Turnout			2,548	33.3	—
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

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

St. Laurence

St. Laurence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David McGlone	855	34.4	3.8
	Independent	David Allen	779	31.3	New
	Labour	Janet Phillips	438	17.6	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kev Malone	416	16.7	6.6
Majority			76	3.1	—
Turnout			2,488	31.8	—
	Conservative hold		Swing

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	0.4
	Labour	Ian Pope	730	32.1	11.2
	Conservative	Harry Mason	492	21.7	1.2
	Green	James Thomas	87	3.8	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Arnold	70	3.1	1.7
	Psychedelic Future	Jason Pilley	42	1.8	New
Majority			120
Turnout				27.7
	Independent hold		Swing	5.4

No UKIP (−15.6) candidates as previous.

Thorpe

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martin Terry	1,871	58.6	11.0
	Conservative	James Moyies	935	29.3	13.3
	Labour	Jack Reason	305	9.6	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Clinkscales	80	2.5	0.6
Majority			936	29.3	—
Turnout			3,191	42.7	—
	Independent hold		Swing

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	6.3
	Conservative	John Harland	492	24.6	9.3
	Green	Clare Fletcher	288	14.4	7.9
Majority			730	36.5	—
Turnout			2,002	25.3	—
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

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	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Thompson	1,041	34.2	6.1
	Labour	Hilary Scarnell	367	15.0	6.4
	UKIP	Lesley Martin	129	4.2	7.2
Majority			448	14.7	—
Turnout			3,042	42.8	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

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	8.6
	Independent	Peter Lovett	792	32.4	1.7
	Labour	Tom Murray	367	15.0	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Barrett	195	8.0	5.6
Majority			297	12.2	—
Turnout			3,042	32.7	—
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Westborough

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Robinson	1,146	52.4	18.5
	Conservative	Jack Warren	539	24.7	10.2
	Independent	Alan Hart	194	8.9	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Billy Boulton	175	8.0	2.2
	Green	Paul Mansfield	131	6.0	0.1
Majority			607	27.8	—
Turnout			2,185	28.5	—
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

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

References

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