Blenheim Park Ward

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Blenheim Park
Blenheim Park Within Southend-on-Sea
Population	10,775
Unitary authority	Southend-on-Sea
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Southend West
Councillors	Helen Boyd (Conservative) Laurie Burton (Labour) Keith Evans (Independent)
List of places UK England Essex

Blenheim Park is an electoral ward of Southend-on-Sea covering the area west of Southend town centre. It is represented by three local government councillors, each elected to serve a four-year term.

  Indicates Councillor elected that year.   Indicates Councillor defected to the Conservatives.

Blenheim Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Evans	883	34.1	13.7
	Labour	Maxine Sadza	755	29.1	6.0
	Conservative	James Courtenay	688	26.5	5.9
	Greens	Peter Walker	148	5.9	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Grosvenor	119	4.6	3.3
Majority			128	5.0	—
Turnout			2,593	32.6	0.7
	Independent (UK) gain from Conservative		Swing	9.9

No UKIP candidate as previous (-4.1).

Green candidate compared with 2016 election.

Blenheim Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurie Burton	906	35.1	10.5
	Conservative	Floyd Waterworth	835	32.4	0.8
	Independent	Keith Evans	527	20.4	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Grimwade	204	7.9	6.1
	UKIP	Paul Lloyd	106	4.1	17.9
Majority			71	2.8	—
Turnout			2,578	31.9	2.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.9

Floyd Waterworth defected from UKIP to the Conservatives before the election.

No Green candidate as previous (-4.2).

Blenheim Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Boyd	715	31.6	6.2
	Labour	Matt Dent	555	24.6	6.0
	UKIP	Roger Weaver	474	21.0	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Allen-King	317	14.0	0.3
	Independent	Colin Ritchie	105	4.7	N/A
	Green	Jules Esposito	94	4.2	3.4
Majority			160	7.1	8.3
Turnout			2,260	29.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	6.1

Blenheim Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Courtenay	1,930	37.8	10.7
	UKIP	Paul Lloyd	1,143	22.4	9.3
	Labour	Matt Dent	947	18.6	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Herbert	698	13.7	6.0
	Greens	Jimmy Wild	386	7.6	0.4
Majority			787	15.4	—
Turnout			5,104	64.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.0

Blenheim Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Floyd Waterworth	851	31.7	15.5
	Conservative	Helen Boyd	728	27.1	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Russell	529	19.7	10.8
	Labour	Dean Trotter	383	14.3	2.2
	Greens	Julian Esposito	194	7.2	1.7
Majority			123	4.6	—
Turnout			2,684
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	13.2