Elections to Rochford Council were held on 3 May 2007. 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:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 32 | -2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 5 | +1 | |
Rochford Residents | 1 | 0 | |
Independent | 1 | +1 |
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 9 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 69.2 | 49.2 | 4,793 | -6.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 2,221 | +5.0% | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 271 | +2.8% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 1,097 | -4.5% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 572 | +0.9% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 472 | +4.8% | |
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 313 | +3.2% |
4 Conservative candidates were unopposed.
Ward results
Ashingdon and Canewdon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tracy Capon | 659 | 64.6 | +8.1 | |
Green | Andrew Vaughan | 361 | 35.4 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 298 | 29.2 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,020 | 29.4 | -7.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Barling and Sutton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robin Allen | 271 | 54.7 | +54.7 | |
Conservative | Richard Amner | 224 | 45.3 | -19.8 | |
Majority | 47 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 495 | 35.2 | +11.7 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Downhall and Rawreth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Oatham | 857 | 73.6 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Roland Adams | 308 | 26.4 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 549 | 47.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,165 | 34.0 | -3.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Foulness and Great Wakering
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Seagers | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Grange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | June Lumley | 722 | 74.3 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | David Withers | 250 | 25.7 | -8.0 | |
Majority | 472 | 48.6 | +16.0 | ||
Turnout | 972 | 35.5 | -1.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hawkwell North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lucy Cox | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hawkwell South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Phil Capon | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hawkwell West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derrick Stansby | 603 | 64.1 | +30.1 | |
Labour | Myra Weir | 337 | 35.9 | +14.6 | |
Majority | 266 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 940 | 30.2 | -9.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hockley Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Hudson | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hullbride
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lesley Butcher | 928 | 49.5 | -9.0 | |
BNP | Robert Green | 472 | 25.2 | +25.2 | |
Labour | Angelina Marriott | 318 | 17.0 | -5.8 | |
Green | Robin Hume | 155 | 8.3 | -10.4 | |
Majority | 456 | 24.3 | -11.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,873 | 35.2 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lodge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Livings | 455 | 43.8 | -21.1 | |
English Democrat | Paula Hayter | 313 | 30.1 | +30.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Putt | 216 | 20.8 | +20.8 | |
Green | Neil Kirsh | 56 | 5.4 | -29.7 | |
Majority | 142 | 13.7 | -16.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,040 | 33.1 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rochford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Harper | 970 | 68.7 | +15.8 | |
Labour | David Lench | 442 | 31.3 | -15.8 | |
Majority | 528 | 37.4 | +31.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,412 | 26.9 | -5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sweyne Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Dillnutt | 426 | 51.8 | ||
Conservative | Peter Savill | 396 | 48.2 | ||
Majority | 30 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 822 | 25.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
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