Southend-on-Sea City Council elections

Southend-on-Sea City Council, formerly known as Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, is the local authority for the unitary authority of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Council elections

Chalkwell By-Election 19 February 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,353	48.1	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Swing

Shoeburyness By-Election 19 July 2001^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Cole	509	48.8	−0.8
	Labour	George Saville	400	38.4	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	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^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Carlile	1,870	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	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^[7]^[8]
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 Democrats	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^[9]
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 Democrats	Jane Dresner	66	3.4	−1.6
Majority			172	8.8
Turnout			1,959	25.3
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

West Leigh By-Election 23 January 2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Georgina Phillips	743	37.2	−12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Bailey	688	34.4	+3.8
	UKIP	Tino Callaghan	418	20.9	+20.9
	Labour	Jane Norman	149	7.5	−1.6
Majority			55	2.8
Turnout			1,998
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shoeburyness By-Election 25 May 2017^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anne Chalk	886	37.1	+16.1
	Conservative	Val Jarvis	830	34.8	+10.7
	Labour	Maggie Kelly	381	16.0	+6.6
	UKIP	Edward McNally	121	5.1	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Spencer	119	5.0	+3.0
	Green	Paul Hill	48	2.0	−0.3
Majority			56	2.3
Turnout			2,385
	Independent hold		Swing

Milton By-Election 21 March 2019^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen George	833	49.9	−0.8
	Conservative	Garry Lowen	528	31.6	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Carol White	219	13.1	+8.6
	For Britain	James Quail	89	5.3	+5.3
Majority			305	18.3
Turnout			1,669
	Labour hold		Swing

Southchurch By-Election 3 March 2022^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darryl Jones	1,025	64.3	+1.1
	Independent	Susan Badger	294	18.4	+18.4
	Labour	Nathaniel Doucette	144	9.0	−7.3
	Green	Jo Bates	87	5.5	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Bembridge	45	2.8	+0.1
Majority			731	45.8
Turnout			1,595
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kursaal By-Election 4 July 2024^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Webster	1,718	49.1	−2.0
	Conservative	Marco Mann	651	18.6	+4.3
	Green	Thomas Love	411	11.7	+4.0
	Independent	Kay Mitchell	407	11.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Billy Boulton	198	5.7	+2.2
	Heritage	Lara Hurley	115	3.3	+0.2
Majority			1,067	30.5
Turnout			3,500
	Labour hold		Swing

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^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Milton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Southchurch Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kursaal Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2024.