2003 Rochford District Council election
Appearance
Elections toRochfordCouncil were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and theConservativeparty stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 30 | +2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 4 | 0 | |
Labour | 3 | -1 | |
Independent | 1 | -1 | |
Hawkwell Residents | 1 | 0 |
Election result
[edit]Party | 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
[edit]Ashingdon and Canewdon
[edit]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 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Barling and Sutton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Amner | 216 | 65.1 | ||
Labour | Kevin Salt | 116 | 34.9 | ||
Majority | 100 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 332 | 23.5 | |||
ConservativegainfromIndependent | Swing |
Downhall and Rawreth
[edit]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 Democratshold | Swing |
Foulness and Great Wakering
[edit]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 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Grange
[edit]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 Democratshold | Swing |
Hawkwell North
[edit]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 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Hawkwell South
[edit]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 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Hawkwell West
[edit]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 | |||
ConservativegainfromLabour | Swing |
Hockley Central
[edit]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 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Hullbridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lesley Butcher | 603 | 52.8 | ||
Labour | Mary Stevenson | 540 | 47.2 | ||
Majority | 63 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,143 | 21.7 | |||
ConservativegainfromLabour | Swing |
Lodge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Livings | 369 | 52.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Frank Hyde | 336 | 47.7 | ||
Majority | 33 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 705 | 22.7 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Rochford
[edit]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 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
LabourgainfromConservative | Swing |
Sweyne Park
[edit]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 | |||
Conservativehold | Swing |