1999 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council, Essex, England, were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 13
• Labour 12
• Conservative 11
• Residents 3
• Independent 1

Election result

1999 Rochford District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	3	5	23.1	10	13	32.5	3,444	31.0
	Labour	3		23.1	9	12	30.0	2,489	22.4
	Conservative	6	5	46.2	5	11	27.5	4,592	41.4
	Residents	0		0.0	3	3	7.5	0	0.0
	Independent	1		7.7	0	1	2.5	573	5.2

Ward results

Ashingdon

Ashingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Cutmore	294	41.4
	Liberal Democrats	C. Hall	289	40.6
	Labour	L. Bain	128	18.0
Majority				0.8
Turnout				29.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Barling & Sutton

Barling & Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Allen	217	45.0
	Conservative	A. Waite	174	36.1
	Labour	K. Salt	77	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	M. Smith	14	2.9
Majority				8.9
Turnout				35.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Canewdon

Canewdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Hosking	333	51.1
	Conservative	R. Bailey	234	35.9
	Labour	K. Attridge	85	13.0
Majority				15.2
Turnout				34.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Foulness & Great Wakering East

Foulness & Great Wakering East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Pearson	363	64.6
	Labour	A. Fox	176	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hunnable	23	4.1
Majority				33.3
Turnout				33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange & Rawreth

Grange & Rawreth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Mockford	582	40.0
	Liberal Democrats	E. Francis	461	31.7
	Labour	D. Rossi	413	28.4
Majority				8.3
Turnout				28.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Great Wakering Central

Great Wakering Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Stebbing	230	44.1
	Conservative	J. Shelley	190	36.5
	Independent	H. Allen	81	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	M. Beckers	20	3.8
Majority				7.6
Turnout				38.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Wakering West

Great Wakering West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Fox	207	52.8
	Conservative	B. Wilkins	166	42.3
	Liberal Democrats	D. Giles	19	4.8
Majority				10.5
Turnout				31.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	V. Leach	607	44.6
	Conservative	J. Spillane	474	34.8
	Labour	D. Thompson	281	20.6
Majority				9.8
Turnout				23.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Weir	430	42.3
	Independent	J. Mason	275	27.0
	Conservative	P. Capon	269	26.5
	Liberal Democrats	M. Pearson	42	4.2
Majority				15.3
Turnout				33.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Lodge

Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Livings	537	49.9
	Liberal Democrats	V. Howlett	416	37.5
	Labour	S. Walton	156	14.1
Majority				12.4
Turnout				24.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Grey	436	49.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Pearse	316	36.2
	Labour	J. Fielding	121	13.9
Majority				13.7
Turnout				30.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Langlands	444	48.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Lock	401	43.4
	Labour	D. Randall	80	8.6
Majority				4.6
Turnout				39.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Giles	503	48.5
	Conservative	V. Keenan	429	41.4
	Labour	A. Popplewell	105	10.1
Majority				7.1
Turnout				38.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing