# 2001 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 2001 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 12. The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

The results saw the Conservative increase their majority on the council after winning 32 of the 51 seats on the council. The Labour party won 12 seats to become the main opposition, while the Liberal Democrats dropped to 7 seats.
Southend-on-Sea Local Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 32 | +7 | 62.7 | 46.9 | 84,705 | -10.5% |
| Labour | 12 | +7 | 23.5 | 27.9 | 50,487 | +10.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | -2 | 13.7 | 24.0 | 43,367 | +1.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1,288 | +0.7% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 906 | +0.3% |

## Ward results

Belfairs (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Aylen | 2,061 | |
| | Conservative | Julie Cushion | 1,856 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Evans | 1,800 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Charles | 1,515 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Grimwade | 1,510 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Gibeon | 1,321 | |
| | Labour | Alan Francis | 709 | |
| | Labour | Cheryl Nevin | 679 | |
| | Labour | Jonathan Grindley | 657 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,108 | 63.0 |
Blenheim Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Longley | 1,657 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Clinkscales | 1,613 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Smith | 1,559 | |
| | Conservative | David Angus | 1,514 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Longden | 1,375 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Collins | 1,372 | |
| | Labour | Matthew Doody | 960 | |
| | Labour | Rosemary Merton | 936 | |
| | Labour | Ernest Webb | 840 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,826 | 55.7 |
Chalkwell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lesley Salter | 1,950 | |
| | Conservative | Charles Latham | 1,875 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Brown | 1,830 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Fisher | 1,067 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Alexander | 1,022 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Holliday | 815 | |
| | Labour | Joyce Mapp | 708 | |
| | Labour | Lydia Sookias | 602 | |
| | Labour | Sylvia Sookias | 510 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,379 | 52.9 |
Eastwood Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christopher Walker | 1,958 | |
| | Conservative | Roger Weaver | 1,922 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Moring | 1,766 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norah Goodman | 1,579 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Wells | 1,244 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mervyn Howell | 1,126 | |
| | Labour | John Felton | 724 | |
| | Labour | Michael Doogan-Turner | 714 | |
| | Labour | Joan Richards | 635 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,668 | 58.8 |
Kursaal (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Denis Garne | 1,349 | |
| | Labour | Stephen George | 1,303 | |
| | Labour | Judith McMahon | 1,295 | |
| | Conservative | Graham John | 958 | |
| | Conservative | Leslie Judd | 860 | |
| | Conservative | Judith Smithson | 838 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rose Day | 435 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Read | 421 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,460 | 42.2 |
Leigh (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Crystall | 1,685 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Wexham | 1,656 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Baker | 1,564 | |
| | Conservative | Robin Carlile | 1,459 | |
| | Conservative | Joyce Lambert | 1,403 | |
| | Conservative | Jeanette Rowswell | 1,369 | |
| | Labour | Vera Norman | 801 | |
| | Labour | Kyle Campbell | 710 | |
| | Labour | Colin Campbell | 702 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,349 | 59.2 |
Milton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Raymond Davy | 1,355 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Garston | 1,344 | |
| | Conservative | Ann Robertson | 1,310 | |
| | Labour | William Chesworth | 1,285 | |
| | Labour | Lilias Felton | 1,214 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Shaw | 1,192 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Spraggs | 490 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Wiggins | 466 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,656 | 47.4 |
Prittlewell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ronald Price | 1,702 | |
| | Conservative | Murray Foster | 1,626 | |
| | Conservative | Anna Waite | 1,509 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Adams | 1,349 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Cox | 1,277 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Godwin | 1,223 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Borton | 1,105 | |
| | Labour | Evelyn Tarff | 992 | |
| | Labour | Bernard Chalk | 936 | |
| | Green | Andrea Black | 408 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,127 | 58.1 |
St Laurence (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Simon Gorham | 1,576 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Dolby | 1,561 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Houssart | 1,492 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Betson | 1,361 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carole Roast | 1,269 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Lubel | 1,245 | |
| | Labour | John Hellyer | 1,006 | |
| | Labour | Colin Assen | 958 | |
| | Labour | Paul White | 907 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,375 | 57.3 |
St Lukes (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Reginald Copley | 1,837 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Robinson | 1,680 | |
| | Labour | Michael Royston | 1,538 | |
| | Conservative | Ellen Hodgson | 1,311 | |
| | Conservative | Melvyn Day | 1,307 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Steptoe | 1,263 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Clark | 557 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Boulton | 532 | |
| | Green | Adrian Hedges | 498 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,523 | 52.4 |
Shoeburyness (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Ascroft | 1,877 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Rayner | 1,536 | |
| | Labour | Anne Chalk | 1,485 | |
| | Conservative | Allan Cole | 1,415 | |
| | Labour | George Saville | 1,264 | |
| | Labour | Linda Cooke | 1,148 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Porter | 419 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Granville Stride | 347 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,491 | 51.1 |
Southchurch (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Garston | 2,462 | |
| | Conservative | Ann Holland | 2,301 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Kelly | 2,203 | |
| | Labour | Gary Farrer | 1,003 | |
| | Labour | Ruth Jarvis | 920 | |
| | Labour | Jean Haisman | 878 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Davis | 564 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Woolcott | 475 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,806 | 57.4 |
Thorpe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sally Carr | 2,893 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Delaney | 2,738 | |
| | Conservative | Daphne White | 2,708 | |
| | Labour | Elsie Townsend | 877 | |
| | Labour | John Townsend | 794 | |
| | Labour | John Townsend | 698 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Ray | 606 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Smith | 583 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,897 | 63.8 |
Victoria (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christopher Dandridge | 1,621 | |
| | Labour | David Norman | 1,395 | |
| | Labour | Jane Norman | 1,371 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Jones | 1,039 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Smithson | 854 | |
| | Conservative | Ahmed Khwaja | 753 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donna Collins | 514 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Collins | 489 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,523 | 52.4 |
West Leigh (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Lamb | 2,541 | |
| | Conservative | Howard Briggs | 2,455 | |
| | Conservative | Gwendoline Horrigan | 2,439 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Pilgrim | 1,389 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Albert Wren | 1,365 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Collins | 1,232 | |
| | Labour | Terence Adams | 505 | |
| | Labour | Suzanne Gardner | 498 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Elliott | 474 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,898 | 66.8 |
West Shoebury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Anthony North | 2,328 |
| | Conservative | Derek Jarvis | 2,236 |
| | Conservative | Verina Wilson | 2,135 |
| | Labour | John Jarvis | 1,173 |
| | Labour | John Hodgkins | 1,146 |
| | Labour | David Yallop | 989 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Spraggs | 550 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Goldsmith | 466 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,023 |
Westborough (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Sibley | 1,164 | |
| | Labour | Marimuthu Velmurugan | 990 | |
| | Labour | Teresa Merrison | 928 | |
| | Labour | Charles Willis | 846 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Ritchie | 839 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Newton | 807 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Newman | 796 | |
| | Conservative | David Nicklin | 779 | |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Meager | 695 | |
| | Independent | Mark Flewitt | 672 | |
| | Independent | Martin Terry | 616 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,132 | 48.5 |