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.
Election result
edit| 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.
Ward results
editAshingdon and Canewdon
edit| 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 | ||||
Barling and Sutton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robin Allen | unopposed | |||
Downhall and Rawreth
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Black | 732 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ronald Oatham | 696 | |||
| Conservative | Delya Savill | 291 | |||
| Conservative | Joan Mockford | 288 | |||
| Turnout | 2,007 | ||||
Foulness and Great Wakering
edit| 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 | ||||
Grange
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Christoper Lumley | 525 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | June Lumley | 508 | |||
| Conservative | Roland Adams | 346 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Morgan | 321 | |||
| Turnout | 1,700 | ||||
Hawkwell North
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Maureen Starke | 586 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Starke | 586 | |||
| Labour | David Thompson | 284 | |||
| Labour | Dorothy Thompson | 259 | |||
| Turnout | 1,715 | ||||
Hawkwell South
edit| 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 | ||||
Hawkwell West
edit| 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 | ||||
Hockley Central
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Marina McCarthy | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Marlow | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Jeremy Thomass | unopposed | |||
Hockley North
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Hungate | 284 | 64.1 | ||
| Green | Lee Howes | 159 | 35.9 | ||
| Majority | 125 | 28.2 | |||
| Turnout | 443 | ||||
Hockley West
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liv Hungate | unopposed | |||
Hullbridge
edit| 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 | ||||
Lodge
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Langlands | 445 | |||
| Conservative | Terry Livings | 435 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | June Daynes | 321 | |||
| Green | Neil Kirsh | 204 | |||
| Turnout | 1,405 | ||||
Rayleigh Central
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ronald Choppen | 608 | |||
| Conservative | Antony Humphries | 579 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Harris | 503 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peggy Pearse | 459 | |||
| Turnout | 2,149 | ||||
Rochford
edit| 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 | ||||
Sweyne Park
edit| 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 | ||||
Trinity
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Keith Gibbs | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | James Grey | unopposed | |||
Wheatley
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Pullen | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Mavis Webster | unopposed | |||
Whitehouse
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Webster | 596 | |||
| Conservative | Simon Smith | 577 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elena Black | 479 | |||
| Turnout | 1,652 | ||||
References
edit- 2002 Rochford election result
- Ward results Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine