2008 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

The Conservative party won all 15 seats up for election with no surprises in the results.^[1]^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Conservative	33	+1
Liberal Democrat	5	0
Rochford District Residents	1	0
Independent	0	–1

Election result

Rochford Local Election Result 2008
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	15	1	0	+1	100.0	61.6	9,551	+12.4%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	1,549	-12.8%
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	9.9	1,531	+6.7%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	9.6	1,481	-1.7%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	571	-1.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	479	-2.8%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	174	+1.1%
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	1.1	163	-1.7%

Two Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Ashingdon and Canewdon

Ashingdon and Canewdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Cutmore	663	55.1	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Stanton	371	30.8	+30.8
	Green	Andrew Vaughan	169	14.0	−21.4
Majority			292	24.3	−4.9
Turnout			1,203	34.4	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barling and Sutton

Barling and Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Steptoe	unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Foulness and Great Wakering

Foulness and Great Wakering
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Wilkins	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hockley Central

Hockley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeremy Thomass	1,302	80.7
	Labour	David Thompson	312	19.3
Majority			990	61.4
Turnout			1,614	31.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hockley North

Hockley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Carter	421	73.3	−3.5
	BNP	Mark Cooling	92	16.0	+16.0
	Labour	Sheila Downward	61	10.6	−12.6
Majority			329	57.3	+3.7
Turnout			574	34.7	−4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hocklet West

Hockley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Maddocks	401	71.1
	Independent	Brian Hazlewood	163	28.9
Majority			238	42.2
Turnout			564	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hullbridge

Hullbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Robinson	1,122	58.3	+8.8
	BNP	Robert Green	479	24.9	−0.3
	Labour	Angelina Marriott	325	16.9	−0.1
Majority			643	33.4	+9.1
Turnout			1,926	36.3	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lodge

Lodge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Merrick	549	50.3	+6.5
	English Democrat	David Merrick	264	24.2	−5.9
	UKIP	Janet Davies	174	15.9	+15.9
	Green	Neil Kirsh	105	9.6	+4.2
Majority			285	26.1	+12.4
Turnout			1,092	34.5	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Humphries	882	74.5	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Nobes	302	25.5	−0.9
Majority			580	49.0	+14.4
Turnout			1,184	35.3	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochford

Rochford (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Lucas-Gill	864
	Conservative	Keith Gordon	796
	Labour	David Lench	361
	Labour	Myra Weir	357
	English Democrat	Margaret Stoll	347
	Green	Douglas Copping	205
Turnout			2,930	29.5	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sweyne Park

Sweyne Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Mockford	516	46.7	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Putt	353	31.9	−19.9
	English Democrat	Kim Gandy	236	21.4	+21.4
Majority			163	14.8
Turnout			1,105	33.7	+8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Gibbs	562	51.1	−10.5
	English Democrat	John Hayter	372	33.8	+33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pearson	101	9.2	−21.7
	Labour	Peter Lickfold	65	5.9	+5.9
Majority			190	17.3	−13.4
Turnout			1,100	37.9	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Pullen'	829	77.7	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Corey Vost	238	22.3	−7.2
Majority			591	55.4	+14.4
Turnout			1,067	34.1	−0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Smith	641	56.4	−7.0
	English Democrat	Kenneth Bennett	312	27.4	+27.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elena Black	184	16.2	−20.4
Majority			329	29.0	+2.2
Turnout			1,137	36.2	−0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Southend: Parties' election predictions". Essex Echo. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
^ "Rochford: Tories maintain their iron grip". Essex Echo. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.

External links

[predictions-1] "Southend: Parties' election predictions". Essex Echo. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.

[grip-2] "Rochford: Tories maintain their iron grip". Essex Echo. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.

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