Matt Dent: councillor for Kursaal Ward, Southend-on-Sea City Council
Matt Dent is a Labour & Co-operative Party councillor for the Kursaal Ward ward on Southend-on-Sea City Council, according to the council's own published list. Matt Dent is also Cabinet Member for Business, Culture, Music and Tourism. Their current term began on 7 May 2018.
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
- Ward
- Kursaal Ward
- Party
- Labour & Co-operative Party
- Posts
- Cabinet Member for Business, Culture, Music and Tourism
- Term began
- 7 May 2018
- Official profile
- democracy.southend.gov.uk
- Source
- Southend-on-Sea City Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy)
How to contact Matt Dent
These are the details Southend-on-Sea City Council publishes for Matt Dent, exactly as published on 3 November 2026:
- Email: cllrmattdent@southend.gov.uk
- Phone: 01702 212372
- Home address (published by the council): Flat 1 Cheltenham House,, 25 Cheltenham Road,, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 2SB
- Official profile: democracy.southend.gov.uk
Who else represents Kursaal Ward
- Irene Ferguson Labour Party Cabinet Member for Housing and Preventing Homelessness
- Chris Webster Labour Party Cabinet Member for Technology, Learning and Customer Services
Labour & Co-operative Party on Southend-on-Sea City Council
Labour & Co-operative Party holds 3 of the 50 seats on Southend-on-Sea City Council. The largest group is Labour Party, with 14. Seats by party: Labour Party 14, Conservative Party 11, Reform UK 11, Labour & Co-operative Party 3, Green Party 3, Liberal Democrats 3 and others.
Leaders and post holders on Southend-on-Sea City Council
- James Courtenay Leader of Conservative Group
- Paul Collins Cabinet Member for Finance and Transport - Liberal Democrat Group Leader
- Robert McMullan Deputy Leader - Liberal Democrat Group
- Maxine Sadza (Deputy Leader) Cabinet Member for Social Care and Healthier Communities
- Daniel Cowan Leader of the Council (Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Devolution)
- James O'Rourke Deputy Leader of the Reform UK Group
- Lesley Salter Deputy Group Leader - Conservative Group
- Tony Cox Mayor - Leader of the Southend Reform UK Group
All 50 councillors of Southend-on-Sea City Council, by ward and party.
Who has power over Kursaal Ward
Matt Dent sits on Southend-on-Sea City Council, at level 3 of the ten levels of power. These are the bodies above Southend-on-Sea, each with its own page:
- Essex Police led by Roger Hirst, BJ Harrington
- Southend East and Rochford: Mr Bayo Alaba (Independent) MP
- Southend West and Leigh: David Burton-Sampson (Labour) MP
- UK government and all 650 MPs
- United Nations, IMF, G7 and G20
The full ladder of power over Southend-on-Sea, from residents' groups to the G20.
Where this comes from
Southend-on-Sea City Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy). Published by Southend-on-Sea City Council. The page is rebuilt from the official list each time it is read again, so anything the council changes or removes changes here too. Name or seat out of date? Tell us.