2016 Rochford District Council election

The 2016 Rochford District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Rochford District Council in England. Due to boundary changes, all seats on the council were up for election at the same time, with each ward electing three Councillors. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2016 Rochford District Council election

5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)

First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Rochford Resident UKIP Last election 29 2 3 Seats before 29 2 3 Seats won 21 6 4 Seat change 8 4 1 Popular vote 24,046 6,203 5,941 Percentage 46.1 11.9 11.4 Swing 3.1 5.0 10.4   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberal Democrats Green Independent Last election 2 2 0 Seats before 2 2 0 Seats won 4 3 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 4,538 3,391 1,295 Percentage 8.8 6.5 2.5 Swing 5.1 3.7 0.3

Results summary

Rochford District Council election, 2016

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	29	1	4	8		46.1	24,046	3.1
	Rochford Resident	6	4	0	4		11.9	6,203	5.0
	UKIP	4	2	1	1		11.4	5,941	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	2		8.8	4,538	5.1
	Green	3	1	0	1		6.5	3,391	3.7
	Independent	1	1	0	1		2.5	1,295	0.3
	Labour	0	0	1	1		12.8	6,699	3.2

Ward Results

Downhall & Rawreth

Downhall & Rawreth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Black	1,111	60.4	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Oatham	945
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Stanley	865
	Conservative	Keith Podd	305	16.6	13.7
	Conservative	Deborah Mercer	303
	Rochford Resident	John Chaffin	279	15.2	New
	Conservative	Tony Hollis	266
	Labour	Shaun Cain	145	7.9	New
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Foulness & The Wakerings

Foulness & The Wakerings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Neil Hookway	649	32.0	0.3
	UKIP	Daniel Efde	623
	UKIP	Tina Hughes	615
	Conservative	Barbara Wilkins	498	24.5	13.1
	Conservative	Tony Potter	481
	Conservative	Ann Holland	414
	Independent	Trevor Goodwin	358	17.6	2.1
	Labour	Jack Newman	285	14.0	1.2
	Labour	David Lench	195
	Labour	Paul White	171
	Green	Simon Cross	151	7.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Arnold	90	4.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Arnold	81
Majority
	UKIP hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lesley Butcher	802	26.1
	Conservative	Mike Webb	687	22.4
	Rochford Resident	Elliot Mason	674	21.9
	Conservative	Jo McPherson	556	18.1
	Labour	Gill Gibson	353	11.5
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Rochford Resident win (new seat)

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Christine Mason	1,058	53.0	11.7
	Rochford Resident	John Mason	1,030
	Conservative	Julia Gooding	595	29.3	3.8
	Conservative	Liz Marlow	504
	Labour	Robert Clemenson	345	17.3	9.5
	Conservative	Alex Holland-Martin	345
Majority
	Rochford Resident hold		Swing
	Rochford Resident hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

No UKIP candidate as previous (-17.2).

Hockley

Hockley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Irena Cassar	883	22.3
	Rochford Resident	Adrian Evans	822	20.8
	Conservative	Brian Hazlewood	735	18.6
	Conservative	Malcolm Maddocks	595	15.0
	Conservative	Keith Hudson	585	14.8
	Labour	Ian Rooke	337	8.5
Majority
	Rochford Resident win (new seat)
	Rochford Resident win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hockley & Ashingdon

Hockley & Ashingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Weston	1,021	31.7
	Conservative	Mike Carter	938	29.1
	Conservative	Terry Cutmore	817	25.4
	Labour	Stephen Willis	445	13.8
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hullbridge

Hullbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Michael Hoy	1,220	48.3	25.7
	Green	Diane Hoy	1,185
	Green	Stuart Wilson	835
	UKIP	John Bull	640	25.3	3.1
	Conservative	Angela Hale	394	15.6	16.9
	Conservative	Mark Hale	366
	Conservative	Angelina Marriott	322
	Labour	David Flack	271	10.7	1.9
	Labour	Robin Hume	201
	Labour	Roger Neville	152
Majority
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-7.6).

Lodge

Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Milne	936	21.0
	Conservative	Ian Ward	891	20.0
	Conservative	Simon Smith	827	18.6
	Rochford Resident	Richard Lambourne	610	13.7
	UKIP	Carol Ann Twydell	566	12.7
	Labour	Bernadette Hannon	310	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Tellis	310	7.0
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Roche North & Rural

Roche North & Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Ioannou	640	33.9
	UKIP	Nicholas Cooper	578	30.6
	Conservative	Laureen Shaw	466
	Labour	Kevin Salt	459	24.3
	Labour	Mark Daniels	422
	Conservative	Philip Shaw	419
	Labour	Myra Weir	418
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Irlam	210	11.1
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	UKIP win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Roche South

Roche South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Lucas-Gill	457	15.3
	Conservative	Mike Steptoe	422	14.1
	Conservative	Arthur Williams	412	13.8
	Labour	Simon Godsen	386	12.9
	Labour	John Jefferies	357	11.9
	UKIP	Richard Loding	330	11.0
	UKIP	Marion Sawyer	315	10.5
	Labour	Victoria Williams	312	10.4
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sweyne Park & Grange

Sweyne Park & Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Toby Mountain	847	23.6
	Conservative	June Lumley	785	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Newport	599	16.7
	Conservative	Carol Pavelin	514	14.3
	Conservative	Margaret Spencer	464	12.9
	Labour	Craig Archer	375	10.5
Majority
	Rochford Resident win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Sperring	1,096
	Conservative	Cheryl Edwina Roe	1,081
	Conservative	David Merrick	996
	UKIP	John Hayter	912
	UKIP	Keith Anthony Gibbs	713
	Labour	Stephen James Cooper	410
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wheatley

Wheatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jamie Burton	937
	Conservative	John Griffin	748
	Conservative	Robin Dray	739
	Conservative	Jack Lawmon	624
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Handford	372
	Labour	Luke Houghton	350
Majority
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

* Independent candidate stood under the description 'Rayleigh Independents'.