1997 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

1997 UK local government election April 2022 1997 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election Essex parliamentary 1996 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election 1996 1997 5 1 y 1999 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election 1999 All 39 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 20 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 18 8 90,624 40.2% 5.8% 95x50px|Blank Liberal Democrats (UK) 14 4 71,766 31.8% 1.1% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 7 4 61,792 27.4% 7.5% Southend-on-Sea UK ward map 1997.svg Winner of each seat at the 1997 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election. Council control Council control after election No overall control No overall control The 1997 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election took place on 1 May 1997 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as the 1997 general election and other local elections. This was the first election to the council following its establishment as a unitary authority, with the council taking on the powers and responsibilities of Essex County Council for the area. Due to this, the whole council was up for election. However, the ward boundaries and number of seats remained the same. Summary Election result 1997 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council electionhttps://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html Composition calculator 9 September 2025 Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher Elections Centre, Plymouth University Conservative Party (UK) 18 8 46.2 0 18 46.2 90,624 40.2 +5.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) 14 4 35.9 0 14 35.9 71,766 31.8 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) 7 4 17.9 0 7 17.9 61,792 27.4 –7.5 Independent Conservative 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,233 0.5 N/A Ward results Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Southend-on-Sea-1997-2012.pdf live electionscentre.co.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20200624165708/http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Southend-on-Sea-1997-2012.pdf 2020-06-24 Belfairs Belfairs (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) S. Aylen 3,042 48.9 +5.5 Conservative Party (UK) H. Briggs* 2,944 47.4 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) G. Horrigan 2,915 46.9 +3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) S. Pawson 2,601 41.8 –1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) C. Ritchie 2,145 34.5 –8.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) D. Piper 2,059 33.1 –10.3 Labour Party (UK) N. Boorman 1,028 16.5 +3.2 Labour Party (UK) A. Crook 963 15.5 +2.2 Labour Party (UK) J. Norman 952 15.3 +2.0 ~7,052 76.6 +31.6 9,206 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Blenheim Blenheim (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) G. Longley* 2,756 45.2 +4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) C. Mallam* 2,724 44.7 +3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) B. Smith* 2,674 43.9 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) G. Attridge 2,096 34.4 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) P. Collins 2,024 33.2 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) G. Hart 1,974 32.4 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) T. Merrison 1,417 23.3 –6.2 Labour Party (UK) J. Clinkscales 1,378 22.6 –6.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Terry 1,235 20.3 –9.2 ~6,267 66.8 +25.2 9,382 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Chalkwell Chalkwell (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) C. Latham* 2,400 42.7 –0.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) B. Lister-Smith* 2,368 42.1 –1.9 Conservative Party (UK) E. Sullivan 2,151 38.3 –4.8 Conservative Party (UK) B. Trevelyan 2,149 38.2 –4.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) D. Durant 2,050 36.5 –7.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Miller 1,812 32.2 –11.8 Independent Conservative J. Tobin 1,233 21.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) D. Homer 959 17.1 +4.2 Labour Party (UK) M. Humphrey 957 17.0 +4.1 Labour Party (UK) N. Waymark 784 13.9 +1.0 ~6,343 64.7 +30.9 9,804 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Eastwood Eastwood (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) N. Goodman* 3,314 48.7 +7.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Weaver 2,763 40.6 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) C. Walker 2,714 39.9 +3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Betson* 2,696 39.6 –2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) R. Fisher* 2,579 37.9 –3.8 Conservative Party (UK) B. Horrigan 2,556 37.6 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) V. Knights 1,312 19.3 –2.8 Labour Party (UK) A. Monteith 1,263 18.6 –3.5 Labour Party (UK) G. Noakes 1,218 17.9 –4.2 ~7,719 71.8 +37.0 10,750 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Leigh Leigh (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Crystall* 3,052 49.7 +1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) P. Wexham* 2,884 46.9 –1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Smulian* 2,581 42.0 –5.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lamb 2,338 38.1 +9.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. Rowswell 2,207 35.9 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) L. Salter 2,121 34.5 +6.1 Labour Party (UK) P. Circus 1,220 19.9 –3.8 Labour Party (UK) A. Denny 1,024 16.7 –7.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Norman 1,006 16.4 –7.3 ~6,614 70.6 +35.3 9,368 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Milton Milton (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) R. Davy 1,753 41.2 +6.9 Labour Party (UK) K. Lee* 1,751 41.2 –13.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lambert 1,747 41.1 +6.8 Labour Party (UK) P. Hawkins* 1,725 40.6 –14.1 Labour Party (UK) L. Felton* 1,678 39.5 –15.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Khwaja 1,503 35.3 +1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Overy 937 22.0 +11.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) L. Smith 843 19.8 +8.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) T. Ray 819 19.3 +8.3 ~4,849 52.6 +27.1 9,219 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Prittlewell Prittlewell (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Miller* 2,570 47.0 –9.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) N. Baker 2,505 45.9 –10.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) D. Elf* 2,489 45.6 –10.4 Conservative Party (UK) B. Houssart 1,732 31.7 +6.1 Conservative Party (UK) H. Houssart 1,633 29.9 +4.3 Conservative Party (UK) P. Manser 1,564 28.6 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) L. Harley 1,517 27.8 +9.4 Labour Party (UK) P. White 1,199 22.0 +3.6 Labour Party (UK) Z. Chaudhri 1,178 21.6 +3.2 ~5,822 62.4 +30.8 9,330 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Shoebury Shoebury (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. Ascroft* 4,561 53.6 +14.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. North 3,894 45.8 +6.4 Conservative Party (UK) V. Wilson 3,621 42.6 +3.2 Labour Party (UK) L. Wisken* 3,317 39.0 –11.6 Labour Party (UK) D. Singh 2,650 31.1 –19.5 Labour Party (UK) R. Kennedy* 2,131 25.0 –25.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) C. Cooper 1,947 22.9 +12.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Newton 1,761 20.7 +10.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) S. Newton 1,646 19.3 +9.3 ~10,157 65.6 +39.3 15,483 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Southchurch Southchurch (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. Garston* 3,095 56.0 +5.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. Holland* 2,940 53.2 +3.1 Conservative Party (UK) B. Kelly 2,814 50.9 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) R. Merton 1,899 34.4 –3.8 Labour Party (UK) D. Garne 1,568 28.4 –9.8 Labour Party (UK) I. Pope 1,419 25.7 –12.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Davis 1,044 18.9 +7.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) P. De Gregorio Macdonald 930 16.8 +5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Woolcott 873 15.8 +4.1 ~6,249 68.0 +36.9 9,189 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St. Luke's St. Luke's (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) R. Copley* 2,400 54.0 –12.7 Labour Party (UK) J. Mapp* 2,132 47.9 –18.8 Labour Party (UK) M. Royston 1,981 44.5 –22.2 Conservative Party (UK) E. Hodgson 1,503 33.8 +12.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Garston 1,486 33.4 +11.7 Conservative Party (UK) C. Langlands 1,442 32.4 +10.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Smith 921 20.7 +9.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Skinner 823 18.5 +6.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) D. Wainwright 654 14.7 +3.1 ~5,155 60.0 +32.4 8,592 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Thorpe Thorpe (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. White* 3,483 59.5 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) S. Ayre* 3,447 58.9 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) S. Carr* 3,421 58.5 –0.1 Labour Party (UK) G. Farrer 1,453 24.8 –1.1 Labour Party (UK) W. McIntyre 1,408 24.1 –1.8 Labour Party (UK) W. Vanderburg 1,267 21.7 –4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Clark 1,136 19.4 +3.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) D. Holliday 1,015 17.4 +1.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Pilgrim 918 15.7 +0.2 ~6,719 66.7 –38.0 10,073 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Victoria Victoria (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) J. Dunn* 2,907 55.7 –14.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Crisp* 2,657 50.9 –19.7 Labour Party (UK) C. Dandridge* 2,623 50.2 –20.4 Conservative Party (UK) P. Jones 1,706 32.7 +13.7 Conservative Party (UK) D. Ayre 1,697 32.5 +13.5 Conservative Party (UK) K. Norris 1,669 32.0 +13.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) P. Collins 856 16.4 +6.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) C. Etherington 806 15.4 +5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) C. Verney 741 14.2 +4.0 ~5,471 56.3 +29.8 9,717 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Westborough Westborough (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Sibley* 2,501 50.1 –1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Lubel* 2,498 50.1 –1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) H. Gibeon* 2,238 44.8 –6.9 Labour Party (UK) B. Neal 1,429 28.6 –4.7 Labour Party (UK) M. Flewitt 1,400 28.1 –5.2 Labour Party (UK) P. Hannan 1,387 27.8 –5.5 Conservative Party (UK) S. Compton 1,287 25.8 +10.9 Conservative Party (UK) R. Brown 1,149 23.0 +8.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Samuel 1,083 21.7 +6.8 ~5,590 62.9 +33.1 8,887 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) By-elections Chalkwell By-Election 19 February 1998 Conservative Party (UK) 1,353 48.1 +13.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,283 45.6 +11.6 Labour Party (UK) 176 6.3 -7.5 70 2.5 2,812 29.0 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) References 1997 Southend-on-Sea Category:1990s in Essex