Westborough
Westborough Ward Within Southend-on-Sea
Population11,064 [1]
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Aston Line (Labour)
  • Kevin Robinson (Labour)
  • Anne Jones (Labour)

Westborough is an electoral ward of Southend-on-Sea covering the urban area of Westcliff-on-Sea. The ward starts at Southbourne Grove in the West, Prittlewell Brook to the North, Wenham Drive in the East and London Road/West Road in the south.[2]

Councillors

May 2010 Paul Collins (Lib) Martin Terry (Independent) Dr Vel (Independent)
May 2011 Paul Collins (Lib) Martin Terry (Independent) Dr Vel (Independent)
May 2012 Paul Collins (Lib) Martin Terry (Independent) Dr Vel (Independent)
May 2014 Kevin Robinson (Lab) Michael Royston (Lab) Dr Vel (Independent)
May 2015 Kevin Robinson (Lab) Charles Willis (Lab) Dr Vel (Independent)
May 2016 Kevin Robinson (Lab) Charles Willis (Lab) Anne Jones (Lab)
May 2018 Kevin Robinson (Lab) Charles Willis (Lab) Anne Jones (Lab)
May 2019 Kevin Robinson (Lab) Charles Willis (Lab) Anne Jones (Lab)
May 2021
May 2022

  Indicates Councillor elected that year.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2019 Southend Local Elections:Westborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Willis 857 40.2 Decrease12.2
Independent Dr Vel (Marimuthu Velmurugan)[3] 391 18.3 New
Conservative Jack Warren 340 15.9 Decrease8.8
Green Stephen Jordan 259 12.1 Increase6.1
Liberal Democrats Billy Boulton 152 7.1 Decrease0.9
Independent Alan Hart 134 6.3 Decrease2.6
Majority 466 21.8 Decrease7.0
Turnout 2,133 28.0 Decrease0.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.7
2018 Southend Local Elections:Westborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Robinson 1,146 52.4 Increase18.5
Conservative Jack Warren 539 24.7 Increase10.2
Independent Alan Hart 194 8.9 Increase5.1
Liberal Democrats Billy Boulton 175 8.0 Increase2.2
Green Paul Mansfield 131 6.0 Decrease0.1
Majority 607 27.8 Increase16.0
Turnout 2,185 28.5
Labour hold Swing Increase4.2

No Independent (−22.1) or UKIP (−12.9) candidates as previous.

References

  1. Council, Southend-on-Sea Borough. "Southend-on-Sea Borough Council download - Ward Profiles - About the Council - Information Centre - Southend Insights". www.southend.gov.uk.
  2. "Westborough Ward". Southend-on-Sea City Council. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. Geoghegan, John. "Expenses led Westborough's Dr Vel to take a stand". Echo. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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