How it all ended up

Here is a summary of how the parties got on on May 3^rd in Southend-on-Sea.

party	% vote	wins	candidates
Conservative	36.8	8	17
Labour	26.8	5	17
Independent	20.0	3	11
Liberal Democrat	12.6	1	16
Green	2.8	0	8
Southend Independent Association	1.0	0	1
UKIP	0.9	0	3
Psychedelic Future	0.1	0	1

In Southend West the vote share fell thus –

40.2% Conservative

23.9% Labour

18.7 Liberal Democrat

In Southend East …

32.7% Conservative

30.2% Labour

5.3% Liberal Democrat

·       This is the best Labour vote % since 2001.

·       This is an improvement for the Conservatives as compared to 2016.

·       This is the best Liberal Democrat vote % since 2014.

·       This is the worst UKIP performance, ever.