Rochford District Council election, 2008
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Elections to Rochford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
The Conservative party won all 15 seats up for election with no surprises in the results.[1][2]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 33 | +1 | |
Liberal Democrat | 5 | 0 | |
Rochford District Residents | 1 | 0 | |
Independent | 0 | –1 |
Election result
Rochford Local Election Result 2008 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 15 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.0 | 61.6 | 9,551 | +12.4% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 1,549 | -12.8% | ||
English Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 1,531 | +6.7% | ||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 1,481 | -1.7% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 571 | -1.1% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 479 | -2.8% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 174 | +1.1% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.1 | 163 | -1.7% |
Two Conservative candidates were unopposed.
Ward results
Ashingdon and Canewdon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Cutmore | 663 | 55.1 | -9.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Valerie Stanton | 371 | 30.8 | +30.8 | |
Green | Andrew Vaughan | 169 | 14.0 | -21.4 | |
Majority | 292 | 24.3 | -4.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,203 | 34.4 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Barling and Sutton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Steptoe | unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Foulness and Great Wakering
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara Wilkins | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hockley Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeremy Thomass | 1,302 | 80.7 | ||
Labour | David Thompson | 312 | 19.3 | ||
Majority | 990 | 61.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,614 | 31.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hockley North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Carter | 421 | 73.3 | -3.5 | |
BNP | Mark Cooling | 92 | 16.0 | +16.0 | |
Labour | Sheila Downward | 61 | 10.6 | -12.6 | |
Majority | 329 | 57.3 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 574 | 34.7 | -4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hocklet West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm Maddocks | 401 | 71.1 | ||
Independent | Brian Hazlewood | 163 | 28.9 | ||
Majority | 238 | 42.2 | |||
Turnout | 564 | 35.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hullbridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Robinson | 1,122 | 58.3 | +8.8 | |
BNP | Robert Green | 479 | 24.9 | -0.3 | |
Labour | Angelina Marriott | 325 | 16.9 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 643 | 33.4 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,926 | 36.3 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lodge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Merrick | 549 | 50.3 | +6.5 | |
English Democrats | David Merrick | 264 | 24.2 | -5.9 | |
UKIP | Janet Davies | 174 | 15.9 | +15.9 | |
Green | Neil Kirsh | 105 | 9.6 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 285 | 26.1 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,092 | 34.5 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rayleigh Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antony Humphries | 882 | 74.5 | +13.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Nobes | 302 | 25.5 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 580 | 49.0 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,184 | 35.3 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rochford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gillian Lucas-Gill | 864 | |||
Conservative | Keith Gordon | 796 | |||
Labour | David Lench | 361 | |||
Labour | Myra Weir | 357 | |||
English Democrats | Margaret Stoll | 347 | |||
Green | Douglas Copping | 205 | |||
Turnout | 2,930 | 29.5 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sweyne Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joan Mockford | 516 | 46.7 | -1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Patricia Putt | 353 | 31.9 | -19.9 | |
English Democrats | Kim Gandy | 236 | 21.4 | +21.4 | |
Majority | 163 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,105 | 33.7 | +8.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Trinity
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Gibbs | 562 | 51.1 | -10.5 | |
English Democrats | John Hayter | 372 | 33.8 | +33.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mark Pearson | 101 | 9.2 | -21.7 | |
Labour | Peter Lickfold | 65 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 190 | 17.3 | -13.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,100 | 37.9 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wheatley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Pullen' | 829 | 77.7 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Corey Vost | 238 | 22.3 | -7.2 | |
Majority | 591 | 55.4 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,067 | 34.1 | -0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Whitehouse
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Smith | 641 | 56.4 | -7.0 | |
English Democrats | Kenneth Bennett | 312 | 27.4 | +27.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Elena Black | 184 | 16.2 | -20.4 | |
Majority | 329 | 29.0 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,137 | 36.2 | -0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |