2010 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

2010 Rochford District Council election

6 May 2010 (2010-05-06)

First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Green Last election 34 5 0 Seats before 34 5 0 Seats won 33 5 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 17,732 5,128 2,053 Percentage 53.2 15.4 6.2 Swing 7.8 4.6 2.9   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Rochford Resident Independent Labour Last election 1 1 0 Seats before 1 1 0 Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 937 659 3,172 Percentage 2.8 2.0 9.5 Swing N/A 0.9 1.8   Seventh party   Party English Democrat Last election 0 Seats before 0 Seats won 0 Seat change Popular vote 2,722 Percentage 8.2 Swing 2.5

The Conservative Party won 13 seats up for election with surprise result with the Green Party gaining their first seat from the Conservative Party and Rochford District Residents holding one seat.

Results

Rochford Local Election Result 2010

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33	0	1	1	69.2	53.3	17,732
	Liberal Democrats	5	0	0		15.3	15.4	5,128
	Green	1	1	0	1	7.7	6.1	2,053
	Rochford Resident	1	0	0		7.6	2.8	937
	Independent	1	0	0		0	1.7	569
	Labour	0	0	0		0	9.5	3,172
	English Democrat	0	0	0		0	8.2	2,722
	BNP	0	0	0		0	2.7	910

Ward Results

Downhall and Rawreth

Downhall and Raweth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Black	1846	70.57
	Conservative	Nicholas Alan Orr	770	29.43
Majority			1076	41.13
Turnout				70.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Foulness & Great Wakering

Foulness & Great Wakering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Edward Goodwin	1607	53.73
	Independent	Brian Efde	659	22.03
	Labour	Tim Nicholls	625	20.90
Majority			948	32.79
Turnout				65.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange

Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher John Lumley	1205	62.60
	Conservative	Aron Priest	720	37.40
Majority			485	25.19
Turnout				68.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hawkwell North

Hawkwell North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanne Elizabeth McPherson	1291	54.06
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Duncombe	833	34.88
	BNP	Antony William Evennett	264	11.06
Majority			458	19.18
Turnout				68.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell South

Hawkwell South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Lilian Ann Glynn	1584	80.28
	BNP	Earl Victor Strobridge	389	19.72
Majority			1195	60.57
Turnout				62.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	John Mason	937	40.2
	Conservative	Ian Howard Ward	832	35.7
	Labour	Myra Anne Weir	306	13.1
	English Democrat	Gloria Harmsworth	157	6.7
	BNP	James Michael Antony Wells	101	4.3
Majority			105	4.5
Turnout				72
	Rochford Resident hold		Swing

Hockley Central

Hockley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Anne Weston	2646	73.79
	Labour	David Charles Thompson	940	26.21
Majority			1706	47.57
Turnout				69.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hullbridge

Hullbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Michael Hoy	1,446	39.5
	Conservative	Brian Hazlewood	1,302	35.6
	Labour	Angelina Marriott	467	12.8
	English Democrat	Pauline Smith	445	12.2
Majority			144	3.9
Turnout				68.7
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Aves	1242	54.67
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Nobes	702	30.90
	English Democrat	Thomas Broad	328	14.44
Majority			540	23.77
Turnout				68.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochford

Rochford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Philip Cottis	1813	55.72
	Labour	Robert Matthew Brown	834	25.63
	Green	Douglas John Copping	607	18.65
Majority			979	30.09
Turnout				58.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Edward Grey	1070	50.07
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Stanley	542	25.36
	English Democrat	Paula Hayter	525	24.57
Majority			528	24.71
Turnout				74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mavis Joan Webster	1470	68.82
	English Democrat	Nicola Gallaway	666	31.18
Majority			804	37.64
Turnout				69
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Frederick Arthur Webster	1385	64.66
	English Democrat	Tim Hayter	601	28.06
	BNP	Joan Elizabeth Court	156	7.28
Majority			784	36.60
Turnout				68.2
	Conservative hold		Swing