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.
Election result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 28 | +9 | 71.8 | 51.9 | 14,934 | ||||
Labour | 4 | -5 | 10.3 | 24.8 | 7,144 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | -5 | 10.3 | 17.3 | 4,985 | ||||
Independent | 2 | +1 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 563 | ||||
Hawkwell Resident | 1 | -1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 595 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 547 |
8 Conservative and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed.
Ward results edit
Ashingdon and Canewdon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Cutmore | 522 | |||
Conservative | Tracy Capon | 521 | |||
Labour | Sheila Downard | 203 | |||
Green | Andrew Vaughan | 184 | |||
Labour | David Lench | 160 | |||
Turnout | 1,590 |
Barling and Sutton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robin Allen | unopposed |
Downhall and Rawreth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Black | 732 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Oatham | 696 | |||
Conservative | Delya Savill | 291 | |||
Conservative | Joan Mockford | 288 | |||
Turnout | 2,007 |
Foulness and Great Wakering edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Goodwin | 784 | |||
Conservative | Barbara Wilkins | 676 | |||
Conservative | Colin Seagers | 626 | |||
Labour | Peter Stebbing | 601 | |||
Labour | Kevin Salt | 494 | |||
Turnout | 3,181 |
Grange edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christoper Lumley | 525 | |||
Liberal Democrats | June Lumley | 508 | |||
Conservative | Roland Adams | 346 | |||
Conservative | Paul Morgan | 321 | |||
Turnout | 1,700 |
Hawkwell North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maureen Starke | 586 | |||
Conservative | Michael Starke | 586 | |||
Labour | David Thompson | 284 | |||
Labour | Dorothy Thompson | 259 | |||
Turnout | 1,715 |
Hawkwell South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Heather Glynn | 410 | |||
Conservative | Philip Capon | 371 | |||
Conservative | Keith Gordon | 365 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Victor Leach | 242 | |||
Labour | Diane Fraser | 177 | |||
Labour | Ian Rooke | 141 | |||
Turnout | 1,706 |
Hawkwell West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawkwell Resident | John Mason | 595 | |||
Labour | Myra Weir | 436 | |||
Labour | David Weir | 339 | |||
Conservative | Derrick Stansby | 335 | |||
Conservative | Terry Fawell | 280 | |||
Turnout | 1,985 |
Hockley Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marina McCarthy | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Marlow | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Jeremy Thomass | unopposed |
Hockley North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Hungate | 284 | 64.1 | ||
Green | Lee Howes | 159 | 35.9 | ||
Majority | 125 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 443 |
Hockley West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liv Hungate | unopposed |
Hullbridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rosemary Brown | 730 | |||
Labour | Christopher Morgan | 725 | |||
Labour | David Flack | 698 | |||
Labour | Mary Stevenson | 679 | |||
Conservative | Lesley Butcher | 606 | |||
Conservative | Flora Noe | 569 | |||
Turnout | 4,007 |
Lodge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Langlands | 445 | |||
Conservative | Terry Livings | 435 | |||
Liberal Democrats | June Daynes | 321 | |||
Green | Neil Kirsh | 204 | |||
Turnout | 1,405 |
Rayleigh Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Choppen | 608 | |||
Conservative | Antony Humphries | 579 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Harris | 503 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peggy Pearse | 459 | |||
Turnout | 2,149 |
Rochford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Vince | 701 | |||
Conservative | Linda Barber | 672 | |||
Conservative | Richard Amner | 660 | |||
Labour | Kevin Attridge | 653 | |||
Labour | John Dickson | 594 | |||
Conservative | Sarah Rogers | 587 | |||
Turnout | 3,867 |
Sweyne Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Mockford | 351 | |||
Conservative | Peter Savill | 337 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Beckers | 268 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Beckers | 252 | |||
Independent | Derek Trevillion | 153 | |||
Turnout | 1,361 |
Trinity edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Gibbs | unopposed | |||
Conservative | James Grey | unopposed |
Wheatley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Pullen | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mavis Webster | unopposed |
Whitehouse edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Webster | 596 | |||
Conservative | Simon Smith | 577 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elena Black | 479 | |||
Turnout | 1,652 |
References edit
- 2002 Rochford election result
- Ward results Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine