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Local Election Results 2008

Southend-on-Sea

One-third of council up for election.

Other results for Southend-on-Sea: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
By-elections for Southend-on-Sea (may be incomplete): 7th December 2006 (West Shoebury) — 23rd January 2014 (West Leigh) — 25th May 2017 (Shoeburyness) — 21st March 2019 (Milton) — 3rd March 2022 (Southchurch) — 4th July 2024 (Kursaal)

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Consolidated results — Southend-on-Sea 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 16880 41.0% 9
Liberal Democrat 7940 19.3% 3
Independent 6313 15.4% 4
Labour 5104 12.4% 1
British National Party 4171 10.1% 0
UK Independence Party 523 1.3% 0
Green Party 190 0.5% 0

Belfairs

Stephen Aylen C 1219 43.9%
Maria Jeffery Ind 753 27.1%
Garry Curtis-Wiggins BNP 326 11.7%
Michael Woolcott LD 301 10.8%
Teresa Merrison Lab 176 6.3%

Blenheim Park

Graham Longley LD 966 40.2%
Raymond Davy C 950 39.5%
Barry Harvey BNP 269 11.2%
Simon Morley Lab 220 9.1%

Chalkwell

Ian Robertson C 1257 56.8%
Christopher Mallam LD 363 16.4%
Lars Davidsson Lab 306 13.8%
Antoinette Thornes UKIP 154 7.0%
James Haggar BNP 132 6.0%

Eastwood Park

Christopher Walker C 1458 57.5%
Paul Collins LD 582 22.9%
Helen Darcy BNP 332 13.1%
Raoul Meade Lab 165 6.5%

Kursaal [C gain from Lab]

Blaine Robin C 747 38.4%
Denis Garne Lab 741 38.1%
Roger Gander BNP 246 12.7%
Howard Gibeon LD 210 10.8%

Leigh

Alan Crystall LD 1239 53.2%
Victoria Salter C 770 33.1%
Geoffrey Stringer BNP 160 6.9%
Helen Symons Lab 160 6.9%

Milton

Nigel Folkard C 928 47.9%
Tony Borton Lab 502 25.9%
Justine Farenden LD 321 16.6%
Derek King BNP 185 9.6%

Prittlewell [LD gain from C]

Mary Betson LD 1032 38.4%
Melvyn Day C 960 35.7%
John Croft UKIP 293 10.9%
Llynus Pigrem Lab 214 8.0%
David Armstrong BNP 191 7.1%

St Laurence

Mark Flewitt C 1072 42.5%
Jill Stone LD 960 38.1%
Keith Barrett BNP 284 11.3%
Jane Norman Lab 204 8.1%

St Luke's

Peter Ashley C 861 31.3%
Paul van Looy Ind 675 24.6%
Anne Chalk Lab 535 19.5%
Fenton Bowley BNP 415 15.1%
Robert Howes LD 145 5.3%
Lawrence Davies UKIP 76 2.8%
Cristian Ramis Grn 40 1.5%

Shoeburyness [Ind gain from C]

Michael Assenheim Ind 1009 45.8%
Graham Hill C 659 29.9%
Christopher Gasper Lab 250 11.3%
John Moss BNP 211 9.6%
Jane Dresner LD 75 3.4%

Southchurch [Ind gain from C]

Anthony Delaney Ind 1058 45.1%
David Garston C 971 41.4%
Joyce Mapp Lab 195 8.3%
Linda Smith LD 121 5.2%

Thorpe [Ind gain from C]

Michael Stafford Ind 1918 57.8%
Sally Carr C 1036 31.2%
David Webster BNP 150 4.5%
Colin Davis LD 110 3.3%
Bernard Chalk Lab 105 3.2%

Victoria

Iain Gilbert Lab 719 37.8%
David Manclark C 478 25.1%
Alisdair Lewis BNP 351 18.4%
Ronella Streeter LD 206 10.8%
Stephen Jordan Grn 150 7.9%

West Leigh

John Lamb C 1673 58.1%
Margery Jones LD 821 28.5%
Antony Winchester BNP 232 8.1%
Louise Norman Lab 153 5.3%

West Shoebury

Elizabeth Day C 1340 56.4%
Terence Jellis BNP 447 18.8%
James Allen LD 319 13.4%
Joan Richards Lab 270 11.4%

Westborough

Marimuthu Velmurugan Ind 812 40.6%
Susan Luty C 501 25.1%
James Burrns BNP 240 12.0%
Charles Willis Lab 189 9.5%
Michael O'Connor LD 169 8.5%
Deri Laycock Ind 88 4.4%

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