Six wards more marginal than mine

I am now officially a candidate in the May 5th elections, thus allowing me to defend the seat I won four years ago. Milton ward's voters will decide whether they wish to retain my services, or prefer the allure of another.

I consider my ward a marginal, and here is how marginal it is as compared to other results in 2012 :-

ward	% majority	winner	party
Belfairs	1.9	Stephen Aylen	Ind
Southchurch	2.1	David Garston	Con	Not defending seat
Westborough	2.3	Marimuthu Velmurugan	Ind
Blenheim Park	2.6	Graham Longley	LD	Not defending seat
Prittlewell	3.1	Mary Betson	LD
West Shoebury	3.3	Liz Day	Con	Deceased
Milton	3.6	Julian Ware-Lane	Lab
St Lawrence	7.3	Mark Flewitt	Con
Kursaal	7.4	Anne Jones	Lab	Not defending seat
St Luke's	15.3	Brian Ayling	Ind
Chalkwell	16.1	Ian Robertson	Con
Leigh	18.4	Alan Crystall	LD	Not defending seat
West Leigh	19.1	John Lamb	Con
Shoeburyness	23.0	Mike Assenheim	Ind
Victoria	25.0	Ian Gilbert	Lab
Eastwood Park	33.5	Chris Walker	Con
Thorpe	45.4	Mike Stafford	Ind

You can see that Milton is the seventh most marginal ward being defended in Southend-on-Sea this year, which I suppose means my personal battle is less daunting than others. What is certain is that those with single figure percentage majorities are somewhat more prone to the vagaries of low turnout.

Until nominations are closed I cannot be sure that others have also decided not to defend their seats.