2001 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 2001 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 12.^[1] The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative increase their majority on the council after winning 32 of the 51 seats on the council.^[3] The Labour party won 12 seats to become the main opposition, while the Liberal Democrats dropped to 7 seats.^[3]

Southend-on-Sea Local Election Result 2001^[2]^[4]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	32	+7	62.7	46.9	84,705	-10.5%
Labour	12	+7	23.5	27.9	50,487	+10.4%
Liberal Democrats	7	-2	13.7	24.0	43,367	+1.0%
Independent	0	0	0	0.7	1,288	+0.7%
Green	0	0	0	0.5	906	+0.3%

Ward results

Belfairs (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Aylen	2,061
	Conservative	Julie Cushion	1,856
	Conservative	Margaret Evans	1,800
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Charles	1,515
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Grimwade	1,510
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Gibeon	1,321
	Labour	Alan Francis	709
	Labour	Cheryl Nevin	679
	Labour	Jonathan Grindley	657
Turnout			12,108	63.0

Blenheim Park (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Longley	1,657
	Liberal Democrats	James Clinkscales	1,613
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Smith	1,559
	Conservative	David Angus	1,514
	Conservative	Margaret Longden	1,375
	Conservative	Peter Collins	1,372
	Labour	Matthew Doody	960
	Labour	Rosemary Merton	936
	Labour	Ernest Webb	840
Turnout			11,826	55.7

Chalkwell (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lesley Salter	1,950
	Conservative	Charles Latham	1,875
	Conservative	Richard Brown	1,830
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Fisher	1,067
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Alexander	1,022
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Holliday	815
	Labour	Joyce Mapp	708
	Labour	Lydia Sookias	602
	Labour	Sylvia Sookias	510
Turnout			10,379	52.9

Eastwood Park (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Walker	1,958
	Conservative	Roger Weaver	1,922
	Conservative	Andrew Moring	1,766
	Liberal Democrats	Norah Goodman	1,579
	Liberal Democrats	David Wells	1,244
	Liberal Democrats	Mervyn Howell	1,126
	Labour	John Felton	724
	Labour	Michael Doogan-Turner	714
	Labour	Joan Richards	635
Turnout			11,668	58.8

Kursaal (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Garne	1,349
	Labour	Stephen George	1,303
	Labour	Judith McMahon	1,295
	Conservative	Graham John	958
	Conservative	Leslie Judd	860
	Conservative	Judith Smithson	838
	Liberal Democrats	Rose Day	435
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Read	421
Turnout			7,460	42.2

Leigh (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Crystall	1,685
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wexham	1,656
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Baker	1,564
	Conservative	Robin Carlile	1,459
	Conservative	Joyce Lambert	1,403
	Conservative	Jeanette Rowswell	1,369
	Labour	Vera Norman	801
	Labour	Kyle Campbell	710
	Labour	Colin Campbell	702
Turnout			11,349	59.2

Milton (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Davy	1,355
	Conservative	Jonathan Garston	1,344
	Conservative	Ann Robertson	1,310
	Labour	William Chesworth	1,285
	Labour	Lilias Felton	1,214
	Labour	Maureen Shaw	1,192
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Spraggs	490
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wiggins	466
Turnout			8,656	47.4

Prittlewell (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Price	1,702
	Conservative	Murray Foster	1,626
	Conservative	Anna Waite	1,509
	Liberal Democrats	John Adams	1,349
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Cox	1,277
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Godwin	1,223
	Labour	Margaret Borton	1,105
	Labour	Evelyn Tarff	992
	Labour	Bernard Chalk	936
	Green	Andrea Black	408
Turnout			12,127	58.1

St Laurence (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Gorham	1,576
	Conservative	Michael Dolby	1,561
	Conservative	Brian Houssart	1,492
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Betson	1,361
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Roast	1,269
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Lubel	1,245
	Labour	John Hellyer	1,006
	Labour	Colin Assen	958
	Labour	Paul White	907
Turnout			11,375	57.3

St Lukes (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Reginald Copley	1,837
	Labour	Kevin Robinson	1,680
	Labour	Michael Royston	1,538
	Conservative	Ellen Hodgson	1,311
	Conservative	Melvyn Day	1,307
	Conservative	Michael Steptoe	1,263
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Clark	557
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Boulton	532
	Green	Adrian Hedges	498
Turnout			10,523	52.4

Shoeburyness (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Ascroft	1,877
	Conservative	Patricia Rayner	1,536
	Labour	Anne Chalk	1,485
	Conservative	Allan Cole	1,415
	Labour	George Saville	1,264
	Labour	Linda Cooke	1,148
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Porter	419
	Liberal Democrats	Granville Stride	347
Turnout			9,491	51.1

Southchurch (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Garston	2,462
	Conservative	Ann Holland	2,301
	Conservative	Brian Kelly	2,203
	Labour	Gary Farrer	1,003
	Labour	Ruth Jarvis	920
	Labour	Jean Haisman	878
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Davis	564
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Woolcott	475
Turnout			10,806	57.4

Thorpe (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sally Carr	2,893
	Conservative	Anthony Delaney	2,738
	Conservative	Daphne White	2,708
	Labour	Elsie Townsend	877
	Labour	John Townsend	794
	Labour	John Townsend	698
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Ray	606
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Smith	583
Turnout			11,897	63.8

Victoria (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Dandridge	1,621
	Labour	David Norman	1,395
	Labour	Jane Norman	1,371
	Conservative	Paul Jones	1,039
	Conservative	Anthony Smithson	854
	Conservative	Ahmed Khwaja	753
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Collins	514
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Collins	489
Turnout			10,523	52.4

West Leigh (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Lamb	2,541
	Conservative	Howard Briggs	2,455
	Conservative	Gwendoline Horrigan	2,439
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Pilgrim	1,389
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Wren	1,365
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Collins	1,232
	Labour	Terence Adams	505
	Labour	Suzanne Gardner	498
	Labour	Christopher Elliott	474
Turnout			12,898	66.8

West Shoebury (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Anthony North	2,328
	Conservative	Derek Jarvis	2,236
	Conservative	Verina Wilson	2,135
	Labour	John Jarvis	1,173
	Labour	John Hodgkins	1,146
	Labour	David Yallop	989
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Spraggs	550
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Goldsmith	466
Turnout			11,023

Westborough (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Sibley	1,164
	Labour	Marimuthu Velmurugan	990
	Labour	Teresa Merrison	928
	Labour	Charles Willis	846
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Ritchie	839
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Newton	807
	Conservative	Mark Newman	796
	Conservative	David Nicklin	779
	Conservative	Kathleen Meager	695
	Independent	Mark Flewitt	672
	Independent	Martin Terry	616
Turnout			9,132	48.5

References

^ "Southend-on-Sea". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ ^a ^b "The Local Elections of 7 June 2001" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 27 September 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b "Essex, Southend: Tories claim local victories". Echo. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 2 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Southend Borough Council: Borough Council Election" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 2 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}

Preceded by Southend-on-Sea Council election, 2000	Southend-on-Sea local elections	Succeeded by Southend-on-Sea Council election, 2002

[hold-1] "Southend-on-Sea". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[june-2] "The Local Elections of 7 June 2001" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 27 September 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[victories-3] "Essex, Southend: Tories claim local victories". Echo. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 2 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}

[results-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Southend Borough Council: Borough Council Election" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 2 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}

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