1992 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election.

Results summary

1992 Rochford Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	5		35.7	14	19	46.2	6,590	36.3
	Conservative	7	2	50.0	4	11	28.2	8,386	46.2
	Labour	1	1	7.1	7	8	20.5	1,921	10.6
	Residents	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.6	1,237	6.8
	Ratepayer	0		0.0	1	1	2.6	0	0.0

Ward results

Ashington

Ashington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Askew	638	50.4
	Conservative	T. Butcher	578	45.6
	Labour	J. Farrer	51	4.0
Majority				4.8
Turnout				54.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Downhall

Downhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Black	841	66.4
	Conservative	S. Ibrahim	426	33.6
Majority				32.8
Turnout				44.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange & Rawreth

Grange & Rawreth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Beckers	1,041	59.0
	Conservative	P. Savill	724	41.0
Majority				18.0
Turnout				40.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Clark	1,118	50.3
	Conservative	J. Roden	992
	Liberal Democrats	K. Glynn	933	42.0
	Liberal Democrats	K. Saunders	793
	Labour	C. Coyte	171	7.7
	Labour	G. Tasker	164
Turnout				40.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hakewell West

Hakewell West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Fawell	649	65.2
	Liberal Democrats	V. Leach	222	22.3
	Labour	I. Newton	125	12.6
Majority				42.9
Turnout				31.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hockley Central

Hockley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Webster	428	50.5
	Residents	J. Seeth	311	36.7
	Liberal Democrats	R. Prestige	65	7.7
	Labour	S. Walsh	43	5.1
Majority				13.8
Turnout				45.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hockley East

Hockley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	A. Hutchings	926	73.1
	Conservative	B. Wilkins	267	21.1
	Labour	D. Thompson	49	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Nudd	25	2.0
Majority				52.0
Turnout				40.0
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

Hockley West

Hockley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Hart	616	73.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Pearson	141	16.9
	Labour	D. Thompson	76	9.1
Majority				57.0
Turnout				37.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hullbridge Riverside

Hullbridge Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Morgan	609	51.3
	Conservative	R. Brown	579	48.7
Majority				2.6
Turnout				38.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hullbridge South

Hullbridge South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Walker	433	52.5
	Labour	J. Stevenson	309	37.5
	Liberal Democrats	P. Pearse	82	10.0
Majority				15.0
Turnout				35.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lodge

Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Jarvis	1,070	59.7
	Conservative	J. Farrell	722	40.3
Majority				19.4
Turnout				38.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	N. Harris	653	61.5
	Conservative	D. Geach	408	38.5
Majority				23.0
Turnout				36.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rochford St. Andrew's

Rochford St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Amner	446	52.1
	Labour	M. Weir	324	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Leach	86	10.0
Majority				14.2
Turnout				35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing