1992 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 1992 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Results summary[]

1992 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8		61.5	16	24	61.5	24,126	53.8
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	23.1	5	8	20.5	12,048	26.9
	Labour	2	1	15.4	4	6	15.4	6,593	14.7
	Ind. Conservative	0		0.0	1	1	2.6	0	0.0
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,391	3.1
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	650	1.4
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	31	0.1

Ward results[]

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Belfairs[]

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Hornsey	2,585	62.8
	Liberal Democrats	G. Longley	1,263	30.7
	Labour	N. Boorman	193	4.7
	Liberal	A. Farmer	77	1.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Blenheim[]

Blenheim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Clarke	1,857	48.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Lubel	1,694	44.1
	Labour	J. Grindley	225	5.9
	Liberal	V. Wilkinson	69	1.8
Majority				4.2
Turnout				42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chalkwell[]

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Tobin	2,128	64.1
	Liberal Democrats	H. Lister-Smith	941	28.4
	Labour	J. Mapp	249	7.5
Majority				35.7
Turnout				36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastwood[]

Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Weaver	2,624	60.9
	Liberal Democrats	N. Goodman	1,446	33.6
	Labour	Z. Chaudhri	183	4.2
	Liberal	L. Farmer	53	1.2
Majority				27.3
Turnout				40.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leigh[]

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	O. Shapiro	2,019	48.0
	Conservative	J. Lambert	1,899	45.2
	Labour	P. Circus	217	5.2
	Liberal	T. Marshall	67	1.6
Majority				2.8
Turnout				46.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milton[]

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Baum	1,400	58.5
	Labour	K. Lee	516	21.6
	Liberal Democrats	S. Hall	447	18.7
	SDP	M. Sarfas	31	1.3
Majority				2.9
Turnout				46.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prittlewell[]

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Chinn	1,575	45.5
	Conservative	S. Diggins	1,523	44.0
	Labour	D. Garne	286	8.3
	Liberal	G. Wilkinson	81	2.3
Majority				1.5
Turnout				37.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shoebury[]

Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. North	2,209	49.0
	Independent	R. Hadley	1,391	30.9
	Labour	A. Chalk	705	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Magney	160	3.6
	Liberal	K. Izard	40	0.9
Majority				18.1
Turnout				33.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southchurch[]

Southchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Lockhart	2,001	70.4
	Labour	W. McIntyre	538	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	G. Stride	207	7.3
	Liberal	T. French	98	3.4
Majority				51.5
Turnout				31.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's[]

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Copley	1,225	47.5
	Conservative	G. Woolf	1,082	42.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Wade	270	10.5
Majority				5.5
Turnout				31.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Thorpe[]

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Ayre	2,462	73.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hooton	461	13.8
	Labour	G. Farrer	332	9.9
	Liberal	S. Marshall	92	2.7
Majority				59.8
Turnout				34.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria[]

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Hurst	1,599	53.9
	Conservative	T. Myall	1,096	36.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Miller	274	9.2
Majority				17.0
Turnout				32.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Westborough[]

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Gibeon	1,291	43.8
	Conservative	J. Palmer	1,260	42.7
	Labour	M. Fletcher	325	11.0
	Liberal	I. Farmer	73	2.5
Majority				1.1
Turnout				35.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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