Election Name: | 2015 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council |
Country: | Essex |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2014 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2016 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Seats For Election: | 17 out of 51 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 26 |
Turnout: | 62.2% |
Image1: | File:John Lamb (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | John Lamb |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leader Since1: | 25 May 2014 |
Last Election1: | 19 seats, 30.9% |
Leaders Seat1: | West Leigh |
Seats Before1: | 19 |
Seats1: | 13 |
Seats After1: | 22 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 34,725 |
Percentage1: | 39.3% |
Swing1: | 8.4% |
Leader2: | n/a |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Leader Since2: | n/a |
Leaders Seat2: | n/a |
Last Election2: | 13 seats, 18.2% |
Seats Before2: | 13 |
Seats2: | 2 |
Seats After2: | 11 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 12,679 |
Percentage2: | 14.3% |
Swing2: | 3.9% |
Image3: | File:Ian Gilbert (cropped).jpg |
Leader3: | Ian Gilbert |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leader Since3: | Oct/Nov 2010 |
Leaders Seat3: | Victoria |
Last Election3: | 9 seats, 18.1% |
Seats Before3: | 9 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seats After3: | 9 |
Popular Vote3: | 16,963 |
Percentage3: | 19.2% |
Swing3: | 1.1% |
Image4: | File:James Moyies (cropped).jpg |
Leader4: | James Moyies |
Party4: | UKIP |
Leader Since4: | May 2014 |
Leaders Seat4: | West Shoebury |
Last Election4: | 5 seats, 18.8% |
Seats Before4: | 5 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seats After4: | 5 |
Popular Vote4: | 9,023 |
Percentage4: | 10.2% |
Swing4: | 8.6% |
Image5: | File:Graham Longley (cropped).jpg |
Leader5: | Graham Longley |
Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leaders Seat5: | Blenheim Park |
Last Election5: | 5 seats, 12.6% |
Seats Before5: | 5 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seats After5: | 4 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 8,796 |
Percentage5: | 10.0% |
Swing5: | 2.6% |
Image6: | Green |
Leader6: | n/a |
Party6: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Leader Since6: | n/a |
Leaders Seat6: | n/a |
Last Election6: | 0 seats, 1.3% |
Seats Before6: | 0 |
Seats6: | 0 |
Seats After6: | 0 |
Popular Vote6: | 6,181 |
Percentage6: | 7.0% |
Swing6: | 5.7% |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Ron Woodley Independent |
Before Party: | No overall control |
After Election: | Ron Woodley Independent |
After Party: | No overall control |
The 2015 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as the other local elections.