2019 Rochford District Council election

The 2019 Rochford District Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect members of Rochford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1]

Summary results

Map showing the winner in each ward for the 2019 Rochford District Council election

2019 Rochford District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8	1	61.5	18	26	66.7	7,268	38.2	9.3
	Rochford Resident	2		15.4	2	4	10.3	3,435	18.1	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	1		7.7	2	3	7.7	2,489	13.1	1.3
	Green	1		7.7	2	3	7.7	1,794	9.4	3.5
	Independent	1	1	7.7	2	3	7.7	1,225	6.4	5.8
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,151	11.3	2.7
	UKIP	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	447	2.3	New
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	218	1.1	New

No Friends of Rochford (-3.8) candidates as previous.

Downhall & Rawreth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Newport	1,011	70.0	6.1
	Conservative	Keith Podd	315	21.8	5.5
	Labour	Shaun Cain	118	8.2	0.6
Majority			696	48.2
Turnout			1444	29.0	0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Foulness & The Wakerings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Efde	unopposed
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Hawkwell East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Webb	647	47.4	1.7
	Rochford Resident	Stephen Hinde	540	39.5	0.0
	Labour	Roger Gardner	171	13.1	1.6
Majority			107	7.9	1.7
Turnout			1358	29.0	0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Toni Carter	862	52.6	12.9
	Conservative	Ian Foster	653	39.9	8.3
	Labour	David Lench	123	7.5	7.3
Majority			209	16.3
Turnout			2738	33.0	0.0
	Rochford Resident hold		Swing

Hockley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Adrian Eves	880	53.0	19.6
	Conservative	Eileen Gadson	486	29.3	11.7
	UKIP	Peter Willis	151	9.1
	Labour	Louise Best	142	8.6	2.1
Majority			394	23.7
Turnout			1659	33.0	0.9
	Rochford Resident hold		Swing

Hockley & Ashingdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Carter	589	38.0	10.2
	Independent	David Cathchpole	393	25.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola O'Riordan Finley	352	22.7
	Labour	Stephen Willis	114	7.4	1.3
	For Britain	Craig Sohail	103	6.6
Majority			196	12.7
Turnout			1551	30.0	1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hullbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Diane Hoy	1,473	76.2	12.0
	Conservative	Angelina Marriott	370	19.2	9.7
	Labour	Victoria Williams	89	4.6	2.3
Majority			1,103	57.0
Turnout			1932	36.0	1.1
	Green hold		Swing

Lodge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Ward	835	46.6	9.1
	Rochford Resident	Richard Lambourne	788	44.0	0.3
	Labour	Roger Neville	168	9.4
Majority			47	2.6
Turnout			1791	34.0	0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roche North & Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Wooton	532	38.7	9.5
	Rochford Resident	Phil Capon	365	26.6
	Labour	David Flack	362	26.5	5.0
	For Britain	Miryam Sohail	115	8.4
Majority			1374	12.1
Turnout			1367	28.0	0.6
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Roche South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Williams	475	39.6	5.1
	UKIP	Shaun Holmes	296	24.7
	Labour	Ian Challis	285	23.8	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Brown	142	11.9
Majority			179	14.9
Turnout			1198	28.0	1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sweyne Park & Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June Lumley	702	49.4	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Newport	538	37.9	0.8
	Labour	Conner Agius	180	12.7	0.2
Majority			164	11.5
Turnout			1420	29.0	3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Roe	990	51.7	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Oakley	446	23.3	2.3
	Green	Jill Waight	321	16.8
	Labour	Samantha Reed	158	8.3	0.4
Majority			544	28.4
Turnout			1915	35.0	2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheatley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Wilkinson	832	47.8
	Conservative	Steve Cooper	674	38.8	25.5
	Labour	Stephen Cooper	233	13.4	5.4
Majority			158	9.0
Turnout			1739	34.0	1.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing