Milton
Milton Ward Within Southend-On-Sea
Population11,291 [1]
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Cheryl Nevin (Labour)
  • Kay Mitchell (Labour)
  • Stephen George (Labour)

Milton is an electoral ward of Southend-on-Sea covering the seafront area west of Southend town centre and the eastern side of the inner city area of Westcliff-on-Sea. It is represented by three local government councillors, each elected to serve a four-year term.

Boundaries

The wards boundaries are the seafront in the south, the Queensway ring road in the east, Valkyrie Road in the west and London Road in the north.[2]

Ward Profile

The ward is defined by the seafront and urban areas it covers, the area covers parts of Westcliff and southend town centre. While covering a large part of the less active part of Southend Seafront.

Councillors

These are the councillors elected for Milton ward.

May 2002 Ann Robertson (Con) Jonathan Garston (Con) Raymond Davy (Con)
May 2003 Ann Robertson (Con) Jonathan Garston (Con) Raymond Davy (Con)
May 2004 Ann Robertson (Con) Jonathan Garston (Con) Raymond Davy (Con)
May 2006 Ann Robertson (Con) Jonathan Garston (Con) Raymond Davy (Con)
May 2007 Ann Robertson (Con) Jonathan Garston (Con) Raymond Davy (Con)
May 2008 Ann Robertson (Con) Jonathan Garston (Con) Nigel Folkard (Con)
May 2010 Maria Caunce (Con) Jonathan Garston (Con) Nigel Folkard (Con)
May 2011 Maria Caunce (Con) Jonathan Garston (Con) Nigel Folkard (Con)
May 2012 Maria Caunce (Con) Jonathan Garston (Con) Julian Ware-Lane (Lab)
May 2014 Cheryl Nevin (Lab) Jonathan Garston (Con) Julian Ware-Lane (Lab)
May 2015 Cheryl Nevin (Lab) Jonathan Garston (Con) Julian Ware-Lane (Lab)
May 2016 Cheryl Nevin (Lab) Jonathan Garston (Con) Julian Ware-Lane (Lab)
May 2018 Cheryl Nevin (Lab) Jonathan Garston (Con) Julian Ware-Lane (Lab)
March 2019 Cheryl Nevin (Lab) Jonathan Garston (Con) Stephen George (Lab)
May 2019 Cheryl Nevin (Lab) Kay Mitchell (Lab) Stephen George (Lab)

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

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2019 Southend Local Elections:Milton (May 2nd)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kay Mitchell 1,101 49.1 Decrease0.8
Conservative Jonathan Garston 634 28.3 Decrease3.3
Green Vida Guildford 285 12.7 Increase7.0
Liberal Democrats Carol White 223 9.9 Decrease3.2
Majority 467 20.8 Increase2.5
Turnout 2,243 27.7 Increase7.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase1.3

Green party candidate compared to 2018 election. No For Britain (-5.3) as previous.

2019 Milton by-election (March 21st)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen George 833 49.9 Decrease0.8
Conservative Garry Lowen 528 31.6 Decrease0.6
Liberal Democrats Carol White 219 13.1 Increase8.6
For Britain James Quail 89 5.3 New
Majority 305 18.3 Decrease0.1
Turnout 1,669 20.6 Decrease10.9
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.2

References

  1. "Milton Ward Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  2. "Milton Ward Map". Southend-on-Sea City Council. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
2018 Southend Local Elections:Milton (May 3rd)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cheryl Nevin 1,305 50.7 Increase5.4
Conservative Garry Lowen 832 32.2 Increase5.9
Independent Stephen Cummins 177 6.9 Increase1.4
Green Vida Guilford 146 5.7 Decrease0.6
Liberal Democrats Bob Howes 116 4.5 Increase1.0
Majority 473 18.4
Turnout 2,576 31.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.3
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