1997_Southend-on-Sea_Borough_Council_election

1997 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

1997 UK local government election

The 1997 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 1 May 1997 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election, although the ward boundaries remained the same.

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"Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2020.

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1997 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	18	8	46.2	0	18	46.2	90,624	40.2	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	14	4	35.9	0	14	35.9	71,766	31.8	+1.1
	Labour	7	4	17.9	0	7	17.9	61,792	27.4	–7.5
	Ind. Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,233	0.5	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Aylen	3,042	45.6
	Conservative	H. Briggs	2,944
	Conservative	G. Horrigan	2,915
	Liberal Democrats	S. Pawson	2,601	39.0
	Liberal Democrats	C. Ritchie	2,145
	Liberal Democrats	D. Piper	2,059
	Labour	N. Boorman	1,028	15.4
	Labour	A. Crook	963
	Labour	J. Norman	952
Turnout				76.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Longley	2,756	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	C. Mallam	2,724
	Liberal Democrats	B. Smith	2,674
	Conservative	G. Attridge	2,096	33.4
	Conservative	P. Collins	2,024
	Conservative	G. Hart	1,974
	Labour	T. Merrison	1,417	22.6
	Labour	J. Clinkscales	1,378
	Labour	M. Terry	1,235
Turnout				66.8
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Latham	2,400	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	B. Lister-Smith	2,368	34.0
	Conservative	E. Sullivan	2,151
	Conservative	B. Trevelyan	2,149
	Liberal Democrats	D. Durant	2,050
	Liberal Democrats	A. Miller	1,812
	Ind. Conservative	J. Tobin	1,233	17.7
	Labour	D. Homer	959	13.8
	Labour	M. Humphrey	957
	Labour	N. Waymark	784
Turnout				64.7
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	N. Goodman	3,314	44.9
	Conservative	R. Weaver	2,763	37.4
	Conservative	C. Walker	2,714
	Liberal Democrats	M. Betson	2,696
	Liberal Democrats	R. Fisher	2,579
	Conservative	B. Horrigan	2,556
	Labour	V. Knights	1,312	17.8
	Labour	A. Monteith	1,263
	Labour	G. Noakes	1,218
Turnout				71.8
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

1997_Southend-on-Sea_Borough_Council_election

1997 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

Results summary

Ward results

Belfairs

Blenheim

Chalkwell

Eastwood

Leigh

Milton

Prittlewell

Shoebury

Southchurch

St. Luke's

Thorpe

Victoria

Westborough

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Crystall	3,052	46.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Wexham	2,884
	Liberal Democrats	A. Smulian	2,581
	Conservative	J. Lamb	2,338	35.4
	Conservative	J. Rowswell	2,207
	Conservative	L. Salter	2,121
	Labour	P. Circus	1,220	18.5
	Labour	A. Denny	1,024
	Labour	D. Norman	1,006
Turnout				70.6
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Davy	1,753	39.5
	Labour	K. Lee	1,751	39.4
	Conservative	J. Lambert	1,747
	Labour	P. Hawkins	1,725
	Labour	L. Felton	1,678
	Conservative	A. Khwaja	1,503
	Liberal Democrats	J. Overy	937	21.1
	Liberal Democrats	L. Smith	843
	Liberal Democrats	T. Ray	819
Turnout				52.6
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Miller	2,570	44.2
	Liberal Democrats	N. Baker	2,505
	Liberal Democrats	D. Elf	2,489
	Conservative	B. Houssart	1,732	29.8
	Conservative	H. Houssart	1,633
	Conservative	P. Manser	1,564
	Labour	L. Harley	1,517	26.1
	Labour	P. White	1,199
	Labour	Z. Chaudhri	1,178
Turnout				62.4
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Ascroft	4,561	46.4
	Conservative	A. North	3,894
	Conservative	V. Wilson	3,621
	Labour	L. Wisken	3,317	33.8
	Labour	D. Singh	2,650
	Labour	R. Kennedy	2,131
	Liberal Democrats	C. Cooper	1,947	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	A. Newton	1,761
	Liberal Democrats	S. Newton	1,646
Turnout				65.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Garston	3,095	51.3
	Conservative	A. Holland	2,940
	Conservative	B. Kelly	2,814
	Labour	R. Merton	1,899	31.5
	Labour	D. Garne	1,568
	Labour	I. Pope	1,419
	Liberal Democrats	J. Davis	1,044	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	P. De Gregorio Macdonald	930
	Liberal Democrats	M. Woolcott	873
Turnout				68.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Copley	2,400	49.8
	Labour	J. Mapp	2,132
	Labour	M. Royston	1,981
	Conservative	E. Hodgson	1,503	31.2
	Conservative	J. Garston	1,486
	Conservative	C. Langlands	1,442
	Liberal Democrats	A. Smith	921	19.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Skinner	823
	Liberal Democrats	D. Wainwright	654
Turnout				60.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. White	3,483	57.4
	Conservative	S. Ayre	3,447
	Conservative	S. Carr	3,421
	Labour	G. Farrer	1,453	23.9
	Labour	W. McIntyre	1,408
	Labour	W. Vanderburg	1,267
	Liberal Democrats	M. Clark	1,136	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	D. Holliday	1,015
	Liberal Democrats	J. Pilgrim	918
Turnout				66.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Dunn	2,907	53.2
	Labour	R. Crisp	2,657
	Labour	C. Dandridge	2,623
	Conservative	P. Jones	1,706	31.2
	Conservative	D. Ayre	1,697
	Conservative	K. Norris	1,669
	Liberal Democrats	P. Collins	856	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	C. Etherington	806
	Liberal Democrats	C. Verney	741
Turnout				56.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Sibley	2,501	47.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Lubel	2,498
	Liberal Democrats	H. Gibeon	2,238
	Labour	B. Neal	1,429	27.4
	Labour	M. Flewitt	1,400
	Labour	P. Hannan	1,387
	Conservative	S. Compton	1,287	24.7
	Conservative	R. Brown	1,149
	Conservative	M. Samuel	1,083
Turnout				62.9
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold