Kursaal Ward


Kursaal is an electoral ward of Southend-on-Sea covering the area east of Southend town centre. It is represented by three local government councillors, each elected to serve a four-year term. Kursaal was one of the four new wards created in 2000 during boundary changes in Southend.

Boundaries

The wards boundaries are Victoria road in the east, with half the road being in Thorpe. The queensway ring road in the west. The seafront around Marine Parade in the south, and multiple smaller roads in the north. It borders Thorpe, Milton, St Lukes and Victoria. While it also shares a small border with Southchurch ward along Surbiton Avenue. They have remained this way since the wards creation in 2001.

Ward Profile

The ward is defined by many different features, the Woodgrange estate makes up a large portion of the south of the ward and houses many of its inhabitants. The ward had in 2011 an unemployment rate of 13.5% higher than the Southend average of 8.1%. It also had around 35% of home ownership compared to a 65% average in the rest of Southend. The health of the inhabitants is also worse than compared to most over residents of Southend. The ward is one of the poorer areas of Southend.

Councillors

These are all councillors elected since Kursaal ward was created in 2001
May 2001Judith Mcmahon Stephen George Denis Garne
May 2002Judith Mcmahon Stephen George Denis Garne
May 2003Judith Mcmahon Stephen George Denis Garne
June 2004Judith Mcmahon Stephen George Denis Garne
May 2006Judith Mcmahon Stephen George Denis Garne
May 2007Judith Mcmahon Stephen George Denis Garne
May 2008Judith Mcmahon Stephen George Blaine Robin
May 2010Louise Burdett Stephen George Blaine Robin
May 2011Louise Burdett Judith Mcmahon Blaine Robin
May 2012Louise Burdett Judith Mcmahon Ann Jones
May 2014Lawrence Davies Judith Mcmahon Ann Jones
May 2015Lawrence Davies Judith Mcmahon Ann Jones
May 2016Lawrence Davies Judith Mcmahon Helen Mcdonald
May 2018Matt Dent Judith Mcmahon Helen Mcdonald
May 2019Matt Dent Maggie Kelly Helen Mcdonald

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

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Green candidate compared to 2016 election, Judith Mcmahon didn't run for re-election in Kursaal
No UKIP or Green candidates as previous.
No English Democrat candidate as previous.
No BNP Independent or English Democrat candidates as previous

Elections in the 2000s