Elections to Rochford Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 28 | +9 | 71.8 | 51.9 | 14,934 | ||||
Labour | 4 | -5 | 10.3 | 24.8 | 7,144 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | -5 | 10.3 | 17.3 | 4,985 | ||||
Independent | 2 | +1 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 563 | ||||
Hawkwell Resident | 1 | -1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 595 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 547 |
8 Conservative and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Cutmore | 522 | |||
Conservative | Tracy Capon | 521 | |||
Labour | Sheila Downard | 203 | |||
Green | Andrew Vaughan | 184 | |||
Labour | David Lench | 160 | |||
Turnout | 1,590 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robin Allen | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Black | 732 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Oatham | 696 | |||
Conservative | Delya Savill | 291 | |||
Conservative | Joan Mockford | 288 | |||
Turnout | 2,007 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Goodwin | 784 | |||
Conservative | Barbara Wilkins | 676 | |||
Conservative | Colin Seagers | 626 | |||
Labour | Peter Stebbing | 601 | |||
Labour | Kevin Salt | 494 | |||
Turnout | 3,181 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christoper Lumley | 525 | |||
Liberal Democrats | June Lumley | 508 | |||
Conservative | Roland Adams | 346 | |||
Conservative | Paul Morgan | 321 | |||
Turnout | 1,700 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maureen Starke | 586 | |||
Conservative | Michael Starke | 586 | |||
Labour | David Thompson | 284 | |||
Labour | Dorothy Thompson | 259 | |||
Turnout | 1,715 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Heather Glynn | 410 | |||
Conservative | Philip Capon | 371 | |||
Conservative | Keith Gordon | 365 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Victor Leach | 242 | |||
Labour | Diane Fraser | 177 | |||
Labour | Ian Rooke | 141 | |||
Turnout | 1,706 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawkwell Resident | John Mason | 595 | |||
Labour | Myra Weir | 436 | |||
Labour | David Weir | 339 | |||
Conservative | Derrick Stansby | 335 | |||
Conservative | Terry Fawell | 280 | |||
Turnout | 1,985 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marina McCarthy | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Marlow | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Jeremy Thomass | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Hungate | 284 | 64.1 | ||
Green | Lee Howes | 159 | 35.9 | ||
Majority | 125 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 443 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liv Hungate | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rosemary Brown | 730 | |||
Labour | Christopher Morgan | 725 | |||
Labour | David Flack | 698 | |||
Labour | Mary Stevenson | 679 | |||
Conservative | Lesley Butcher | 606 | |||
Conservative | Flora Noe | 569 | |||
Turnout | 4,007 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Langlands | 445 | |||
Conservative | Terry Livings | 435 | |||
Liberal Democrats | June Daynes | 321 | |||
Green | Neil Kirsh | 204 | |||
Turnout | 1,405 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Choppen | 608 | |||
Conservative | Antony Humphries | 579 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Harris | 503 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peggy Pearse | 459 | |||
Turnout | 2,149 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Vince | 701 | |||
Conservative | Linda Barber | 672 | |||
Conservative | Richard Amner | 660 | |||
Labour | Kevin Attridge | 653 | |||
Labour | John Dickson | 594 | |||
Conservative | Sarah Rogers | 587 | |||
Turnout | 3,867 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Mockford | 351 | |||
Conservative | Peter Savill | 337 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Beckers | 268 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Beckers | 252 | |||
Independent | Derek Trevillion | 153 | |||
Turnout | 1,361 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Gibbs | unopposed | |||
Conservative | James Grey | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Pullen | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mavis Webster | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Webster | 596 | |||
Conservative | Simon Smith | 577 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elena Black | 479 | |||
Turnout | 1,652 |