2011 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 2011 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Results summary

2011 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election[1][2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9		52.9	19	28	54.9	17,596	35.9	–0.7
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	11.8	8	10	19.6	8,203	16.7	–9.0
	Independent	4	2	23.5	5	9	17.6	8,681	17.7	+5.5
	Labour	2		11.8	2	4	7.8	9,887	20.2	+5.2
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,208	6.5	+2.3
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,118	2.3	+1.1
	BNP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	238	0.5	–4.6
	National Front	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	122	0.2	New

Ward results

Belfairs

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Salter	1,624	51.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Cadman	600	19.1
	Labour	Matthew Zarb-Cousin	506	16.1
	UKIP	James Mills	409	13.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blenheim Park

Blenheim Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Courtenay	1,017	34.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Clinkscales	959	32.3
	Labour	Tony Borton	553	18.6
	UKIP	Tino Callaghan	442	14.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Chalkwell

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Habermel	1,256	47.3
	Independent	Lucy Courtenay	634	23.9
	Labour	Lars Davidsson	481	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Maguire	285	10.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastwood Park

Eastwood Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Byford	1,554	52.3
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Wells	542	18.3
	Labour	Liam Overy	498	16.8
	UKIP	Keith McLaren	375	12.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kursaal

Kursaal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith McMahon	969	44.5
	Conservative	Neil Austin	681	31.3
	UKIP	Lawrence Davis	182	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Betson	174	8.0
	Independent	Joseph Saunders	172	7.9
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wexham	1,230	43.8
	Conservative	Georgina Phillips	936	33.3
	Labour	Iain Blake-Lawson	497	17.7
	UKIP	Luckmore Siyafa	148	5.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milton

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Garston	998	40.5
	Labour	Julian Ware-Lane	800	32.5
	Independent	Christine Hills	446	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cohen	221	9.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prittlewell

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Morgan	1,161	37.9
	Conservative	Melvyn Day	941	30.7
	Labour	Helen Symons	494	16.1
	UKIP	Garry Cockrill	467	15.2
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Laurence

St. Laurence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Jones	976	35.3
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Roast	878	31.7
	Labour	Reginald Copley	500	18.1
	UKIP	Robert Smith	279	10.1
	Green	Daniel Lee	134	4.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul van Looy	1,225	41.7
	Labour	Anne Jones	624	21.2
	Conservative	Anna Waite	574	19.5
	Independent	Anthony Chytry	212	7.2
	BNP	Alisdair Lewis	128	4.4
	Green	Cristian Ramis	91	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Case	83	2.8
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Shoeburyness

Shoeburyness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anne Chalk	1,326	48.7
	Conservative	Verina Weaver	960	35.2
	Labour	Christopher Gasper	328	12.0
	Green	Louise Dempsey	328	12.0
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Southchurch

Southchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Holland	1,125	48.7
	Independent	Michael Wilson	1,096	37.1
	Labour	Ian Pope	387	13.1
	Green	Julian Esposito	134	4.5
	BNP	Geoffrey Strobridge	110	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Betson	105	3.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorpe

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Woodley	2,735	73.5
	Conservative	Peter Melville	677	18.2
	Labour	David Carrington	677	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Davis	115	3.1
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Victoria

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Norman	1,054	48.7
	Conservative	Raymond Davy	578	26.7
	Green	Ian Hurd	214	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ronella Streeter	196	9.1
	National Front	Bernadette Jaggers	122	5.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

West Leigh

West Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gwendoline Horrigan	1,769	50.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Bailey	1,157	32.7
	Labour	Jane Norman	400	11.3
	UKIP	Leonard Lierens	214	6.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Shoebury

West Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Jarvis	1,517	51.7
	UKIP	James Moyies	692	23.6
	Labour	Stacey Phillips	496	16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Row	232	7.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westborough

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martin Terry	835	35.5
	Labour	Kevin Robinson	623	26.5
	Conservative	Roger Weaver	415	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Howes	265	11.3
	Green	Douglas Rouxel	217	9.2
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

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