2026 Southend-on-Sea City Council election
7 May 2026
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17 out of 51 seats to Southend-on-Sea City Council 26 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2026 Southend-on-Sea City Council election will take place on 7 May 2026 to elect a third of the members of Southend-on-Sea City Council in Essex, England. It will be held on the same day as other local elections across England.
These elections are expected to be the last local elections before the council's abolition amid the 2024–present structural changes to local government in England, with the inaugural elections to a new unitary authority covering Southend and other neighbouring areas of Essex expected to take place in 2027.