Southend-on-Sea council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 17 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
7
Labour Party
Seats contested
17
across 17 wards
Turnout
31.1%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 7 +0 12,702 31.6% +2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party 7 +2 12,405 30.9% -2.4
Green Party 1 +0 5,434 13.5% +4.4
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 4,351 10.8% -2.4
Independent 1 -2 3,572 8.9% -3.4
Confelicity 0 +0 1,307 3.3% +0.4
Heritage Party 0 +0 420 1.0% +0.7

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 17
Confelicity 17
Conservative and Unionist Party 17
Green Party 17
Labour Party 17
Liberal Democrats 17
Independent 8
Heritage Party 7

A party standing a full slate could field 17 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Belfairs

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Anthony Warren Elected 1,006 39.2% +6.1
Green Party Nathaniel Love 693 27.0% +21.5
Independent Gareth Peter Evans 419 16.3% -28.5
Labour Party Graham Main 320 12.5% +1.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Joseph Cummins 86 3.4% -1.0
Confelicity Elizabeth Alexandra Smith 32 1.2% +0.5
Majority313
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors7,329
Ballots cast2,565

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent

Blenheim Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Shahid Nadeem Elected 1,089 40.0% +6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Boyd 677 24.9% -2.8
Independent Keith Ian Evans 561 20.6% -6.6
Green Party AJ Sutherland 223 8.2% +1.7
Liberal Democrats Pam Austin 103 3.8% +0.6
Heritage Party Lynn Katherine Smith 28 1.0% —
Confelicity Luis Miguel Lancos 26 1.0% -0.1
Majority412
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors8,006
Ballots cast2,722

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Chalkwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party James Ian Courtenay Elected 975 40.8% -6.5
Labour Party Mike O'Connor 868 36.3% +4.9
Green Party James Anthony Thomas Vessey-Miller 331 13.9% +3.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Hind 130 5.4% -2.4
Confelicity Roma Patel 73 3.1% -0.0
Majority107
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors7,024
Ballots cast2,388

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Eastwood Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dave Poulton Elected 1,419 56.4% -11.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Verina Weaver 762 30.3% +6.6
Labour Party Christopher Clarke 193 7.7% +2.6
Green Party Lauren Michelle Ekins 78 3.1% +1.1
Confelicity Simon Alec Robert Spooner 53 2.1% +0.6
Majority657
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors7,403
Ballots cast2,517

Liberal Democrats hold

Kursaal

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Irene Ferguson Elected 846 51.0% -3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Marco David Mann 237 14.3% -7.2
Independent Kay Mitchell 179 10.8% —
Confelicity Lee John Clark 155 9.3% +3.8
Green Party Thomas Matthew Love 128 7.7% -0.6
Liberal Democrats Alan Crystall 58 3.5% -1.4
Heritage Party Lara Michelle Hurley 51 3.1% +0.9
Majority609
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors7,905
Ballots cast1,660

Labour Party hold

Leigh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Stuart Allen Elected 1,725 57.6% +18.6
Liberal Democrats Jean de Tourtoulon 637 21.3% -10.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Modupe Canet-Espi 342 11.4% -7.3
Labour Party Malla Reddy Gurram 202 6.7% -2.1
Confelicity James Daniel Miller 80 2.7% +1.3
Majority1,088
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors7,307
Ballots cast2,996

Green Party hold

Milton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sam Allen Elected 1,170 52.1% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Mark Garston 540 24.0% -0.0
Green Party Sarah-Ann Jardine 269 12.0% +2.0
Heritage Party Bianca Eleanor Isherwood 106 4.7% +0.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Christopher Howes 84 3.7% -2.7
Confelicity Dee Curtis 68 3.0% -0.6
Majority630
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors8,319
Ballots cast2,246

Labour Party hold

Prittlewell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Alexander Garston Elected 1,032 39.0% -4.4
Labour Party Chris Webster 971 36.7% -0.7
Green Party RJ Learmouth 220 8.3% +2.9
Independent Leanne Kelly 170 6.4% —
Liberal Democrats Pierre Craddock 142 5.4% -4.0
Confelicity Simon James Jones 87 3.3% -0.7
Majority61
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors7,779
Ballots cast2,645

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Shoeburyness

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Judith McMahon Elected 742 31.5% -3.5
Labour Party Kevin Ryan 734 31.1% +14.7
Independent Tricia Cowdrey 628 26.6% -12.0
Green Party Fiona Clapperton 125 5.3% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Bailey 68 2.9% +0.4
Confelicity Kayleigh Kathleen Burgess 47 2.0% +0.0
Majority8
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors8,418
Ballots cast2,357

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent

Southchurch

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Darryl Robert Jones Elected 1,137 52.2% +0.5
Labour Party Carolyn Druce 560 25.7% +9.7
Green Party Matthew Dallat 162 7.4% +0.4
Confelicity Dean Harris-Eckett 151 6.9% +2.7
Liberal Democrats Billy Boulton 102 4.7% +0.5
Heritage Party Angela Mozzato 47 2.2% —
Majority577
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors7,510
Ballots cast2,178

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

St Laurence

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Madison Faulkner-Hatt Elected 1,164 50.0% -3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Samuel Leonard Pettengell 790 33.9% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Kev Malone 148 6.4% +1.3
Green Party Simon Gittus 120 5.2% +1.6
Confelicity Sandy Helen Van Deventer 93 4.0% +1.8
Majority374
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors7,757
Ballots cast2,327

Labour Party hold

St Luke's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jane Norman Elected 911 43.8% -4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Mark Beggs 534 25.7% +3.9
Independent Brian Ayling 212 10.2% -1.3
Green Party Tilly Hogrebe 191 9.2% +0.3
Confelicity Joleen Hills 84 4.0% -1.0
Liberal Democrats Sara-Jayne Boulton 69 3.3% -0.6
Heritage Party Adam James Ball 61 2.9% —
Majority377
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors8,004
Ballots cast2,081

Labour Party hold

Thorpe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Susan Badger Elected 1,001 35.8% -1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Gavin Chambers 870 31.1% +2.0
Labour Party David Scott 571 20.4% +7.8
Green Party Julie Callow 166 5.9% +0.8
Confelicity Melissa Aylott 69 2.5% +0.5
Liberal Democrats Katie Kurilecz 54 1.9% -0.2
Heritage Party Adam Norman Isherwood 51 1.8% —
Majority131
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors7,172
Ballots cast2,797

Independent hold

Victoria

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ian Gilbert Elected 1,109 60.1% +0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Bernard Arscott 298 16.2% -3.2
Green Party Peter Walker 180 9.8% +0.0
Liberal Democrats Phil Edey 100 5.4% -1.0
Heritage Party Sandra Wiseman 76 4.1% —
Confelicity Jonathan Humphrys 61 3.3% -1.4
Majority811
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors9,220
Ballots cast1,844

Labour Party hold

West Leigh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lesley Salter Elected 1,086 37.3% -9.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Wexham 895 30.7% -3.7
Green Party Gemma Marie Deeney 413 14.2% +5.9
Labour Party James George Morrison 407 14.0% +6.2
Confelicity Jane Mary Wilkes 96 3.3% +1.0
Majority191
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors7,102
Ballots cast2,912

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

West Shoebury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party James William Moyies Elected 1,002 45.3% -12.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Ian David Pope 524 23.7% +3.0
Independent Barry Alfred Godwin 402 18.2% —
Green Party Lea Angela Williams 147 6.6% -1.9
Liberal Democrats Granville Stride 70 3.2% -4.3
Confelicity Robert John Cammidge 58 2.6% -2.3
Majority478
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors7,380
Ballots cast2,214

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Westborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pamela Kinsella Elected 1,063 53.8% -3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Dr Vel 375 19.0% +0.6
Green Party Stephen David Jordan 263 13.3% +1.4
Liberal Democrats Suzanna Marie Edey 186 9.4% +0.8
Confelicity Noah Hughes 74 3.7% -0.4
Majority688
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors7,604
Ballots cast1,977

Labour Party hold

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