Southend-on-Sea City Council
Southend-on-Sea City Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Colin Ansell since 5 February 2024 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 51 councillors |
Political groups |
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 2 May 2024 |
Next election | 7 May 2026 |
| Meeting place | |
| Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ER | |
| Website | |
| www | |
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
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.
Since 2024, the government has planned to abolish the council and merge it with other parts of Essex as part of its planned reorganisation of local government in Essex in 2025.