1996 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 1996 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Results summary

1996 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	7	4	50.0	11	18	45.0	13,100	30.7	–3.3
	Labour	5	2	35.7	6	11	27.5	14,907	34.9	+1.4
	Conservative	2	6	14.3	8	10	25.0	14,705	34.4	+1.9

Ward results

Belfairs

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	O. Shapiro	1,773	43.4
	Conservative	H. Briggs	1,773	43.4
	Labour	J. Grindley	542	13.3
Majority				0.0
Turnout				45.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Blenheim

Blenheim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Smith	1,586	41.0
	Labour	T. Merrison	1,142	29.5
	Conservative	T. Ager	1,137	29.4
Majority				11.5
Turnout				41.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chalkwell

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Lister-Smith	1,444	44.0
	Conservative	J. Tobin	1,416	43.1
	Labour	M. Humphrey	425	12.9
Majority				0.9
Turnout				33.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Eastwood

Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Fisher	1,556	41.7
	Conservative	R. Weaver	1,350	36.2
	Labour	M. Flewitt	823	22.1
Majority				5.5
Turnout				34.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Leigh

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Smulian	1,574	47.9
	Conservative	J. Rowsell	934	28.4
	Labour	P. Circus	779	23.7
Majority				19.5
Turnout				35.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milton

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Felton	1,271	54.7
	Conservative	R. Davy	798	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	W. Petchey	256	11.0
Majority				20.4
Turnout				25.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Prittlewell

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Elf	1,626	56.0
	Conservative	B. Houssart	744	25.6
	Labour	Z. Chaudhri	533	18.4
Majority				30.4
Turnout				31.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shoebury

Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Wisken	2,046	50.6
	Conservative	A. North	1,594	39.4
	Liberal Democrats	S. Newton	403	10.0
Majority				11.2
Turnout				26.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Southchurch

Southchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Holland	1,418	50.1
	Labour	D. Garne	1,080	38.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Craddock	331	11.7
Majority				11.9
Turnout				31.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Copley	1,542	66.7
	Labour	J. Mapp	1,323
	Conservative	C. Langlands	503	21.7
	Conservative	D. Ayre	481
	Liberal Democrats	R. Alexander	268	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Kaufman	233
Turnout				27.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Thorpe

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Ayre	1,688	58.6
	Labour	C. Smith	748	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Miller	447	15.5
Majority				32.7
Turnout				28.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Crisp	1,788	70.6
	Conservative	M. Longden	482	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	T. Ray	261	10.2
Majority				51.6
Turnout				26.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Westborough

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Gibeon	1,342	51.7
	Labour	M. Royston	865	33.3
	Conservative	R. Brown	387	14.9
Majority				18.4
Turnout				29.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing