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Southend-on-Sea City Council
Local authority of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Southend-on-Sea City Council is the local authority of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. Southend has had an elected local authority since 1866, which has been reformed several times. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Essex County Council
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Southend-on-Sea City Council | |
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Leadership | |
Colin Ansell since 5 February 2024 | |
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Seats | 51 councillors |
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Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 2 May 2024 |
Next election | 7 May 2026 |
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Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ER | |
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The council has been under no overall control since 2019. Since 2024 it has been led by a coalition of Labour, the Liberal Democrats and some of the independent councillors. It is based at Southend Civic Centre.