2023 Southend-on-Sea City Council election

In the 2022 election, the Conservative Party and the Independents lost seats while Labour and the Liberal Democrats gained seats.^[5] While the Conservative were the largest party, the council was run by a Labour-led coalition along with the Liberal Democrats and Independents. Since then one Labour and one Independent councillor left their groups and formed a new group called Residents First.^[6]

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  Council composition following the 2022 council election
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  Council composition ahead of the 2023 council election

2023 Southend-on-Sea City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	5		29.4	17	22	43.1	13,305	33.2	–5.0
	Labour	7	2	41.2	10	17	33.3	11,487	28.7	–1.7
	Independent	3	1	17.6	4	7	13.7	4,928	12.3	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	1	2	5.9	3	4	7.9	5,298	13.2	±0.0
	Green	1	1	5.9	0	1	2.0	3,653	9.1	+1.7
	Confelicity	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,159	2.9	+1.1
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	140	0.3	N/A
	British Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	42	0.1	N/A
	Psychedelic Future	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	13	<0.1	N/A

Results of the City Council election were released by Southend-on-Sea City Council on 5th May 2023.^[9]

Seat changes are compared to the 2019 election and do not take into account interim changes due to by-elections or defections.

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Aylen	1,195	45.0	+5.3
	Conservative	Lesley Salter*	883	33.3	–7.2
	Labour	Joe Cresswell	293	11.0	–0.3
	Green	Nathaniel Love	147	5.5	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Crystall	116	4.4	–0.3
	Confelicity	Elizabeth Smith	21	0.8	+0.6
Majority			312	11.7	N/A
Turnout			2,667	36.3	+2.0
Registered electors			7,353
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	6.3

Blenheim Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Donna Richardson	878	34.1	–10.2
	Conservative	Bernard Arscott	716	27.8	–11.9
	Independent	Keith Evans*	704	27.4	N/A
	Green	AJ Sutherland	167	6.5	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Onstad	82	3.2	–2.6
	Confelicity	Stan Evans-Jack	26	1.0	–0.1
Majority			162	6.3	+1.7
Turnout			2,583	31.9	±0.0
Registered electors			8,097
	Labour Co-op gain from Independent		Swing	0.9

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Habermel*	1,147	47.5	+2.7
	Labour	David Carrington	762	31.6	+1.9
	Green	James Vessey-Miller	241	10.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hind	189	7.8	–4.3
	Confelicity	Linzi Arkus-Binder	75	3.1	+1.0
Majority			385	15.9	+0.8
Turnout			2,421	34.0	+2.1
Registered electors			7,131
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Eastwood Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Collins*	1,786	67.7	+21.7
	Conservative	Judith McMahon	626	23.7	–20.3
	Labour	Jennifer Lewis	133	5.0	–1.5
	Green	RJ Learmouth	54	2.0	±0.0
	Confelicity	Simon Spooner	40	1.5	±0.0
Majority			1,160	44.0	+42.0
Turnout			2,646	35.9	+1.3
Registered electors			7,371
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	21.0

Kursaal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Gabriel Leroy	886	54.9	–7.7
	Conservative	Andrew Brookes	348	21.5	–1.8
	Green	Thomas Love	134	8.3	+1.8
	Confelicity	Lee Clark	90	5.6	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Windass	80	5.0	+1.4
	British Democrats	Stephen Smith	42	2.6	N/A
	Heritage	Lara Hurley	35	2.2	N/A
Majority			538	33.4	–5.9
Turnout			1,621	20.5	–1.6
Registered electors			7,907
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	3.0

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Richard Longstaff	1,042	39.1	+17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Syrie Cox	835	31.4	–9.5
	Conservative	Craig Watts	501	18.8	–6.4
	Labour	Mick Ekers	236	8.9	–2.6
	Confelicity	James Miller	36	1.4	+0.5
	Psychedelic Future	Jason Pilley	13	0.5	N/A
Majority			207	7.7	N/A
Turnout			2,671	36.2	–0.9
Registered electors			7,379
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	13.6

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cheryl Nevin	1,137	51.1	–2.9
	Conservative	Marco Mann	538	24.2	–4.0
	Green	Sarah-Ann Patel	222	10.0	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Howes	143	6.4	+1.4
	Heritage	Bianca Isherwood	105	4.7	N/A
	Confelicity	Dee Curtis	82	3.7	+1.0
Majority			599	26.9	+1.1
Turnout			2,236	27.6	–1.5
Registered electors			8,104
	Labour hold		Swing	0.6

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Meg Davidson*	1,161	43.6	–10.6
	Labour Co-op	Shahid Nadeem	998	37.5	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Webb	251	9.4	–2.8
	Green	Jon Mullett	146	5.5	–2.0
	Confelicity	Simon Jones	107	4.0	+2.1
Majority			163	6.1	–23.8
Turnout			2,671	34.3	+4.1
Registered electors			7,787
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.9

Shoeburyness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steven Wakefield*	885	38.7	+0.8
	Conservative	Steve Harvey	802	35.1	–0.8
	Labour	Ian Pope	376	16.5	–1.1
	Green	Fiona Clapperton	119	5.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Granville Stride	58	2.5	+0.5
	Confelicity	Kayleigh Burgess	45	2.0	+0.5
Majority			83	3.6	N/A
Turnout			2,292	26.7	–1.7
Registered electors			8,584
	Independent hold		Swing	0.8

St. Laurence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Daniel Cowan*	1,308	53.6	+5.7
	Conservative	Cheryll Gardiner	869	35.6	–3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Poulton	125	5.1	–2.5
	Green	Eli London	87	3.6	±0.0
	Confelicity	Gail Robertson	53	2.2	+0.3
Majority			439	18.0	+9.2
Turnout			2,448	30.9	–0.9
Registered electors			7,922
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	4.6

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Berry	975	48.7	+4.2
	Conservative	Tamkeen Shaikh	438	21.9	–6.2
	Independent	Brian Ayling	231	11.5	–1.5
	Green	Tilly Hogrebe	179	8.9	+2.2
	Confelicity	Jolene Hills	102	5.1	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Billy Boulton	79	3.9	+1.0
Majority			537	26.8	+10.8
Turnout			2,014	25.1	–3.9
Registered electors			8,014
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	5.2

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ron Woodley*	1,108	36.2	–3.4
	Conservative	Ken Davidson	867	28.3	–11.3
	Independent	Andrew Hall	437	14.3	N/A
	Labour	Sam Allen	377	12.3	+0.7
	Green	Julie Callow	152	5.0	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Katie Kurilecz	62	2.0	–0.1
	Confelicity	Melissa Aylott	59	1.9	+0.3
Majority			241	7.9	N/A
Turnout			2,978	41.1	–1.3
Registered electors			7,246
	Independent hold		Swing	4.0

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mandy O'Connor	1,067	59.6	–0.6
	Conservative	Bob Carr	349	19.5	–2.9
	Green	Peter Walker	175	9.8	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Edey	116	6.5	+1.0
	Confelicity	Jonathan Humphreys	84	4.7	+2.6
Majority			718	40.1	N/A
Turnout			1,801	19.8	–1.3
Registered electors			9,096
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

West Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Cartey	1,317	47.1	–0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cummins	965	34.5	–5.3
	Green	Stephanie Golder	231	8.3	+2.0
	Labour	Carrie Druce	219	7.8	+2.3
	Confelicity	Janes Wilkes	64	2.3	+1.5
Majority			352	12.6	+4.8
Turnout			2,804	39.2	–3.2
Registered electors			7,153
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	2.4

West Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Cox*	1,268	58.3	±0.0
	Labour	Muhammad Ibrahim	451	20.7	–1.4
	Green	Lea Williams	186	8.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Collins	163	7.5	+0.3
	Confelicity	Michael Arkus-Binder	107	4.9	+0.3
Majority			817	37.6	+1.4
Turnout			2,183	29.8	–1.0
Registered electors			7,326
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.7

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Jones	1,038	56.9	–5.3
	Conservative	Andy Wilkins	337	18.5	–0.5
	Green	Stephen Jordan	217	11.9	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanna Edey	157	8.6	–0.7
	Confelicity	Connor Bines	75	4.1	+2.7
Majority			701	38.4	–4.8
Turnout			1,830	24.0	–1.2
Registered electors			7,625
	Labour hold		Swing	2.4