One third of Rochford Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Essex County Council.
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| Party or group in control | Years |
|---|---|
| No overall control | 1973 - 1976 |
| Conservative | 1976 - 1990 |
| No overall control | 1990 - 1994 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1994 - 1998 |
| No overall control | 1998 - 2002 |
| Conservative | 2002 - present |
Rochford Council election, 1998
Rochford Council election, 1999
Rochford Council election, 2000
Rochford Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes)[1]
Rochford Council election, 2003
Rochford Council election, 2004
Rochford Council election, 2006
Rochford Council election, 2007
Rochford Council election, 2008
Rochford Council election, 2010
| Roche By-Election 14 November 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 317 | 50.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 174 | 27.5 | |||
| Conservative | 141 | 22.3 | |||
| Majority | 143 | 22.7 | |||
| Turnout | 632 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Barling & Sutton By-Election 5 December 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | 155 | 51.7 | |||
| Labour | 124 | 41.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 21 | 7.0 | |||
| Majority | 31 | 10.4 | |||
| Turnout | 300 | 21.8 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Hawkwell West By-Election 6 November 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 257 | 40.4 | -1.5 | ||
| Resident | 194 | 30.5 | |||
| Conservative | 185 | 29.1 | +7.3 | ||
| Majority | 63 | 9.9 | |||
| Turnout | 636 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Roche By-Election 30 August 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 241 | 44.5 | -21.8 | ||
| Conservative | 233 | 43.1 | +9.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 45 | 8.3 | +8.3 | ||
| Independent | 22 | 4.1 | +4.1 | ||
| Majority | 8 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 541 | 26.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Sweyne Park By-Election 14 July 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Joan Mockford | 310 | 59.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Lindsay Frend | 112 | 21.6 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Hinde | 95 | 18.4 | ||
| Majority | 198 | 38.3 | |||
| Turnout | 517 | 15.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Hockley North By-Election 14 June 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Carter | 297 | 49.5 | -27.3 | |
| BNP | Mark Cooling | 176 | 29.3 | +29.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mark Pearson | 127 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
| Majority | 121 | 20.2 | |||
| Turnout | 600 | 36.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Rayleigh Central Ward by-election, 1 December 2011[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Cheryl Edwina Roe | 406 | 54.8 | ||
| English Democrats | John Hayter | 218 | 29.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Elena Black | 117 | 15.8 | ||
| Majority | 188 | ||||
| Turnout | 741 | 22.03 | |||