| Election Name: | 2022 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council |
| Country: | Essex |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Southend-on-Sea City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 out of 51 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Turnout: | 31.14 |
| Image1: | File:Cllr Tony Cox (51193361428) (cropped).jpg |
| Leader1: | Tony Cox |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader Since1: | 9 May 2019 |
| Last Election1: | 23 seats, 40.5% |
| Leaders Seat1: | West Shoebury |
| Seats Before1: | 23 |
| Seats1: | 6 |
| Seats After1: | 21 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 16,293 |
| Percentage1: | 38.2% |
| Swing1: | 2.3% |
| Leader2: | Ian Gilbert |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader Since2: | Oct/Nov 2010 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Victoria |
| Last Election2: | 13 seats, 30.4% |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,940 |
| Percentage2: | 30.4% |
| Swing2: | 4.3% |
| Image3: | Ind |
| Leader3: | n/a |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Leader Since3: | n/a |
| Leaders Seat3: | n/a |
| Last Election3: | 10 seats, 13.0% |
| Seats Before3: | 10 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 8 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,576 |
| Percentage3: | 8.4% |
| Swing3: | 4.6% |
| Image4: | File:Carole Mulroney (cropped).jpg |
| Leader4: | Carole Mulroney |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader Since4: | May 2017 |
| Leaders Seat4: | Leigh |
| Last Election4: | 5 seats, 13.2% |
| Seats Before4: | 5 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 6 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 5,611 |
| Percentage4: | 13.2% |
| Swing4: | 1.8% |
| Image5: | Green |
| Leader5: | n/a |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leader Since5: | n/a |
| Leaders Seat5: | n/a |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats, 8.1% |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 3,165 |
| Percentage5: | 7.4% |
| Swing5: | 0.7% |
| Map2 Image: | File:United Kingdom Southend-on-Sea City Council 2022.svg |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Ian Gilbert Labour |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Stephen George Labour |
| After Party: | No overall control |
Elections to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.[1]
The council is elected by thirds, so a single member was elected from all 17 wards to a term of four years. The seats elected at this election were last contested in 2018.[2]