Elections to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The election led to the majority Conservative administration being replaced by a "rainbow coalition" between the Independents, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, which was voted in by a vote of 27-20.
Composition Directly after the 2018 election the composition of the council was: + ↓ 11 2 9 29 Labour Lib Dem Ind Conservative
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
+ ↓ 11 2 10 28 Labour Lib Dem Ind Conservative
After the election, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 14 5 12 20 Labour Lib Dem Ind Conservative
Summary
Election result
Ward results Belfairs
Blenheim Park
No UKIP candidate as previous (−4.1).
Chalkwell
Eastwood Park
Kursaal
Leigh
Milton
No For Britain candidate (−5.3) as previous.
Prittlewell
Shoeburyness
Southchurch
St. Laurence
St. Luke's
No Psychedelic Future (−1.8) candidate as previous.
Thorpe
Victoria
West Leigh
West Shoebury
Westborough
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