Rochford District Council election, 2010

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.

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. After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Conservative	32	-1
Liberal Democrat	5	0
Green Party	1	+1
Rochford District Residents	1	0

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Results

Rochford Local Election Result 2010
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	0	1	-1	69.23	53.37	17,732
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	0	0	15.38	15.44	5,128
	Green	1	1	0	+1	7.69	6.18	2,053
	Rochford District Residents	1	0	0	0	7.69	2.82	937
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	9.55	3,172
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	8.19	2,722
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	910
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	569

Ward Results

Downhall and Rawreth

Downhall and Raweth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Black	1846	70.57
	Conservative	Nicholas Alan Orr	770	29.43
Majority			1076	41.13
Turnout				70.4
	Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat	Christopher John Lumley	1205	62.60
	Conservative	Aron Priest	720	37.40
Majority			485	25.19
Turnout				68.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hawkwell North

Hawkwell North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanne Elizabeth McPherson	1291	54.06
	Liberal Democrat	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 District Residents	John Reginald Frederick Mason	937	40.16
	Conservative	Ian Howard Ward	832	35.66
	Labour	Myra Anne Weir	306	13.12
	English Democrats	Gloria Harmsworth	157	6.73
	BNP	James Michael Antony Wells	101	4.33
Majority			105	4.50
Turnout				72
	Rochford District Residents 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	1446	39.51
	Conservative	Brian Thomas Hazlewood	1302	35.57
	Labour	Angelina Donna Marriott	467	12.76
	English Democrats	Pauline Smith	445	12.16
Majority			144	3.93
Turnout				68.7
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Aves	1242	54.67
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Nobes	702	30.90
	English Democrats	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 Democrat	Chris Stanley	542	25.36
	English Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	Tim Hayter	601	28.06
	BNP	Joan Elizabeth Court	156	7.28
Majority			784	36.60
Turnout				68.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Election Results | Election Results 2010". Rochford.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-16.

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