Rochford Council election, 2002
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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.
[edit] Election result
| Rochford Local Election Result 2002 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Democrat | 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.
[edit] Ward results
| Ashingdon and Canewdon (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Robin Allen | unopposed | |||
| Downhall and Rawreth (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Black | 732 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Ronald Oatham | 696 | |||
| Conservative | Delya Savill | 291 | |||
| Conservative | Joan Mockford | 288 | |||
| Turnout | 2,007 | ||||
| Foulness and Great Wakering (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christoper Lumley | 525 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | June Lumley | 508 | |||
| Conservative | Roland Adams | 346 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Morgan | 321 | |||
| Turnout | 1,700 | ||||
| Hawkwell North (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Maureen Starke | 586 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Starke | 586 | |||
| Labour | David Thompson | 284 | |||
| Labour | Dorothy Thompson | 259 | |||
| Turnout | 1,715 | ||||
| Hawkwell South (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Heather Glynn | 410 | |||
| Conservative | Philip Capon | 371 | |||
| Conservative | Keith Gordon | 365 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Victor Leach | 242 | |||
| Labour | Diane Fraser | 177 | |||
| Labour | Ian Rooke | 141 | |||
| Turnout | 1,706 | ||||
| Hawkwell West (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Marina McCarthy | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Marlow | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Jeremy Thomass | unopposed | |||
| Hockley North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Colin Hungate | 284 | 64.1 | ||
| Green | Lee Howes | 159 | 35.9 | ||
| Majority | 125 | 28.2 | |||
| Turnout | 443 | ||||
| Hockley West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Liv Hungate | unopposed | |||
| Hullbridge (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Colin Langlands | 445 | |||
| Conservative | Terry Livings | 435 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | June Daynes | 321 | |||
| Green | Neil Kirsh | 204 | |||
| Turnout | 1,405 | ||||
| Rayleigh Central (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ronald Choppen | 608 | |||
| Conservative | Antony Humphries | 579 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Nicholas Harris | 503 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Peggy Pearse | 459 | |||
| Turnout | 2,149 | ||||
| Rochford (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gerald Mockford | 351 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Savill | 337 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Mary Beckers | 268 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Beckers | 252 | |||
| Independent | Derek Trevillion | 153 | |||
| Turnout | 1,361 | ||||
| Trinity (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Keith Gibbs | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | James Grey | unopposed | |||
| Wheatley (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Pullen | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Mavis Webster | unopposed | |||
| Whitehouse (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Webster | 596 | |||
| Conservative | Simon Smith | 577 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Elena Black | 479 | |||
| Turnout | 1,652 | ||||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Rochford Council election, 2000 |
Rochford local elections | Succeeded by Rochford Council election, 2003 |
