A curious decline: Southend’s electorate
August 3, 2011 6 Comments
I have had sight of some curious stats, the electorate totals for the Essex local authorities in 2010 and 2011.
Parliamentary electorates
| 2010 | 2011 | change + / – | |
| Castle Point | 67,689 | 64,562 | – 3127 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 127,017 | 126,250 | – 767 |
| Thurrock | 109,569 | 109,495 | – 74 |
| Colchester | 124,169 | 124,252 | + 83 |
| Harlow | 59,167 | 59,380 | + 213 |
| Basildon | 127,760 | 127,981 | + 221 |
| Rochford | 64,867 | 65,133 | + 266 |
| Epping Forest | 95,464 | 95,881 | + 417 |
| Brentwood | 55,162 | 55,692 | + 530 |
| Tendring | 107,765 | 108,308 | + 543 |
| Chelmsford | 126,419 | 126,981 | + 562 |
| Maldon | 47,843 | 48,619 | + 776 |
| Uttlesford | 58,606 | 59,608 | + 1002 |
| Braintree | 106,789 | 108,402 | + 1613 |
The numbers for each ward in Southend-on-Sea
| 2010 | 2011 | |
| Belfairs | 7,421 | 7,422 |
| Blenheim Park | 7,798 | 7,786 |
| Chalkwell | 7,231 | 7,088 |
| Eastwood Park | 7,609 | 7,616 |
| Kursaal | 7,322 | 7,113 |
| Leigh | 7,266 | 7,298 |
| Milton | 7,215 | 6,986 |
| Prittlewell | 7,599 | 7,575 |
| St Laurence | 7,579 | 7,537 |
| St Luke’s | 8,042 | 8,068 |
| Shoeburyness | 8,066 | 7,942 |
| Southchurch | 7,309 | 7,423 |
| Thorpe | 7,347 | 7,414 |
| Victoria | 7,300 | 7,081 |
| Westborough | 7,393 | 7,369 |
| West Leigh | 7,069 | 7,089 |
| West Shoebury | 7,451 | 7,443 |
There may be a perfectly obvious reason for the drop in Southend’s electorate – it’s just that I cannot think of it.
Julian's musings 
Never mind Southend, what about Castle Point! Down by over 3000 ?! !
If you recall 2001 there was a big fuss in Southend over the census and how it was claimed that the under-recording cost the local authority millions in Government funding. Are we about to witness something similar?
Could well be.
Do you have a link to these figures?
I was sent a spreadsheet. You could always link to this post.
Oh, I will be doing that 🙂
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