Rochford District Council election, 2006
Elections to Rochford Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election result
Rochford Local Election Result 2006 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
10 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
76.9 |
55.3 |
9,031 |
-7.0% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15.4 |
17.8 |
2,909 |
+9.1% |
|
Rochford Residents |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.7 |
6.1 |
992 |
+6.1% |
|
Labour |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
15.8 |
2,589 |
-2.8% |
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.0 |
817 |
-5.4% |
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+0.0% |
Ward results
Downhall & Rawreth
Downhall & Rawreth |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Black |
900 |
73.3 |
-1.4 |
|
Conservative |
Victor Howlett |
328 |
26.7 |
+1.4 |
Majority |
572 |
46.6 |
-2.8 |
Turnout |
1,228 |
37.6 |
+11.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Foulness and Great Wakering
Foulness and Great Wakering |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Trevor Goodwin |
851 |
59.0 |
-0.1 |
|
Labour |
Graham Fox |
393 |
27.3 |
-13.6 |
|
Green |
Gillian Askew |
198 |
13.7 |
+13.7 |
Majority |
458 |
31.7 |
+13.5 |
Turnout |
1,442 |
32.7 |
-3.0 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Grange
Grange |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Lumley |
683 |
66.3 |
+10.6 |
|
Conservative |
Roland Adams |
347 |
33.7 |
-10.6 |
Majority |
336 |
32.6 |
+21.2 |
Turnout |
1,030 |
37.4 |
+8.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Hawkwell North
Hawkwell North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Michael Starke |
596 |
51.6 |
+0.0 |
|
Rochford Residents |
Christine Mason |
438 |
37.9 |
+15.1 |
|
Labour |
Sheila Downard |
121 |
10.5 |
-1.0 |
Majority |
158 |
13.7 |
-15.1 |
Turnout |
1,155 |
33.7 |
+7.7 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Hawkwell South
Hawkwell West
Hawkwell West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Rochford Residents |
John Mason |
554 |
44.7 |
+44.7 |
|
Conservative |
Malcolm Houghton |
422 |
34.0 |
-9.4 |
|
Labour |
Myra Weir |
264 |
21.3 |
-18.4 |
Majority |
132 |
10.7 |
|
Turnout |
1,240 |
39.5 |
+11.7 |
|
Rochford Residents hold |
Swing |
|
|
Hockley Central
HullBridge
Rayleigh Central
Rayleigh Central |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Patricia Aves |
654 |
61.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patricia Putt |
283 |
26.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Christopher Morgan |
135 |
12.6 |
|
Majority |
371 |
34.6 |
|
Turnout |
1,072 |
32.7 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Rochford
Trinity
Trinity |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
James Grey |
618 |
61.6 |
+2.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Keith Budden |
310 |
30.9 |
-9.7 |
|
Green |
Neil Kirsh |
76 |
7.6 |
+7.6 |
Majority |
308 |
30.7 |
+11.9 |
Turnout |
1,004 |
34.8 |
-8.8 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Wheatley
Wheatley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Mavis Webster |
768 |
70.5 |
+2.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mark Pearson |
322 |
29.5 |
-2.0 |
Majority |
446 |
41.0 |
+4.0 |
Turnout |
1,090 |
34.4 |
-3.7 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Whitehouse
Whitehouse |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Peter Webster |
711 |
63.4 |
+0.7 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jacqueline Dillnutt |
411 |
36.6 |
-0.7 |
Majority |
300 |
26.8 |
+1.4 |
Turnout |
1,122 |
37.1 |
-1.7 |
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
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