Local Election Results 2002
Southend-on-Sea
One-third of council up for election.
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— 23rd January 2014 (West Leigh)
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— 21st March 2019 (Milton)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
16732 |
46.3% |
11 |
| Liberal Democrat |
7687 |
21.3% |
2 |
| Labour |
7586 |
21.0% |
4 |
| Independent |
3417 |
9.5% |
0 |
| Green Party |
683 |
1.9% |
0 |
| Margaret Evans |
C |
1246 |
50.3% |
| Michael Grimwade |
LD |
739 |
29.8% |
| Linda Cook |
Lab |
274 |
11.1% |
| Michael Downer |
Ind |
219 |
8.8% |
| Brian Smith |
LD |
988 |
45.7% |
| Peter Collins |
C |
819 |
37.9% |
| Charles Willis |
Lab |
356 |
16.5% |
| Richard Brown |
C |
1217 |
59.8% |
| Ronald Alexander |
LD |
379 |
18.6% |
| Lydia Sookias |
Lab |
280 |
13.8% |
| Donald Weedon |
Ind |
160 |
7.9% |
| Andrew Moring |
C |
1236 |
49.2% |
| Nora Goodman |
LD |
837 |
33.3% |
| Julian Ware-Lane |
Lab |
232 |
9.2% |
| Keith Richardson |
Ind |
206 |
8.2% |
| Judith McMahon |
Lab |
648 |
49.7% |
| Judith Smithson |
C |
458 |
35.1% |
| Linda Smith |
LD |
199 |
15.2% |
| Nigel Baker |
LD |
1068 |
45.4% |
| Terence Gray |
C |
800 |
34.0% |
| Douglas Copping |
Ind |
268 |
11.4% |
| Vera Norman |
Lab |
215 |
9.1% |
| Ann Robertson |
C |
1069 |
54.3% |
| Lilias Felton |
Lab |
682 |
34.7% |
| William Ferrett |
Grn |
216 |
11.0% |
| Anne Waite |
C |
851 |
33.1% |
| John Adams |
LD |
745 |
29.0% |
| Peter Walker |
Ind |
602 |
23.4% |
| Margaret Borton |
Lab |
370 |
14.4% |
| Brian Houssart |
C |
796 |
31.5% |
| Carole Roast |
LD |
749 |
29.6% |
| Adrian Sinclair-McCall |
Ind |
661 |
26.1% |
| Paul White |
Lab |
325 |
12.8% |
| Michael Royston |
Lab |
848 |
50.4% |
| Ellen Hodgson |
C |
627 |
37.3% |
| Adrian Hedges |
Grn |
208 |
12.4% |
| Allan Cole |
C |
675 |
37.7% |
| Roger Hadley |
Ind |
535 |
29.9% |
| Anne Chalk |
Lab |
479 |
26.7% |
| Marion Boulton |
LD |
103 |
5.7% |
| Brian Kelly |
C |
1290 |
60.7% |
| Joyce Mapp |
Lab |
354 |
16.7% |
| Susan Richardson |
Ind |
306 |
14.4% |
| Richard Gage |
LD |
175 |
8.2% |
| Daphne White |
C |
1765 |
75.5% |
| John Townsend |
Lab |
346 |
14.8% |
| Timothy Ray |
LD |
226 |
9.7% |
| Jane Norman |
Lab |
906 |
57.3% |
| Paul Jones |
C |
526 |
33.3% |
| Andrew Vaughan |
Grn |
149 |
9.4% |
| Gwendoline Horrigan |
C |
1692 |
61.2% |
| Albert Wren |
LD |
875 |
31.7% |
| Raoul Meade |
Lab |
196 |
7.1% |
| Verina Wilson |
C |
1347 |
63.8% |
| George Saville |
Lab |
588 |
27.9% |
| Geoffrey Goldsmith |
LD |
176 |
8.3% |
| Teresa Merrison |
Lab |
487 |
27.0% |
| Martin Terry |
Ind |
460 |
25.5% |
| Colin Ritchie |
LD |
428 |
23.7% |
| Mark Newman |
C |
318 |
17.6% |
| Rita Wood |
Grn |
110 |
6.1% |
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