Southend-on-Sea council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 17 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats

Reform UK

Seats contested

across 17 wards

Turnout

47.9%

average of reporting wards

Summary

Party	Seats	+/−	Votes	Share	+/−
Reform UK	8	+8	17,671	31.1%	—
Labour and Co-operative Party	4	-3	9,485	16.7%	-14.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	2	-5	10,456	18.4%	-12.5
Green Party	2	+1	9,848	17.3%	+3.8
Liberal Democrats	1	+0	4,349	7.7%	-3.2
Independent	0	-1	3,321	5.8%	-3.0
Confelicity	0	+0	1,539	2.7%	-0.5
Heritage Party	0	+0	89	0.2%	-0.9
The Moon And Serpent Party	0	+0	26	0.0%	—

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party	Candidates	Of a possible 17
Labour Party	18
Confelicity	17
Conservative and Unionist Party	17
Green Party	17
Liberal Democrats	17
Reform UK	17
Independent	10
Heritage Party	4
The Moon And Serpent Party	1

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	+/−
Reform UK	Oscar James Wood Elected	1,280	36.3%	—
Green Party	Lauren Michelle Ekins	820	23.2%	-3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party	Alan Thomas Dear	792	22.4%	-16.8
Independent	Gareth Peter Evans	287	8.1%	-8.2
Labour Party	Szymon Patryk Blasiak	191	5.4%	-7.1
Liberal Democrats	Alan Crystall	144	4.1%	+0.7
Confelicity	Nicky William Gilbert	17	0.5%	-0.8
Majority		460
Turnout		47.9%
Registered electors		7,376
Ballots cast		3,531

Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Blenheim Park

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Reform UK	Craig Alan Watt Elected	1,074	31.1%	—
Labour Party	Laurie William Henry Burton	866	25.0%	-15.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Zhanelya Subebayeva	545	15.8%	-9.1
Green Party	AJ Sutherland	454	13.1%	+4.9
Independent	Keith Ian Evans	362	10.5%	-10.1
Liberal Democrats	Ian John Berry	108	3.1%	-0.7
Confelicity	Ronish Dineshbhai Sutariya	29	0.8%	-0.1
Heritage Party	Lynn Katherine Smith	20	0.6%	-0.5
Majority		208
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,458

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Chalkwell

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Green Party	Kay Mitchell Elected	1,024	31.5%	+17.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Julie Kathleen Cushion	967	29.8%	-11.0
Reform UK	Ali Jason Taha Brown	777	23.9%	—
Labour Party	David Scott	284	8.7%	-27.6
Liberal Democrats	Chris Hind	133	4.1%	-1.3
Confelicity	Robert John Cammidge	61	1.9%	-1.2
Majority		57
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,246

Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Eastwood Park

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Robert McMullan Elected	1,717	48.5%	-7.8
Reform UK	Roger Weaver	1,257	35.5%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Edward Firth	319	9.0%	-21.3
Green Party	James Anthony Thomas Vessey-Miller	134	3.8%	+0.7
Labour Party	Timothy Marlowe MacGregor	93	2.6%	-5.0
Confelicity	Simon Alec Robert Spooner	18	0.5%	-1.6
Majority		460
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,538

Liberal Democrats hold

Kursaal

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour and Co-operative Party	Matt Dent Elected	849	32.9%	-16.2
Reform UK	Richard John Felton	748	29.0%	—
Confelicity	Lee John Clark	380	14.7%	—
Green Party	Faye Heffernan	360	13.9%	+2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Liam Mannix	161	6.2%	-12.4
Liberal Democrats	Billy Boulton	69	2.7%	-3.0
Heritage Party	Lara Michelle Hurley	15	0.6%	-2.7
Majority		101
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,582

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Leigh

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Green Party	Anita Maria Forde Elected	1,301	35.8%	-21.8
Liberal Democrats	Carole Ann Mulroney	772	21.2%	-0.0
Reform UK	Paul Stephen Thurgood	767	21.1%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Freddie Nicholas Russell	325	8.9%	-2.5
Independent	Enzo Antony Harrison	287	7.9%	—
Labour Party	Ian Belfield	164	4.5%	-2.2
Confelicity	Liam Christopher Brittle	17	0.5%	-2.2
Majority		529
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,633

Green Party hold

Milton

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour and Co-operative Party	Maxine Sadza Elected	938	30.2%	-21.9
Reform UK	Aaron James Lyons	862	27.8%	—
Green Party	Sarah-Ann Jardine	741	23.9%	+11.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jonathan Hoffman	354	11.4%	-12.6
Liberal Democrats	Robert Christopher Howes	133	4.3%	+0.5
Heritage Party	Bianca Eleanor Isherwood	38	1.2%	-3.5
Confelicity	Sandy Helen Van Deventer	36	1.2%	-1.9
Majority		76
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,102

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Prittlewell

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Reform UK	Michael Eric Heaver Elected	1,091	31.8%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Kevin Francis Buck	981	28.6%	-10.4
Labour and Co-operative Party	Malla Reddy Gurram	642	18.7%	-18.0
Green Party	RJ Learmouth	491	14.3%	+6.0
Liberal Democrats	Jane Travers	163	4.7%	-0.6
Confelicity	Elizabeth Alexandra Smith	65	1.9%	-1.4
Majority		110
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,433

Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Shoeburyness

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Reform UK	Alex Moyies Elected	1,319	40.1%	—
Independent	Nick Ward	704	21.4%	-5.2
Green Party	Tricia Cowdrey	485	14.8%	+9.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	River Jude	362	11.0%	-20.5
Labour Party	Gabrielle Burt	235	7.2%	-24.0
Liberal Democrats	Samantha Claire Bax	85	2.6%	-0.3
Confelicity	Kayleigh Kathleen Burgess	58	1.8%	-0.2
Independent	James Darron Quail	38	1.2%	—
Majority		615
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,286

Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Southchurch

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Martin Bright Elected	1,465	43.9%	-8.3
Reform UK	Peter Robert Little	990	29.7%	—
Green Party	Eva Katherine Mansfield	328	9.8%	+2.4
Labour Party	Nathan James Pickering	295	8.8%	-16.9
Confelicity	James Daniel Miller	180	5.4%	-1.5
Liberal Democrats	Michael James Trace	80	2.4%	-2.3
Majority		475
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,338

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

St Laurence

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Reform UK	Frankie James Bird Elected	1,418	41.0%	—
Labour and Co-operative Party	Lydia Ann Hyde	1,092	31.6%	-18.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	Judith May Canham	418	12.1%	-21.9
Green Party	Gemma Marie Deeney	284	8.2%	+3.1
Liberal Democrats	Kev Malone	140	4.0%	-2.3
Confelicity	Karl James Lansley	108	3.1%	-0.9
Majority		326
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,460

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

St Luke's

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Reform UK	James Christopher O'Rourke Elected	1,212	38.1%	—
Labour Party	James George Morrison	817	25.7%	-18.1
Green Party	Tilly Hogrebe	463	14.6%	+5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party	Kenneth Smith Davidson	332	10.4%	-15.2
Independent	Brian Ayling	178	5.6%	-4.6
Confelicity	Jamie Franklin Chapman	95	3.0%	-1.0
Liberal Democrats	Kranthi Sajja	56	1.8%	-1.6
The Moon And Serpent Party	Jason Stephen Pilley	26	0.8%	—
Majority		395
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,179

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Thorpe

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Reform UK	John Harold Corrigan Elected	1,241	30.8%	—
Independent	Martin William Terry	995	24.7%	-11.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Connor Winter	624	15.5%	-15.6
Green Party	Maria Heffernan	318	7.9%	+2.0
Labour Party	Robert Clemenson	281	7.0%	-13.4
Labour Party	Robert Daniel Peter Clemenson	281	7.0%	—
Confelicity	Diane Sossou	200	5.0%	+2.5
Liberal Democrats	Katie Kurilecz	69	1.7%	-0.2
Heritage Party	Adam Norman Isherwood	16	0.4%	-1.4
Majority		246
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		4,025

Reform UK gain from Independent

Victoria

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Margaret Linda Borton Elected	936	34.5%	-25.7
Reform UK	Carl Whitwell	799	29.4%	—
Green Party	Peter Walker	596	22.0%	+12.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Malik Smith	216	8.0%	-8.2
Liberal Democrats	Phil Edey	93	3.4%	-2.0
Confelicity	Jolene Anne Hills	74	2.7%	-0.6
Majority		137
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,714

Labour Party hold

West Leigh

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Alexander Samuel James Shaw Elected	1,510	37.5%	+0.2
Green Party	Simon Gittus	1,034	25.7%	+11.5
Reform UK	Verina Weaver	866	21.5%	—
Liberal Democrats	Stephen Joseph Cummins	336	8.3%	-22.4
Labour Party	Sekky Adams	179	4.4%	-9.5
Confelicity	Helen Anna-Greta Symmons	105	2.6%	-0.7
Majority		476
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		4,030

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

West Shoebury

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Reform UK	Steve Harvey Elected	1,201	37.4%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	John Harland	846	26.3%	-18.9
Green Party	Joseph Owen Grant	371	11.5%	+4.9
Labour Party	Brian Jones	351	10.9%	-12.7
Independent	Brian Beggs	282	8.8%	-9.4
Liberal Democrats	John Sidney Batch	108	3.4%	+0.2
Confelicity	Simon James Jones	55	1.7%	-0.9
Majority		355
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,214

Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Westborough

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Kevin Reubin Robinson Elected	991	32.9%	-20.9
Reform UK	Ben Ike Aldridge	769	25.5%	—
Green Party	Stephen David Jordan	644	21.4%	+8.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Colin Anthony Hicks	239	7.9%	-11.0
Independent	Amy Louise Heathcote	161	5.3%	—
Liberal Democrats	Suzanna Marie Edey	143	4.7%	-4.7
Confelicity	Melissa Aylott	41	1.4%	-2.4
Independent	Gary Kandinsky	27	0.9%	—
Majority		222
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,015

Labour Party hold

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