1984 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Streeter	2,328	52.0	+9.0
	Conservative	R. Marriott*	1,845	41.2	–8.0
	Labour	P. Haines	306	6.8	–1.0
Majority			483	10.8	N/A
Turnout			4,479	46.1	–1.3
Registered electors			9,712
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	8.5

Blenheim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Clarke*	1,570	45.3	–2.1
	Alliance	H. Gibeon	1,176	33.9	–1.9
	Labour	M. Howard	723	20.8	+3.9
Majority			394	11.4	–0.2
Turnout			3,469	35.2	–7.4
Registered electors			9,866
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Tobin	1,659	49.4	–6.1
	Alliance	A. Petchey	1,439	42.8	+5.9
	Labour	A. Rothwell	263	7.8	+0.2
Majority			220	6.5	–12.1
Turnout			3,361	36.0	–4.9
Registered electors			9,631
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	N. Goodman	1,946	49.7	+3.1
	Conservative	M. Myers*	1,601	40.9	–4.7
	Labour	R. Kennedy	365	9.3	+1.5
Majority			335	8.8	+7.8
Turnout			3,912	36.2	–3.0
Registered electors			10,799
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	3.9

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	G. Robson*	2,145	53.0	+0.9
	Conservative	A. Hall	1,618	40.0	–2.1
	Labour	L. Davidson	282	7.0	+1.8
Majority			528	13.0	+3.0
Turnout			4,045	43.5	–7.5
Registered electors			9,339
	Alliance hold		Swing	1.5

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Baum*	1,195	56.1	+0.5
	Labour	K. Kirk	936	43.9	+17.2
Majority			259	12.2	–16.8
Turnout			2,131	25.9	–6.2
Registered electors			8,268
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.4

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	P. Herbert*	1,981	52.8	+5.5
	Conservative	J. Gibb	1,271	33.9	–5.0
	Labour	S. Laycock	497	13.3	–0.6
Majority			710	18.9	+10.5
Turnout			3,749	37.8	–5.1
Registered electors			9,937
	Alliance hold		Swing	5.3

Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. North	1,973	48.2	–2.3
	Labour	G. Caplan*	1,622	39.7	+4.3
	Alliance	J. Ruhier	495	12.1	–2.0
Majority			351	8.6	–6.6
Turnout			4,090	34.5	–8.0
Registered electors			11,881
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.3

Southminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Lockhart*	1,843	62.0	+1.8
	Labour	G. White	649	21.8	+3.6
	Alliance	S. Gibeon	479	16.1	–5.5
Majority			1,194	40.2	+1.7
Turnout			2,971	29.7	–11.4
Registered electors			9,999
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

St Lukes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Copley*	1,248	49.3	+12.4
	Conservative	R. Reid	906	35.8	–2.5
	Alliance	Y. Rushman	379	15.0	–9.9
Majority			342	13.5	N/A
Turnout			2,533	30.1	–6.3
Registered electors			8,412
	Labour hold		Swing	7.5

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Ayre	1,892	70.1	+1.7
	Labour	V. Heffer	423	15.7	+2.5
	Alliance	A. Polley	384	14.2	–4.2
Majority			1,469	54.4	+4.4
Turnout			2,699	26.2	–13.0
Registered electors			10,295
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Price*	1,726	49.7	+9.1
	Conservative	J. Rowswell	1,163	33.5	–9.9
	Labour	A. Smith	581	16.7	+0.8
Majority			563	16.2	N/A
Turnout			3,470	38.6	–7.8
Registered electors			9,004
	Alliance hold		Swing	8.5