2002 Rochford District Council election

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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.

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Election result

Rochford Local Election Result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 28+971.851.914,934
  Labour 4-510.324.87,144
  Liberal Democrats 4-510.317.34,985
  Independent 2+15.12.0563
 Hawkwell Resident1-12.62.1595
  Green 0001.9547

8 Conservative and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Ashingdon and Canewdon

Ashingdon and Canewdon (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Cutmore522
Conservative Tracy Capon521
Labour Sheila Downard203
Green Andrew Vaughan184
Labour David Lench160
Turnout 1,590

Barling and Sutton

Barling and Sutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robin Allenunopposed

Downhall and Rawreth

Downhall and Rawreth (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Black732
Liberal Democrats Ronald Oatham696
Conservative Delya Savill291
Conservative Joan Mockford288
Turnout 2,007

Foulness and Great Wakering

Foulness and Great Wakering (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Goodwin784
Conservative Barbara Wilkins676
Conservative Colin Seagers626
Labour Peter Stebbing601
Labour Kevin Salt494
Turnout 3,181

Grange

Grange (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christoper Lumley525
Liberal Democrats June Lumley508
Conservative Roland Adams346
Conservative Paul Morgan321
Turnout 1,700

Hawkwell North

Hawkwell North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maureen Starke586
Conservative Michael Starke586
Labour David Thompson284
Labour Dorothy Thompson259
Turnout 1,715

Hawkwell South

Hawkwell South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Heather Glynn410
Conservative Philip Capon371
Conservative Keith Gordon365
Liberal Democrats Victor Leach242
Labour Diane Fraser177
Labour Ian Rooke141
Turnout 1,706

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Hawkwell ResidentJohn Mason595
Labour Myra Weir436
Labour David Weir339
Conservative Derrick Stansby335
Conservative Terry Fawell280
Turnout 1,985

Hockley Central

Hockley Central (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marina McCarthyunopposed
Conservative Elizabeth Marlowunopposed
Conservative Jeremy Thomassunopposed

Hockley North

Hockley North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Hungate28464.1
Green Lee Howes15935.9
Majority12528.2
Turnout 443

Hockley West

Hockley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liv Hungateunopposed

Hullbridge

Hullbridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosemary Brown730
Labour Christopher Morgan725
Labour David Flack698
Labour Mary Stevenson679
Conservative Lesley Butcher606
Conservative Flora Noe569
Turnout 4,007

Lodge

Lodge (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Langlands445
Conservative Terry Livings435
Liberal Democrats June Daynes321
Green Neil Kirsh204
Turnout 1,405

Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Choppen608
Conservative Antony Humphries579
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Harris503
Liberal Democrats Peggy Pearse459
Turnout 2,149

Rochford

Rochford (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Vince701
Conservative Linda Barber672
Conservative Richard Amner660
Labour Kevin Attridge653
Labour John Dickson594
Conservative Sarah Rogers587
Turnout 3,867

Sweyne Park

Sweyne Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Mockford351
Conservative Peter Savill337
Liberal Democrats Mary Beckers268
Liberal Democrats Paul Beckers252
Independent Derek Trevillion153
Turnout 1,361

Trinity

Trinity (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Gibbsunopposed
Conservative James Greyunopposed

Wheatley

Wheatley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Pullenunopposed
Conservative Mavis Websterunopposed

Whitehouse

Whitehouse (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Webster596
Conservative Simon Smith577
Liberal Democrats Elena Black479
Turnout 1,652

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