2021 Rochford District Council election

The 2021 Rochford District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Rochford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1]

Results summary

2021 Rochford District Council election^[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9	2	60.0	18	27	69.2	11,090	42.9	+4.7
	Rochford Resident	4	1	26.7	2	6	15.4	7,271	28.1	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	1		6.7	2	3	7.7	2,931	11.3	-1.8
	Independent	1		6.7	1	2	5.1	1,577	6.1	-0.3
	Green	0	2	0.0	1	1	2.6	109	0.4	-9.0
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,870	11.1	-0.2
	UKIP	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ward results

Downhall & Rawreth

Downhall & Rawreth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Cannell	1,064	61.9	−8.1
	Conservative	Patricia Weaver	504	29.3	+7.5
	Labour	Shaun Cain	150	8.7	+0.5
Majority			560	32.6
Turnout			1,718	33.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Foulness & The Wakerings

Foulness & The Wakerings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Myers	1,055	67.5	+67.5
	Labour	Josh Winiberg	320	20.5	N/A
	Green	Carole Shorney	109	7.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Allen	80	5.1	N/A
Majority			735	47.0
Turnout			1,564	28.3
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Butcher	734	45.6	−1.8
	Rochford Resident	Stephen Hinde	697	43.3	+3.8
	Labour	Danny Rowton	178	11.1	−2.0
Majority			37	3.3
Turnout			1,609	33.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Christine Mason	898	49.9	−2.7
	Conservative	Jim Hall	765	42.5	+2.6
	Labour	Jennifer Lewis	135	7.5	+0.0
Majority			133	7.4
Turnout			1,798	35.4
	Rochford Resident hold		Swing

Hockley

Hockley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Gadsdon	854	45.8	+16.5
	Rochford Resident	John Mason	828	44.4	−8.6
	Labour	Ian Rooke	183	9.8	+1.2
Majority			26	1.4
Turnout			1,865	36.3
	Conservative gain from Rochford Resident		Swing

Hockley & Ashingdon

Hockley & Ashingdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Constable	826	52.5	+14.5
	Conservative	Carole Weston	819	52.1	+14.1
	Rochford Resident	Elliot Mason	616	39.2	N/A
	Independent	David Catchpole	456	29.0	+3.7
	Labour	David Lench	169	10.8	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Gardner	131	8.3	−14.4
	Labour	Vicky Williams	127	8.1	+0.7
Turnout			—	34.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hullbridge

Hullbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Michael Hoy	1,448	79.4	*N/A*
	Rochford Resident	Tracey Knight	788	43.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Angelina Marriott	566	31.0	+11.8
	Conservative	Brian Marsden-Carleton	510	28.0	+8.8
	Labour	Conner Agius	225	12.3	+7.7
	Labour	David Bodimeade	110	6.0	+1.4
Turnout			—	38.1
	Rochford Resident gain from Green
	Rochford Resident gain from Green

Lodge

Lodge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Milne	826	44.4	−2.2
	Rochford Resident	Richard Lambourne	805	43.3	−0.7
	Labour	Ian Corbett	228	12.3	+2.9
Majority			21	1.1
Turnout			1,859	35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roche North & Rural

Roche North & Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Foster	677	45.5	+6.8
	Independent	George Ioannou	474	31.8	N/A
	Labour	David Flack	241	16.2	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Irlam	97	6.5	N/A
Majority			203	13.7
Turnout			1,489	29.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roche South

Roche South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gooding	640	47.2	+7.6
	Rochford Resident	Phil Capon	420	31.0	N/A
	Labour	Naomi Khan	221	16.3	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Brown	75	5.5	−6.4
Majority			220	16.2
Turnout			1,356	28.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sweyne Park & Grange

Sweyne Park & Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Lisa Newport	771	46.6	+8.7
	Conservative	Danielle Belton	696	42.1	−7.3
	Labour	James Hedges	186	11.3	−1.4
Majority			75	4.5
Turnout			1,653	32.8
	Rochford Resident hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sperring	992	45.1	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Marco Quintana Santana	967	44.0	+20.7
	Labour	Steve Cooper	241	11.0	+2.7
Majority			25	1.1
Turnout			2,200	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jack Lawmon	647	33.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Richard Linden	626	32.2	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Tellis	517	26.6	N/A
	Labour	Craig Archer	156	8.0	−5.4
Majority			21	1.0
Turnout			1,946	38.5
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

By-elections

Downhall & Rawreth

Downhall & Rawreth: 3 March 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Cripps	791	71.5
	Conservative	Danielle Belton	265	23.9
	Labour	Lorraine Ridley	51	4.6
Majority			526	47.6
Turnout			1,111	21.4
Registered electors			5,192
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "Election Results 2021". www.rochford.gov.uk. 7 May 2021.
^ admin, firmstep (10 May 2021). "Election Results". www.rochford.gov.uk.

[1] "Election Results 2021". www.rochford.gov.uk. 7 May 2021.

[2] , firmstep (10 May 2021). "Election Results". www.rochford.gov.uk.

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