Elections to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The election led to the majority Conservative administration being replaced by a "rainbow coalition" between the Independents, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, which was voted in by a vote of 27-20.
Directly after the 2018 election the composition of the council was:
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
After the election, the composition of the council was:
No UKIP candidate as previous (âÂÂ4.1).
No For Britain candidate (âÂÂ5.3) as previous.
No Psychedelic Future (âÂÂ1.8) candidate as previous.