1991 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 2 May 1991. One third of the council was up for election.

Results summary

1991 Rochford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	7	4	53.8	12	19	46.2	7,378	45.5
	Conservative	4	5	30.8	9	13	33.3	6,665	41.1
	Labour	2	1	15.4	5	7	17.9	2,074	12.8
	Ratepayer	0		0.0	1	1	2.6	0	0.0
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	113	0.7

Ward results

Ashingdon

Ashingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Crick	642	49.5
	Conservative	T. Butcher	579	44.6
	Labour	D. Thompson	76	5.9
Majority				4.9
Turnout				54.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Barlington & Sutton

Barlington & Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Allen	363	62.5
	Liberal Democrats	V. Stanton	133	22.9
	Labour	G. Plackett	85	14.6
Majority				39.6
Turnout				41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canewdon

Canewdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Powell	495	55.1
	Conservative	D. Edwards	345	38.4
	Labour	C. Coyte	58	6.5
Majority				16.7
Turnout				52.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Foulness & Great Wakering East

Foulness & Great Wakering East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Pearson	496	68.7
	Labour	B. Cottle	226	31.3
Majority				37.4
Turnout				43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange & Rawreth

Grange & Rawreth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Stephens	1,041	55.8
	Conservative	P. Savill	557	29.8
	Labour	S. Andre	269	14.4
Majority				26.0
Turnout				43.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great Wakering Central

Great Wakering Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Jones	464	63.8
	Conservative	B. Wilkins	263	36.2
Majority				27.6
Turnout				53.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Wakering West

Great Wakering West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Fox	242	50.4
	Conservative	B. Wright	238	49.6
Majority				0.8
Turnout				47.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Smith	887	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	V. Leach	812	42.1
	Labour	G. Tasker	228	11.8
Majority				3.9
Turnout				36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Fawell	562	42.0
	Labour	M. Weir	426	31.9
	Liberal Democrats	K. Saunders	349	26.1
Majority				10.1
Turnout				43.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lodge

Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Brown	1,375	66.6
	Conservative	J. Farrell	689	33.4
Majority				33.2
Turnout				43.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Helson	912	68.3
	Conservative	L. Argentieri	423	31.7
Majority				36.6
Turnout				44.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. TEllis	793	52.1
	Conservative	P. Webster	730	47.9
Majority				4.2
Turnout				62.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Giles	826	56.1
	Conservative	D. Hale	533	36.2
	Independent	S. Silva	113	7.7
Majority				19.9
Turnout				54.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing