2003 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Conservative	30	+2
Liberal Democrat	4	0
Labour	3	-1
Independent	1	-1
Hawkwell Residents	1	0

Election result

Rochford Local Election Result 2003
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	12	3	1	+2	80.0	48.7	6,685	-3.2%
Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	13.3	18.4	2,521	+1.1%
Labour	1	1	2	-1	6.7	22.9	3,144	-1.9%
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	5.0	689	+3.0%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	487	+1.6%
Hawkwell Residents	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	199	-0.7%

Ward results

Ashingdon and Canewdon

Ashingdon and Canewdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tracy Capon	478	53.2
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Stanton	199	22.2
	Green	Andrew Vaughan	124	13.8
	Labour	David Lench	97	10.8
Majority			279	31.0
Turnout			898	25.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barling and Sutton

Barling and Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Amner	216	65.1
	Labour	Kevin Salt	116	34.9
Majority			100	30.2
Turnout			332	23.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Downhall and Rawreth

Downhall and Rawreth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Oatham	613	74.7
	Conservative	Joan Mockford	208	25.3
Majority			405	49.4
Turnout			821	26.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Foulness and Great Wakering

Foulness and Great Wakering
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Seagers	563	47.5
	Labour	Graham Fox	517	43.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Giles	105	8.9
Majority			46	3.9
Turnout			1,185	27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	June Lumley	442	55.7
	Conservative	Carole Weston	351	44.3
Majority			91	11.4
Turnout			793	28.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hawkwell North

Hawkwell North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Maureen Starke	450	51.6
	Hawkwell Residents	Christine Mason	199	22.8
	Labour	David Thompson	100	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Smith	81	9.3
	Green	Cyril Pohl	42	4.8
Majority			251	28.8
Turnout			872	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell South

Hawkwell South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Capon	318	44.6
	Independent	Dudley Ball	276	38.7
	Labour	Sheila Downard	119	16.7
Majority			42	5.9
Turnout			713	22.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derrick Stansby	374	43.4
	Labour	Myra Weir	342	39.7
	Green	Heather Johnson	146	16.9
Majority			32	3.7
Turnout			862	27.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hockley Central

Hockley Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Hudson	791
	Conservative	Marina McCarthy	737
	Labour	Dorothy Thompson	188
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Budden	186
	Labour	Ian Rooke	186
	Liberal Democrats	Peggy Pearse	165
	Green	Maria Tugwell	100
	Green	Gabrielle Yeadell	75
Turnout			2,428	25.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hullbridge

Hullbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lesley Butcher	603	52.8
	Labour	Mary Stevenson	540	47.2
Majority			63	5.6
Turnout			1,143	21.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Lodge

Lodge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terry Livings	369	52.3
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Hyde	336	47.7
Majority			33	4.6
Turnout			705	22.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochford

Rochford (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Harper	455
	Labour	David Weir	412
	Labour	John Dickson	409
	Conservative	Keith Gordon	406
	Independent	Kevin Attridge	220
	Independent	David Ford	193
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Giles	91
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Handford	68
Turnout			2,254	22.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sweyne Park

Sweyne Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Savill	366	50.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Beckers	235	32.7
	Labour	Michael Hoy	118	16.4
Majority			131	18.2
Turnout			719	21.8
	Conservative hold		Swing