2022 UK local government election
2022 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Turnout 31.14
First party
Second party
Third party
Ind
Leader
Tony Cox
Ian Gilbert
n/a
Party
Conservative
Labour
Independent
Leader since
9 May 2019
Oct/Nov 2010
n/a
Leader's seat
West Shoebury
Victoria
n/a
Last election
23 seats, 40.5%
13 seats, 30.4%
10 seats, 13.0%
Seats before
23
13
10
Seats won
6
8
2
Seats after
21
16
8
Seat change
2
3
2
Popular vote
16,293
12,940
3,576
Percentage
38.2%
30.4%
8.4%
Swing
2.3%
4.3%
4.6%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Green
Leader
Carole Mulroney
n/a
Party
Liberal Democrats
Green
Leader since
May 2017
n/a
Leader's seat
Leigh
n/a
Last election
5 seats, 13.2%
0 seats, 8.1%
Seats before
5
0
Seats won
2
0
Seats after
6
0
Seat change
1
Popular vote
5,611
3,165
Percentage
13.2%
7.4%
Swing
1.8%
0.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Elections to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom .[1]
The council is elected by thirds, so a single member was elected from all 17 wards to a term of four years. The seats elected at this election were last contested in 2018 .[2]
Results summary
2022 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party
This election
Full council
This election
Seats
Net
Seats %
Other
Total
Total %
Votes
Votes %
+/−
Conservative
6
2
33.3
15
21
41.2
16,293
38.2
-2.3
Labour
8
3
44.4
8
16
29.4
12,940
30.4
+4.3
Independent
2
2
11.1
6
8
17.6
3,576
8.4
-4.6
Liberal Democrats
2
1
11.1
4
6
11.8
5,611
13.2
+1.8
Green
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
3,165
7.4
-0.7
Confelicity
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
779
1.8
New
Animal Welfare
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
109
0.3
New
Women's Equality
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
91
0.2
New
Reform UK
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
45
0.1
New
Ward results
Belfairs
Blenheim Park
Chalkwell
Eastwood Park
Kursaal
Leigh
Milton
Prittlewell
Shoeburyness
Southchurch
St. Laurence
St. Luke's
Thorpe
Victoria
West Leigh
West Shoebury
Westborough
References