2022 Rochford District Council election

The 2022 Rochford District Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Rochford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.[1]

2022 Rochford District Council election

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13 out of 39 seats to Rochford District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Rochford Resident Liberal Democrats
Last election 27 seats, 42.9% 6 seats, 28.1% 3 seats, 11.3%
Seats won 5 4 3
Seats after 21 10 5
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 4 Increase 2
Popular vote 8,028 4,399 3,702
Percentage 38.4% 21.0% 17.7%
Swing Decrease 4.5% Decrease 7.1% Increase 6.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party
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Party Independent Green
Last election 2 seats, 6.1% 1 seat, 0.4%
Seats won 0 1
Seats after 2 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 712 1,013
Percentage 3.4% 4.8%
Swing Decrease 2.7% Increase 4.4%

Winner of each seat at the 2022 Rochford District Council election

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

Results summary

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2022 Rochford District Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 5   6 38.5 16 21 53.8 8,028 38.4 -4.5
  Rochford Resident 4   4 30.8 6 10 25.6 4,399 21.0 -7.1
  Liberal Democrats 3   2 23.1 2 5 12.8 3,702 17.7 +6.4
  Independent 0   0.0 2 2 5.1 712 3.4 -2.7
  Green 1   7.7 0 1 2.6 1,013 4.8 +4.4
  Labour 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 3,051 14.6 +3.5

Ward results

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Downhall & Rawreth

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Downhall & Rawreth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Stanley 975 66.9 +5.0
Conservative Keith Podd 352 24.2 −5.1
Labour Co-op James Hedges 130 8.9 +0.2
Majority 623 42.7
Turnout 1,457 27.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing  5.1

Foulness & The Wakerings

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Foulness & The Wakerings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jo McPherson 1,102 73.3 +5.8
Labour Philip Hannan 401 26.7 +6.2
Majority 701 46.6
Turnout 1,503 26.8
Conservative hold Swing  0.2

Hawkwell East

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Hawkwell East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Rochford Resident Deborah Squires-Coleman 596 41.6 −1.7
Conservative Phil Shaw 552 38.5 −7.1
Labour Hollie Ridley 284 19.8 +8.7
Majority 44 3.1
Turnout 1,432 30.0
Rochford Resident gain from Conservative Swing  2.7

Hawkwell West

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Hawkwell West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Gooding 837 49.6 +7.1
Rochford Resident Andrea Styles 658 39.0 −10.9
Labour Teddy Ryan 191 11.3 +3.8
Majority 179 10.6
Turnout 1,686 33.7
Conservative hold Swing  9.0

Hockley

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Hockley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Rochford Resident John Mason 877 54.2 +9.8
Conservative Reid Fairbairn 529 32.7 −13.1
Labour Ian Rooke 213 13.2 +3.4
Majority 348 21.5
Turnout 1,619 31.6
Rochford Resident gain from Conservative Swing  11.5

Hockley & Ashingdon

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Hockley & Ashingdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Danielle Belton 629 37.7 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Roger Gardner 315 18.9 +4.0
Rochford Resident Elliot Mason 285 17.1 −16.3
Independent Carole Weston 275 16.5 N/A
Labour Jack Griffiths 166 9.9 −0.8
Majority 314 18.8
Turnout 1,670 32.3
Conservative hold Swing  3.7

Hullbridge

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Hullbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Stuart Wilson 1,013 54.1 N/A
Conservative Scott Peters 593 31.7 +6.4
Labour Conner Agius 265 14.2 +4.2
Majority 420 22.4
Turnout 1,871 33.4
Green hold Swing N/A

Lodge

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Lodge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Rochford Resident Richard Lambourne 811 47.4 +4.1
Conservative Simon Smith 690 40.3 −4.1
Labour Loaine Ridley 211 12.3 ±0.0
Majority 121 7.1
Turnout 1,712 33.1
Rochford Resident gain from Conservative Swing  4.1

Roche North & Rural

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Roche North & Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laureen Shaw 623 44.6 −0.9
Liberal Democrats George Ioannou 463 33.1 +26.6
Labour David Bodimeade 311 22.3 +6.1
Majority 160 11.5
Turnout 1,397 27.7
Conservative hold Swing  13.8

Roche South

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Roche South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Steptoe 551 43.7 −3.5
Rochford Resident David Miles 403 32.0 +1.0
Labour Vicky Williams 306 24.3 +8.0
Majority 148 11.7
Turnout 1,260 26.3
Conservative hold Swing  2.3

Sweyne Park & Grange

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Sweyne Park & Grange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Rochford Resident Vilma Wilson 769 53.5 +6.9
Conservative Jordan Jacobs 408 28.4 −13.7
Labour Craig Archer 261 18.2 +6.9
Majority 361 25.1
Turnout 1,438 28.8
Rochford Resident gain from Conservative Swing  10.3

Trinity

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Trinity
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Sharp 1,222 60.6 +16.6
Conservative Robin Dray 637 31.6 −13.5
Labour Steve Cooper 156 7.7 −3.3
Majority 585 29.0
Turnout 2,015 37.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing  15.1

Wheatley

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Wheatley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cross 727 39.4 +12.8
Conservative Richard Linden 525 28.5 −3.7
Independent Jamie Burton 437 23.7 −9.5
Labour David Lench 156 8.5 +0.5
Majority 202 10.9
Turnout 1,845 36.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing  8.3

References

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  1. ^ "District Election Results". Rochford District Council. Retrieved 9 May 2022.