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.

Political control

Party or group in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1990
No overall control	1990 - 1994
Liberal Democrats	1994 - 1998
No overall control	1998 - 2002
Conservative	2002 - present

Council elections

Rochford District Council election, 1973
Rochford District Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[1]
Rochford District Council election, 1979
Rochford District Council election, 1980
Rochford District Council election, 1982
Rochford District Council election, 1983
Rochford District Council election, 1984
Rochford District Council election, 1986
Rochford District Council election, 1987
Rochford District Council election, 1988
Rochford District Council election, 1990
Rochford District Council election, 1991
Rochford District Council election, 1992
Rochford District Council election, 1994
Rochford District Council election, 1995
Rochford District Council election, 1996
Rochford District Council election, 1998
Rochford District Council election, 1999
Rochford District Council election, 2000

Composition of Council

Year
Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour	UKIP	Green	Rochford Residents	Independent
Ward boundary changes
2002	28	4	4	-	-	1	2
2003	31	4	2	-	-	1	1
2004	32	4	1	-	-	1	1
2006	34	4	-	-	-	1	-
2007	32	5	-	-	-	1	1
2008	32	5	-	-	-	1	1
2010	31	5	-	-	1	1	1
2011	32	4	-	-	1	2	-
2012	31	4	-	-	2	2	-
2014	28	3	1	3	2	2	-
2015	29	2	1	3	2	2	-
Ward boundary changes
2016	21	4	-	4	3	6	1

By-election results

Roche By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	317	50.2
	Liberal Democrat	174	27.5
	Conservative	141	22.3
Majority		143	22.7
Turnout		632
	Labour hold	Swing

Barling & Sutton By-Election 5 December 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Independent	155	51.7
	Labour	124	41.3
	Liberal Democrat	21	7.0
Majority		31	10.4
Turnout		300	21.8
	Independent hold	Swing

Hawkwell West By-Election 6 November 1997
Party		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

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

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

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 Democrat	Mark Pearson	127	21.2	+21.2
Majority			121	20.2
Turnout			600	36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

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 Ward By-election, 1 December 2011^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cheryl Edwina Roe	406	54.8
	English Democrat	John Hayter	218	29.4
	Liberal Democrat	Elena Black	117	15.8
Majority			188	25.37
Turnout			741	22.03

References

↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rochford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ http://www.rochford.gov.uk/council__democracy/elections/election_results.aspx
↑ http://www.rochford.gov.uk/pdf/elections_rayleighcentral_spn.pdf

External links

Rochford District Council

Council elections in Essex

Essex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

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 2016

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 2016

Castle Point Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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 2018

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 2016

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 2016

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 2016

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 2016

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 2016

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

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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