Southend-on-Sea Borough Council elections

Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority in Essex, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]^[2]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1973-1976
	Conservative	1976-1987
	No overall control	1987-1990
	Conservative	1990-1994
	No overall control	1994-1998

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1997-2000
	Conservative	2000-2012
	No overall control	2012-2013
	Conservative	2013-2014
	No overall control	2014–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1973
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1979
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1980
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1982
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1983
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1984
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1986
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1987
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1988
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1990
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1991
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1992
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1994
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1995
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1996

Unitary authority elections

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1997
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 1999
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2000
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2001 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 12)^[4]^[5]^[6]
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2002
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2003
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2004
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2006
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2007
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2008
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2010
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2011
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2012
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2014
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2015
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2016

By-election results

Chalkwell By-Election 19 February 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	1,353	48.1	+13.6
	Liberal Democrat	1,283	45.6	+11.6
	Labour	176	6.3	-7.5
Majority		70	2.5
Turnout		2,812	29.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat	Swing

Shoeburyness By-Election 19 July 2001^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Allan Cole	509	48.8	-0.8
	Labour	George Saville	400	38.4	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Godwin	133	12.8	+1.7
Majority			109	10.4
Turnout			1,042	14.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chalkwell By-Election 5 May 2005^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Carlile	1,870	44.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Vincent	1,146	27.4
	Labour	Lydia Sookias	772	18.4
	UKIP	Leonard Lierens	219	5.2
	Independent	John Bacon	179	4.3
Majority			724	17.3
Turnout			4,186	57.4

West Shoebury By-Election 7 December 2006^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Elizabeth Day	765	56.2	+12.2
	BNP	Terence Jellis	243	17.9	+4.9
	Labour	Lars Davidsson	180	13.2	+13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Betson	173	12.7	+5.7
Majority			522	38.3
Turnout			1,361	18.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shoeburyness By-Election 20 September 2007^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Michael Assenheim	666	34.0	+6.0
	Conservative	Graham Hill	494	25.2	-8.8
	Labour	Anne Chalk	460	23.5	+3.5
	BNP	Alisdair Lewis	273	13.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Dresner	66	3.4	-1.6
Majority			172	8.8
Turnout			1,959	25.3
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Southend-On-Sea". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
↑ The Borough of Southend-on-Sea (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Southend-on-Sea (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Southend-on-Sea". BBC News Online. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
↑ "Councillors". Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
↑ "Borough Council Election" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
↑ "Chalkwell By-election 5th May 2005" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
↑ "Labour lose two but win by a whisker in Scotland". 24dash.com. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010.

External links

Council elections in Essex

Essex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Basildon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Braintree District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Brentwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Castle Point Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Chelmsford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Colchester Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018

Epping Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Harlow District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rochford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

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