2010 Rochford District Council election

2010 UK local government election

← 2008

6 May 2010 (2010-05-06)

2011 →

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Green
Last election	34	5	0
Seats before	34	5	0
Seats won	33	5	1
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	17,732	5,128	2,053
Percentage	53.2	15.4	6.2
Swing	7.8	4.6	2.9

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Rochford Resident	Independent	Labour
Last election	1	1	0
Seats before	1	1	0
Seats won	1	1	0
Seat change
Popular vote	937	659	3,172
Percentage	2.8	2.0	9.5
Swing	N/A	0.9	1.8

	Seventh party

Party	English Democrat
Last election	0
Seats before	0
Seats won	0
Seat change
Popular vote	2,722
Percentage	8.2
Swing	2.5

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

The Conservative Party won 13 seats up for election with surprise result with the Green Party gaining their first seat from the Conservative Party and Rochford District Residents holding one seat.

Results

Rochford Local Election Result 2010
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	33	0	1	1	69.2	53.3	17,732
Liberal Democrats	5	0	0		15.3	15.4	5,128
Green	1	1	0	1	7.7	6.1	2,053
Rochford Resident	1	0	0		7.6	2.8	937
Independent	1	0	0		0	1.7	569
Labour	0	0	0		0	9.5	3,172
English Democrat	0	0	0		0	8.2	2,722
BNP	0	0	0		0	2.7	910

Ward Results

Downhall and Rawreth

Downhall and Raweth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Black	1846	70.57
	Conservative	Nicholas Alan Orr	770	29.43
Majority			1076	41.13
Turnout				70.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Foulness & Great Wakering

Foulness & Great Wakering
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Trevor Edward Goodwin	1607	53.73
	Independent	Brian Efde	659	22.03
	Labour	Tim Nicholls	625	20.90
Majority			948	32.79
Turnout				65.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher John Lumley	1205	62.60
	Conservative	Aron Priest	720	37.40
Majority			485	25.19
Turnout				68.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hawkwell North

Hawkwell North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joanne Elizabeth McPherson	1291	54.06
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Duncombe	833	34.88
	BNP	Antony William Evennett	264	11.06
Majority			458	19.18
Turnout				68.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell South

Hawkwell South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Heather Lilian Ann Glynn	1584	80.28
	BNP	Earl Victor Strobridge	389	19.72
Majority			1195	60.57
Turnout				62.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Rochford Resident	John Mason	937	40.2
	Conservative	Ian Howard Ward	832	35.7
	Labour	Myra Anne Weir	306	13.1
	English Democrat	Gloria Harmsworth	157	6.7
	BNP	James Michael Antony Wells	101	4.3
Majority			105	4.5
Turnout				72
	Rochford Resident hold		Swing

Hockley Central

Hockley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carole Anne Weston	2646	73.79
	Labour	David Charles Thompson	940	26.21
Majority			1706	47.57
Turnout				69.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hullbridge

Hullbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Michael Hoy	1,446	39.5
	Conservative	Brian Hazlewood	1,302	35.6
	Labour	Angelina Marriott	467	12.8
	English Democrat	Pauline Smith	445	12.2
Majority			144	3.9
Turnout				68.7
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia Aves	1242	54.67
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Nobes	702	30.90
	English Democrat	Thomas Broad	328	14.44
Majority			540	23.77
Turnout				68.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochford

Rochford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Philip Cottis	1813	55.72
	Labour	Robert Matthew Brown	834	25.63
	Green	Douglas John Copping	607	18.65
Majority			979	30.09
Turnout				58.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Edward Grey	1070	50.07
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Stanley	542	25.36
	English Democrat	Paula Hayter	525	24.57
Majority			528	24.71
Turnout				74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mavis Joan Webster	1470	68.82
	English Democrat	Nicola Gallaway	666	31.18
Majority			804	37.64
Turnout				69
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Frederick Arthur Webster	1385	64.66
	English Democrat	Tim Hayter	601	28.06
	BNP	Joan Elizabeth Court	156	7.28
Majority			784	36.60
Turnout				68.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

v t e Council elections in Essex
Essex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1965 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Basildon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Braintree District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Brentwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Castle Point Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chelmsford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Colchester City Council	1950 1951 1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Epping Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Harlow District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rochford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Southend-on-Sea City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (2009 ←) 2010 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2011)
London boroughs	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham
District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Craven Crawley Daventry Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Purbeck Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest
See also: UK General election

Categories: