Rochford District Council elections

One third of Rochford District Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Essex County Council.

Council elections

Composition of Council

Year
Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour	UKIP	Green	Rochford Residents	Independent
Ward boundary changes
1998	6	18	12	-	-	3	1
1999	11	13	12	-	-	3	1
2000	19	9	9	-	-	2	1
2002	28	4	4	-	-	1	2
2003	31	4	2	-	-	1	1
2004	32	4	1	-	-	1	1
2006	34	4	-	-	-	1	-
2007	32	5	-	-	-	1	1
2008	32	5	-	-	-	1	1
2010	31	5	-	-	1	1	1
2011	32	4	-	-	1	2	-
2012	31	4	-	-	2	2	-
2014	28	3	1	3	2	2	-
2015	29	2	1	3	2	2	-
Ward boundary changes
2016	21	4	-	4	3	6	1
2018			-
2019	26	3	-	-	3	4	3
2019

By-election results

1994-1998

Roche By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	317	50.2
	Liberal Democrats	174	27.5
	Conservative	141	22.3
Majority		143	22.7
Turnout		632
	Labour hold	Swing

Barling & Sutton By-Election 5 December 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Independent	155	51.7
	Labour	124	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	21	7.0
Majority		31	10.4
Turnout		300	21.8
	Independent hold	Swing

Hawkwell West By-Election 6 November 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	257	40.4	−1.5
	Resident	194	30.5
	Conservative	185	29.1	+7.3
Majority		63	9.9
Turnout		636
	Labour hold	Swing

1998-2002

Roche By-Election 30 August 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	241	44.5	−21.8
	Conservative	233	43.1	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	45	8.3	+8.3
	Independent	22	4.1	+4.1
Majority		8	1.4
Turnout		541	26.9
	Labour hold	Swing

2002-2006

Sweyne Park By-Election 14 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Mockford	310	59.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Frend	112	21.6
	Labour	Stephen Hinde	95	18.4
Majority			198	38.3
Turnout			517	15.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006-2010

Hockley North By-Election 14 June 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Carter	297	49.5	−27.3
	BNP	Mark Cooling	176	29.3	+29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pearson	127	21.2	+21.2
Majority			121	20.2
Turnout			600	36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010-2014

Hullbridge By-election, 16 June 2011 ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Diane Hoy	757	48.22
	Conservative	Mark Peter Hale	555	35.35
	Labour	Angelina Donna Marriott	182	11.59
	UKIP	Carl Whitwell	76	4.84
Majority			202	12.87
Turnout			1570	29.01
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Rayleigh Central By-election, 1 December 2011^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cheryl Edwina Roe	406	54.8
	English Democrat	John Hayter	218	29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elena Black	117	15.8
Majority			188	25.37
Turnout			741	22.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell North By-election, 2 May 2013^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Butcher	372	37.6	−33.5
	UKIP	Keith Gibbs	311	31.4	+31.4
	Independent	Arthur Williams	173	17.5	+17.5
	Labour	John Jefferies	133	13.4	−15.5
Majority			61	6.2
Turnout			989
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitehouse By-election, 2 May 2013^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Dray	408	43.1	−29.4
	UKIP	Linda Kendall	401	42.4	+42.4
	Labour	David Bodimeade	137	14.5	−13.0
Majority			7	0.7
Turnout			946
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014-2018

Downhall and Rawreth By-election, 18 January 2018^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Cannell	794	77.0	+16.6
	Conservative	Tony Hollis	237	23.0	+6.4
Majority			557	54.0
Turnout			1,031
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2018-2022

Downhall and Rawreth By-election, 3 March 2022^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Cripps	791	71.5
	Conservative	Danielle Belton	265	23.9
	Labour	Lorraine Ridley	51	4.6
Majority			526	47.5
Turnout			1,107
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rochford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
^ http://www.rochford.gov.uk/council__democracy/elections/election_results.aspx ^{[dead link‍]}
^ http://www.rochford.gov.uk/pdf/elections_rayleighcentral_spn.pdf ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hawkwell North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Whitehouse Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Downhall and Rawreth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Downhall and Rawreth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

External links

Rochford District Council

[1] slation.gov.uk - The District of Rochford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.

[2] ttp://www.rochford.gov.uk/council__democracy/elections/election_results.aspx ^{[dead link‍]}

[3] ttp://www.rochford.gov.uk/pdf/elections_rayleighcentral_spn.pdf ^{[dead link‍]}

[4] "Local Elections Archive Project — Hawkwell North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

[5] "Local Elections Archive Project — Whitehouse Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

[6] "Local Elections Archive Project — Downhall and Rawreth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

[7] "Local Elections Archive Project — Downhall and Rawreth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes