Elections to

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took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other

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across the

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. 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: Prior to the election the composition of the council was: After the election, the composition of the council was:

Result summary

Results

Belfairs

Blenheim Park

''No UKIP candidate as previous (−4.1).''

Chalkwell

Eastwood Park

Kursaal

Leigh

Milton

''Results compared to the 21 March

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.'' ''Green party compared to 2018 election, no For Britain candidate (−5.3) as previous.''

Prittlewell

Shoeburyness

''Green candidate compared to 2016 election'' ''Swing and majority compared to independent victory in 2018''

Southchurch

''UKIP candidate compared to 2016 election.''

St. Laurence

''UKIP and Green candidate compared to 2016 election.''

St. Luke's

''No Psychedelic Future (−1.8) candidate as previous''

Thorpe

''Green party compared to 2016 election.''

Victoria

''UKIP and liberal democrat candidates compared to 2016 election.''

West Leigh

''Green party candidate compared to 2016 election.''

West Shoebury

''Green candidate compared to 2016 election.''

Westborough

Notes

References

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Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north ...

2010s in Essex