Southchurch ward
Vote share over time
Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.
07/05/2026
| 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
02/05/2024
| 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% | — |
| Majority | 577 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,510 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,178 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
04/05/2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Colin Campbell Elected | 1,138 | 51.7% | -10.3 |
| Independent | Maggie Kelly | 368 | 16.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Gray Sergeant | 353 | 16.0% | -3.1 |
| Green Party | Jo Bates | 154 | 7.0% | -1.6 |
| Confelicity | Dean Harris-Eckett | 93 | 4.2% | +1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Pam Austin | 91 | 4.1% | -3.1 |
| Majority | 770 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,333 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,200 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
05/05/2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Daniel James Nelson Elected | 1,387 | 62.1% | -2.2 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Nathaniel Anthony Doucette | 429 | 19.2% | +10.2 |
| Green Party | Jo Bates | 193 | 8.6% | +3.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Pam Austin | 161 | 7.2% | +4.4 |
| Confelicity | Jonathan Humphrys | 65 | 2.9% | — |
| Majority | 958 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,235 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
03/03/2022 By-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Darryl Robert Jones Elected | 1,025 | 64.3% | +1.1 |
| Independent | Susan Badger | 294 | 18.4% | +8.3 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Nathaniel Anthony Doucette | 144 | 9.0% | -7.3 |
| Green Party | Jo Bates | 87 | 5.5% | -2.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Tristan Bembridge | 45 | 2.8% | +0.1 |
| Majority | 731 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,595 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
06/05/2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alex Bright Elected | 1,701 | 63.2% | +30.3 |
| Labour Party | Kevin Ryan | 440 | 16.3% | +2.6 |
| Independent | Esther Rose Brown | 274 | 10.2% | -23.9 |
| Green Party | Jo Bates | 205 | 7.6% | +3.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Pam Austin | 73 | 2.7% | -1.0 |
| Majority | 1,261 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,693 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent
02/05/2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ian Philbrick Shead Elected | 839 | 34.1% | +6.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Martin Richard Skam | 810 | 32.9% | -14.6 |
| Labour Party | Colin Nickless | 338 | 13.7% | -5.0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Grant Michael Dennison | 274 | 11.1% | — |
| Green Party | Julian Esposito | 110 | 4.5% | +0.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Sidney Batch | 92 | 3.7% | +1.2 |
| Majority | 29 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,463 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
03/05/2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Daniel James Nelson Elected | 1,210 | 47.5% | +12.4 |
| Independent | Derek George Kenyon | 696 | 27.3% | -5.3 |
| Labour Party | Martin Berry | 476 | 18.7% | +6.6 |
| Green Party | Julian Esposito | 102 | 4.0% | +0.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Sidney Batch | 64 | 2.5% | +0.4 |
| Majority | 514 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,548 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
05/05/2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alex Bright Elected | 861 | 35.1% | — |
| Independent | Keith Sharman | 800 | 32.6% | — |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Barrie Charles Page | 367 | 14.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Ros Sanders | 296 | 12.1% | — |
| Green Party | Paul Hill | 80 | 3.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Juliet Thompson | 52 | 2.1% | — |
| Majority | 61 | |||
| Turnout | 32.9% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,456 | |||