Rochford District Council election, 2002

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Election result

Rochford Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28			+9	71.8	51.9	14,934
	Labour	4			-5	10.3	24.8	7,144
	Liberal Democrat	4			-5	10.3	17.3	4,985
	Independent	2			+1	5.1	2.0	563
	Hawkwell Resident	1			-1	2.6	2.1	595
	Green	0			0	0	1.9	547

8 Conservative and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Ashingdon and Canewdon

Ashingdon and Canewdon (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Cutmore	522
	Conservative	Tracy Capon	521
	Labour	Sheila Downard	203
	Green	Andrew Vaughan	184
	Labour	David Lench	160
Turnout			1,590

Barling and Sutton

Barling and Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robin Allen	unopposed

Downhall and Rawreth

Downhall and Rawreth (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Black	732
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Oatham	696
	Conservative	Delya Savill	291
	Conservative	Joan Mockford	288
Turnout			2,007

Foulness and Great Wakering

Foulness and Great Wakering (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Goodwin	784
	Conservative	Barbara Wilkins	676
	Conservative	Colin Seagers	626
	Labour	Peter Stebbing	601
	Labour	Kevin Salt	494
Turnout			3,181

Grange

Grange (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christoper Lumley	525
	Liberal Democrat	June Lumley	508
	Conservative	Roland Adams	346
	Conservative	Paul Morgan	321
Turnout			1,700

Hawkwell North

Hawkwell North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Starke	586
	Conservative	Michael Starke	586
	Labour	David Thompson	284
	Labour	Dorothy Thompson	259
Turnout			1,715

Hawkwell South

Hawkwell South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Heather Glynn	410
	Conservative	Philip Capon	371
	Conservative	Keith Gordon	365
	Liberal Democrat	Victor Leach	242
	Labour	Diane Fraser	177
	Labour	Ian Rooke	141
Turnout			1,706

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Hawkwell Resident	John Mason	595
	Labour	Myra Weir	436
	Labour	David Weir	339
	Conservative	Derrick Stansby	335
	Conservative	Terry Fawell	280
Turnout			1,985

Hockley Central

Hockley Central (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marina McCarthy	unopposed
	Conservative	Elizabeth Marlow	unopposed
	Conservative	Jeremy Thomass	unopposed

Hockley North

Hockley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Hungate	284	64.1
	Green	Lee Howes	159	35.9
Majority			125	28.2
Turnout			443

Hockley West

Hockley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liv Hungate	unopposed

Hullbridge

Hullbridge (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Brown	730
	Labour	Christopher Morgan	725
	Labour	David Flack	698
	Labour	Mary Stevenson	679
	Conservative	Lesley Butcher	606
	Conservative	Flora Noe	569
Turnout			4,007

Lodge

Lodge (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Langlands	445
	Conservative	Terry Livings	435
	Liberal Democrat	June Daynes	321
	Green	Neil Kirsh	204
Turnout			1,405

Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Choppen	608
	Conservative	Antony Humphries	579
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Harris	503
	Liberal Democrat	Peggy Pearse	459
Turnout			2,149

Rochford

Rochford (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Vince	701
	Conservative	Linda Barber	672
	Conservative	Richard Amner	660
	Labour	Kevin Attridge	653
	Labour	John Dickson	594
	Conservative	Sarah Rogers	587
Turnout			3,867

Sweyne Park

Sweyne Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Mockford	351
	Conservative	Peter Savill	337
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Beckers	268
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Beckers	252
	Independent	Derek Trevillion	153
Turnout			1,361

Trinity

Trinity (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Gibbs	unopposed
	Conservative	James Grey	unopposed

Wheatley

Wheatley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Pullen	unopposed
	Conservative	Mavis Webster	unopposed

Whitehouse

Whitehouse (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Webster	596
	Conservative	Simon Smith	577
	Liberal Democrat	Elena Black	479
Turnout			1,652

References

Council elections in Essex

Essex County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Basildon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Braintree District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Brentwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Castle Point Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Chelmsford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Colchester Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Epping Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Harlow District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rochford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2001 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2002 (→ 2003)

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