Notice of Motion - Southend Council Local Elections 2026
Full council, 12 January 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 45, Against 0, Abstained 1.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (45)
- Anne Jones (Labour)
- Cheryl Nevin (Labour)
- Chris Webster (Labour)
- Daniel Cowan (Labour)
- Ian Gilbert (Labour)
- Irene Ferguson (Labour)
- Jane Norman (Labour)
- Kevin Robinson (Labour)
- Laurie Burton (Labour)
- Lydia Hyde (Labour)
- Madison Faulkner-Hatt (Labour)
- Mandy O'Connor (Labour)
- Margaret Borton (Labour)
- Matt Dent (Labour)
- Maxine Sadza (Labour)
- Pamela Kinsella (Labour)
- Sam Allen (Labour)
- Shahid Nadeem (Labour)
- Alan Dear (Conservative)
- Colin Campbell (Conservative)
- David Garston (Conservative)
- Jack Warren (Conservative)
- James Courtenay (Conservative)
- James Moyies (Conservative)
- John Harland (Conservative)
- Kevin Buck (Conservative)
- Lesley Salter (Conservative)
- Meg Davidson (Conservative)
- Owen Cartey (Conservative)
- Stephen Habermel (Conservative)
- Carole Mulroney (Liberal Democrats)
- Dave Poulton (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Collins (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert McMullan (Liberal Democrats)
- Daniel Nelson (Reform UK)
- Darryl Jones (Reform UK)
- Judith McMahon (Reform UK)
- Tony Cox (Reform UK)
- Nick Ward (Independent)
- Ron Woodley (Independent)
- Steven Wakefield (Independent)
- Richard Longstaff (Green)
- Stuart Allen (Green)
- Stephen Aylen (NON)
- Kathy Murphy (No Political Party)
Abstained (1)
- Nigel Folkard (Conservative)
From the minutes
ccordance with Standing Order 3.44 a named vote was proposed and supported by six other Councillors. The Chief Executive undertook a vote on the motion (as amended, containing the agreed adjustment): For: Cllrs Sam Allen, Stuart Allen, Aylen, Borton, Buck, Burton, Campbell, Cartey, Collins, Courtenay, Cowan, Cox, Davidson, Dear, Dent, Faulkner-Hatt, Ferguson, Garston, Gilbert, Habermel, Harland, Hyde, Anne Jones, Darryl Jones, Kinsella, Longstaff, McMahon, McMullan, Moyies, Mulroney, Murphy, Nadeem, Nelson, Nevin, Norman, O'Connor, Poulton, Robinson, Sadza, Salter, Wakefield, Ward, Warren, Webster and Woodley (45) Against: None Abstentions: The Mayor, Cllr Folkard (1) Resolved: That the Notice of Motion (as amended, containing the agreed adjustment) ‘Southend Council Local Elections 2026', be approved.
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.