2003 Rochford District Council election

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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.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Conservative 30+2
Liberal Democrat 40
Labour 3-1
Independent 1-1
Hawkwell Residents10

Election result

Rochford Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1231+280.048.76,685-3.2%
  Liberal Democrats 200013.318.42,521+1.1%
  Labour 112-16.722.93,144-1.9%
  Independent 001-105.0689+3.0%
  Green 000003.5487+1.6%
 Hawkwell Residents000001.4199-0.7%

Ward results

Ashingdon and Canewdon

Ashingdon and Canewdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tracy Capon47853.2
Liberal Democrats Valerie Stanton19922.2
Green Andrew Vaughan12413.8
Labour David Lench9710.8
Majority27931.0
Turnout 89825.7
Conservative hold Swing

Barling and Sutton

Barling and Sutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Amner21665.1
Labour Kevin Salt11634.9
Majority10030.2
Turnout 33223.5
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Downhall and Rawreth

Downhall and Rawreth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Oatham61374.7
Conservative Joan Mockford20825.3
Majority40549.4
Turnout 82126.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Foulness and Great Wakering

Foulness and Great Wakering
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Seagers56347.5
Labour Graham Fox51743.6
Liberal Democrats Dawn Giles1058.9
Majority463.9
Turnout 1,18527.1
Conservative hold Swing

Grange

Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats June Lumley44255.7
Conservative Carole Weston35144.3
Majority9111.4
Turnout 79328.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hawkwell North

Hawkwell North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maureen Starke45051.6
Hawkwell ResidentsChristine Mason19922.8
Labour David Thompson10011.5
Liberal Democrats Marian Smith819.3
Green Cyril Pohl424.8
Majority25128.8
Turnout 87226.0
Conservative hold Swing

Hawkwell South

Hawkwell South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Capon31844.6
Independent Dudley Ball27638.7
Labour Sheila Downard11916.7
Majority425.9
Turnout 71322.3
Conservative hold Swing

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derrick Stansby37443.4
Labour Myra Weir34239.7
Green Heather Johnson14616.9
Majority323.7
Turnout 86227.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Hockley Central

Hockley Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Hudson791
Conservative Marina McCarthy737
Labour Dorothy Thompson188
Liberal Democrats Keith Budden186
Labour Ian Rooke186
Liberal Democrats Peggy Pearse165
Green Maria Tugwell100
Green Gabrielle Yeadell75
Turnout 2,42825.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hullbridge

Hullbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lesley Butcher60352.8
Labour Mary Stevenson54047.2
Majority635.6
Turnout 1,14321.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Lodge

Lodge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Livings36952.3
Liberal Democrats Frank Hyde33647.7
Majority334.6
Turnout 70522.7
Conservative hold Swing

Rochford

Rochford (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Harper455
Labour David Weir412
Labour John Dickson409
Conservative Keith Gordon406
Independent Kevin Attridge220
Independent David Ford193
Liberal Democrats Joyce Giles91
Liberal Democrats Beryl Handford68
Turnout 2,25422.9
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Sweyne Park

Sweyne Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Savill36650.9
Liberal Democrats Mary Beckers23532.7
Labour Michael Hoy11816.4
Majority13118.2
Turnout 71921.8
Conservative hold Swing

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