1990 Rochford District Council election

1990 Rochford District Council election

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15 out of 40 seats to Rochford District Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative SLD Labour Seats won 1 8 5 Seats after 16 15 7 Seat change 4 2 2 Popular vote 7,400 10,351 3,489 Percentage 32.7% 45.7% 15.4% Swing 13.3% 10.7% 2.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Ratepayer Independent Seats won 1 0 Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 847 468 Percentage 3.7% 2.1% Swing N/A 0.6%
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

The 1990 Rochford District Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Rochford District Council in Essex, England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1990 Rochford District Council election [2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	1	4	6.7	15	16	40.0	7,400	32.7	–13.3
	SLD	8	2	53.3	7	15	37.5	10,351	45.7	+10.7
	Labour	5	2	33.3	2	7	17.5	3,489	15.4	–2.0
	Ratepayer	1	1	6.7	0	1	2.5	847	3.7	N/A
	Independent	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.5	468	2.1	+0.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	99	0.4	N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Downhall

Downhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	S. Lemon*	1,025	77.2	+3.5
	Conservative	S. Fletcher	303	22.8	+2.1
Majority			722	54.4	+1.4
Turnout			1,328	49.8	+6.0
Registered electors			2,668
	SLD hold		Swing	0.7

Grange & Rawreth

Grange & Rawreth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	S. Skinner*	1,345	67.8	+20.1
	SLD	A. Stephens	1,244	62.7	+15.0
	Conservative	P. Jackson	487	24.5	–9.8
	Conservative	R. McCamley	461	23.2	–11.1
	Labour	S. Andre	430	21.7	+3.8
Turnout			~1,985	45.4	+1.8
Registered electors			4,372
	SLD hold
	SLD hold

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	H. Glynn	1,444	59.5	+28.2
	Conservative	J. Sheaf*	981	40.5	–13.7
Majority			463	19.1	N/A
Turnout			2,425	45.2	+10.0
Registered electors			5,360
	SLD gain from Conservative		Swing	21.1

Hockley East

Hockley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayer	R. Vingoe	847	55.3	N/A
	Conservative	K. Smith	405	26.4	–35.0
	SLD	M. Pearson	182	11.9	–7.8
	Green	P. Lucas	99	6.5	N/A
Majority			442	28.8	N/A
Turnout			1,533	47.9	+9.9
Registered electors			3,198
	Ratepayer gain from Conservative

Hullbridge Riverside

Hullbridge Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Flack*	858	60.6	+16.6
	Conservative	R. Brown	466	46.0	–16.6
Majority			392	21.2	N/A
Turnout			1,324	44.6	+10.1
Registered electors			3,176
	Labour hold		Swing	16.6

Hullbridge South

Hullbridge South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Stevenson	546	54.0	+9.0
	Conservative	R. Brown*	466	46.0	–9.0
Majority			80	7.9	N/A
Turnout			1,012	42.1	+3.5
Registered electors			2,401
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.0

Lodge

Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	M. Handford*	1,614	70.1	+14.2
	Conservative	J. Farrell	690	29.9	–7.9
Majority			924	40.1	+21.9
Turnout			2,304	48.9
Registered electors			4,715
	SLD hold		Swing	11.1

Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	J. Helson	541	38.2	–2.2
	Independent	S. Silva*	468	33.0	N/A
	Conservative	D. Geach	408	28.8	–6.0
Majority			73	5.2	–0.4
Turnout			1,417	48.4	+14.9
Registered electors			2,929
	SLD gain from Independent

Rochford Eastwood

Rochford Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Arnold	313	38.8	+6.4
	SLD	T. Powell	270	33.5	+4.4
	Conservative	B. Wilkins	224	27.8	–4.8
Majority			43	5.3	N/A
Turnout			807	57.0	+4.4
Registered electors			1,415
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	1.0

Rochford Roche

Rochford Roche

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Christie	431	54.6	+1.1
	Conservative	M. Shelley	359	45.4	+15.3
Majority			72	9.1	–14.2
Turnout			790	49.8	–0.5
Registered electors			1,587
	Labour hold		Swing	7.1

Rochford St Andrews

Rochford St Andrews

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Weir*	687	61.6	+27.4
	Conservative	A. Curtis	429	38.4	–5.3
Majority			258	23.1	N/A
Turnout			1,116	47.3	+0.9
Registered electors			2,357
	Labour hold		Swing	16.4

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	R. Boyd*	1,147	73.2	+16.5
	Conservative	L. Argentieri	419	26.8	–10.8
Majority			728	46.5	+27.5
Turnout			1,566	52.8	+1.2
Registered electors			2,968
	SLD hold		Swing	13.7

Wheatley

Wheatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Lovett*	722	50.03	+0.6
	SLD	S. Tellis	721	49.97	+6.4
Majority			1	0.1	–5.7
Turnout			1,443	58.4	+5.6
Registered electors			2,469
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.9

Whitehouse

Whitehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	M. Hunnable*	818	50.4	+13.1
	Conservative	P. Lewis	580	35.8	–8.3
	Labour	C. Long	224	13.8	+5.9
Majority			238	14.7	N/A
Turnout			1,622	59.8	+2.9
Registered electors			2,712
	SLD hold		Swing	10.7

References

1. "Rochford District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 9 September 2025.