Elections to Rochford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
The Conservative party won all 15 seats up for election with no surprises in the results.[1][2]
After the election, the composition of the council was
| Rochford Local Election Result 2008 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
| Conservative | 15 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.0 | 61.6 | 9,551 | +12.4% | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 1,549 | -12.8% | ||
| English Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 1,531 | +6.7% | ||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 1,481 | -1.7% | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 571 | -1.1% | ||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 479 | -2.8% | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 174 | +1.1% | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.1 | 163 | -1.7% | ||
Two Conservative candidates were unopposed.
| Ashingdon and Canewdon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Terence Cutmore | 663 | 55.1 | -9.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Valerie Stanton | 371 | 30.8 | +30.8 | |
| Green | Andrew Vaughan | 169 | 14.0 | -21.4 | |
| Majority | 292 | 24.3 | -4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,203 | 34.4 | +5.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Barling and Sutton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Steptoe | unopposed | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Foulness and Great Wakering | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Barbara Wilkins | unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Hockley Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Jeremy Thomass | 1,302 | 80.7 | ||
| Labour | David Thompson | 312 | 19.3 | ||
| Majority | 990 | 61.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,614 | 31.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Hockley North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Carter | 421 | 73.3 | -3.5 | |
| BNP | Mark Cooling | 92 | 16.0 | +16.0 | |
| Labour | Sheila Downward | 61 | 10.6 | -12.6 | |
| Majority | 329 | 57.3 | +3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 574 | 34.7 | -4.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Hockley West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Maddocks | 401 | 71.1 | ||
| Independent | Brian Hazlewood | 163 | 28.9 | ||
| Majority | 238 | 42.2 | |||
| Turnout | 564 | 35.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Hullbridge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Robinson | 1,122 | 58.3 | +8.8 | |
| BNP | Robert Green | 479 | 24.9 | -0.3 | |
| Labour | Angelina Marriott | 325 | 16.9 | -0.1 | |
| Majority | 643 | 33.4 | +9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,926 | 36.3 | +1.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Lodge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Merrick | 549 | 50.3 | +6.5 | |
| English Democrats | David Merrick | 264 | 24.2 | -5.9 | |
| UKIP | Janet Davies | 174 | 15.9 | +15.9 | |
| Green | Neil Kirsh | 105 | 9.6 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 285 | 26.1 | +12.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,092 | 34.5 | +1.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Rayleigh Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Antony Humphries | 882 | 74.5 | +13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Michael Nobes | 302 | 25.5 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 580 | 49.0 | +14.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,184 | 35.3 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Rochford (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gillian Lucas-Gill | 864 | |||
| Conservative | Keith Gordon | 796 | |||
| Labour | David Lench | 361 | |||
| Labour | Myra Weir | 357 | |||
| English Democrats | Margaret Stoll | 347 | |||
| Green | Douglas Copping | 205 | |||
| Turnout | 2,930 | 29.5 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Sweyne Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Joan Mockford | 516 | 46.7 | -1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Patricia Putt | 353 | 31.9 | -19.9 | |
| English Democrats | Kim Gandy | 236 | 21.4 | +21.4 | |
| Majority | 163 | 14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,105 | 33.7 | +8.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Trinity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Keith Gibbs | 562 | 51.1 | -10.5 | |
| English Democrats | John Hayter | 372 | 33.8 | +33.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mark Pearson | 101 | 9.2 | -21.7 | |
| Labour | Peter Lickfold | 65 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
| Majority | 190 | 17.3 | -13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,100 | 37.9 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Wheatley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Pullen | 829 | 77.7 | +7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Corey Vost | 238 | 22.3 | -7.2 | |
| Majority | 591 | 55.4 | +14.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,067 | 34.1 | -0.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Whitehouse | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Simon Smith | 641 | 56.4 | -7.0 | |
| English Democrats | Kenneth Bennett | 312 | 27.4 | +27.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Elena Black | 184 | 16.2 | -20.4 | |
| Majority | 329 | 29.0 | +2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,137 | 36.2 | -0.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Preceded by Rochford Council election, 2007 |
Rochford local elections | Succeeded by Rochford Council election, 2010 |
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