Rochford District Council elections

One third of Rochford District Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Essex County Council.

Council composition

Composition of the council[1]
Year Conservative Liberal Democrats[a] Labour Reform Green Rochford Residents UKIP Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (40 seats)
1973 19 1 12 – – – – 8 No overall control
New ward boundaries (40 seats)
1976 29 2 1 – 0 – – 8 Conservative
1979 27 3 1 – 0 – – 9 Conservative
1980 26 3 3 – 0 – – 8 Conservative
1982 28 4 3 – 0 – – 5 Conservative
1983 28 7 2 – 0 – – 3 Conservative
1984 29 8 2 – 0 – – 1 Conservative
1986 23 10 6 – 0 – – 1 Conservative
1987 23 10 6 – 0 – – 1 Conservative
1988 22 13 4 – 0 – – 1 Conservative
1990 16 15 7 – 0 – – 2 No overall control
1991 11 19 8 – 0 – – 2 No overall control
1992 12 19 7 – 0 – – 2 No overall control
1994 10 21 7 – 0 – 0 2 Liberal Democrats
1995 7 22 8 – 0 – 0 3 Liberal Democrats
1996 1 23 11 – 0 – 0 4 Liberal Democrats
1998 6 18 12 – 0 3 0 1 No overall control
1999 11 13 12 – 0 3 0 1 No overall control
2000 19 9 9 – 0 2 0 1 No overall control
New ward boundaries (39 seats)
2002 28 4 4 – 0 1 0 2 Conservative
2003 31 4 2 – 0 1 0 1 Conservative
2004 32 4 1 – 0 1 0 1 Conservative
2006 34 4 0 – 0 1 0 0 Conservative
2007 32 5 0 – 0 1 0 1 Conservative
2008 32 5 0 – 0 1 0 1 Conservative
2010 31 5 0 – 1 1 0 1 Conservative
2011 32 4 0 – 1 2 0 0 Conservative
2012 31 4 0 – 2 2 0 0 Conservative
2014 28 3 1 – 2 2 3 0 Conservative
2015 29 2 1 – 2 2 3 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries (39 seats)
2016 21 4 0 – 3 6 4 1 Conservative
2018 32 3 0 – 3 5 3 1 Conservative
2019 26 3 0 – 3 4 0 3 Conservative
2021 27 3 0 0 1 6 0 2 Conservative
2022 21 5 0 0 1 10 0 2 Conservative
2023 14 8 0 0 1 7 0 9 No overall control
2024 10 11 0 0 1 8 0 9 No overall control
2026 7 5 0 13 0 4 0 10 No overall control

Results maps

By-election results

1994-1998

Roche By-Election 14 November 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 317 50.2
Liberal Democrats 174 27.5
Conservative 141 22.3
Majority 143 22.7
Turnout 632
Labour hold Swing
Barling & Sutton By-Election 5 December 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 155 51.7
Labour 124 41.3
Liberal Democrats 21 7.0
Majority 31 10.4
Turnout 300 21.8
Independent hold Swing
Hawkwell West By-Election 6 November 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 257 40.4 −1.5
Resident 194 30.5
Conservative 185 29.1 +7.3
Majority 63 9.9
Turnout 636
Labour hold Swing

1998-2002

Roche By-Election 30 August 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 241 44.5 −21.8
Conservative 233 43.1 +9.4
Liberal Democrats 45 8.3 +8.3
Independent 22 4.1 +4.1
Majority 8 1.4
Turnout 541 26.9
Labour hold Swing

2002-2006

Sweyne Park By-Election 14 July 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Mockford 310 59.9
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Frend 112 21.6
Labour Stephen Hinde 95 18.4
Majority 198 38.3
Turnout 517 15.8
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010

Hockley North By-Election 14 June 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Carter 297 49.5 −27.3
BNP Mark Cooling 176 29.3 +29.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Pearson 127 21.2 +21.2
Majority 121 20.2
Turnout 600 36.6
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

Hullbridge By-election, 16 June 2011 [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Diane Hoy 757 48.22
Conservative Mark Peter Hale 555 35.35
Labour Angelina Donna Marriott 182 11.59
UKIP Carl Whitwell 76 4.84
Majority 202 12.87
Turnout 1570 29.01
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Rayleigh Central By-election, 1 December 2011[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cheryl Edwina Roe 406 54.8
English Democrat John Hayter 218 29.4
Liberal Democrats Elena Black 117 15.8
Majority 188 25.37
Turnout 741 22.03
Conservative hold Swing
Hawkwell North By-election, 2 May 2013[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Butcher 372 37.6 −33.5
UKIP Keith Gibbs 311 31.4 +31.4
Independent Arthur Williams 173 17.5 +17.5
Labour John Jefferies 133 13.4 −15.5
Majority 61 6.2
Turnout 989
Conservative hold Swing
Whitehouse By-election, 2 May 2013[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Dray 408 43.1 −29.4
UKIP Linda Kendall 401 42.4 +42.4
Labour David Bodimeade 137 14.5 −13.0
Majority 7 0.7
Turnout 946
Conservative hold Swing

2014-2018

Downhall and Rawreth By-election, 18 January 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Craig Cannell 794 77.0 +16.6
Conservative Tony Hollis 237 23.0 +6.4
Majority 557 54.0
Turnout 1,031
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2018-2022

Downhall and Rawreth By-election, 3 March 2022[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jim Cripps 791 71.5 +9.6
Conservative Danielle Belton 265 23.9 −5.4
Labour Lorraine Ridley 51 4.6 −4.1
Majority 526 47.5
Turnout 1,107
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2026-2030

Sweyne Park and Grange By-election, 18 June 2026[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Danielle Belton 1,049 56.1
Reform Paul Thurgood 464 24.8
Liberal Democrats Dawn Balding 247 13.2
Green Liam Lonergan 78 4.2
Labour Lorraine Ridley 31 1.7
Majority 585 31.3
Turnout 1,869
Conservative gain from Reform Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

  1. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ http://www.rochford.gov.uk/pdf/elections_rayleighcentral_spn.pdf
  4. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hawkwell North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Whitehouse Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Downhall and Rawreth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Downhall and Rawreth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sweyne Park and Grange Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
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