Elections to Rochford Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party 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 | |||
Conservative hold | 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 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | 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 Democrats hold | 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 | |||
Conservative hold | 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 Democrats hold | 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 | |||
Conservative hold | 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 | |||
Conservative hold | 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 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | 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 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | 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 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | 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 | |||
Conservative hold | 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 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | 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 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |