Southend-on-Sea City 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
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" \|	No overall control	1973-1976
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	1976-1987
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" \|	No overall control	1987-1990
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	1990-1994
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" \|	No overall control	1994-1998

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" \|	No overall control	1997-2000
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	2000-2012
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" \|	No overall control	2012-2013
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	2013-2014
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" \|	No overall control	2014–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

By-election results

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^[7]
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^[8]
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^[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 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^[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 Democrats	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. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ 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. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Councillors". Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}
^ "Borough Council Election" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}
^ "Chalkwell By-election 5th May 2005" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}
^ "Labour lose two but win by a whisker in Scotland". 24dash.com. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}

External links

[1] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[change-2] "Southend-On-Sea". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] The Borough of Southend-on-Sea (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975

[4] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of Southend-on-Sea (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[hold-5] "Southend-on-Sea". BBC News Online. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[councillors-6] "Councillors". Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}

[july-7] "Borough Council Election" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}

[chalkwell-8] "Chalkwell By-election 5th May 2005" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}

[whisker-9] "Labour lose two but win by a whisker in Scotland". 24dash.com. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[shoebury-10] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[shoeburyness-11] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 31 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}

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