
Elections toRochford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and theConservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
The Conservative party won all 15 seats up for election with no surprises in the results.[1][2]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 33 | +1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 0 | |
| Rochford District Residents | 1 | 0 | |
| Independent | 0 | –1 | |
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 15 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.0 | 61.6 | 9,551 | +12.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 1,549 | -12.8% | |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 1,531 | +6.7% | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 1,481 | -1.7% | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 571 | -1.1% | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 479 | -2.8% | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 174 | +1.1% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.1 | 163 | -1.7% | |
Two Conservative candidates were unopposed.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Terence Cutmore | 663 | 55.1 | −9.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Valerie Stanton | 371 | 30.8 | +30.8 | |
| Green | Andrew Vaughan | 169 | 14.0 | −21.4 | |
| Majority | 292 | 24.3 | −4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,203 | 34.4 | +5.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Steptoe | unopposed | |||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Barbara Wilkins | unopposed | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jeremy Thomass | 1,302 | 80.7 | ||
| Labour | David Thompson | 312 | 19.3 | ||
| Majority | 990 | 61.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,614 | 31.8 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Carter | 421 | 73.3 | −3.5 | |
| BNP | Mark Cooling | 92 | 16.0 | +16.0 | |
| Labour | Sheila Downward | 61 | 10.6 | −12.6 | |
| Majority | 329 | 57.3 | +3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 574 | 34.7 | −4.1 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Malcolm Maddocks | 401 | 71.1 | ||
| Independent | Brian Hazlewood | 163 | 28.9 | ||
| Majority | 238 | 42.2 | |||
| Turnout | 564 | 35.0 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Robinson | 1,122 | 58.3 | +8.8 | |
| BNP | Robert Green | 479 | 24.9 | −0.3 | |
| Labour | Angelina Marriott | 325 | 16.9 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 643 | 33.4 | +9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,926 | 36.3 | +1.1 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Merrick | 549 | 50.3 | +6.5 | |
| English Democrat | David Merrick | 264 | 24.2 | −5.9 | |
| UKIP | Janet Davies | 174 | 15.9 | +15.9 | |
| Green | Neil Kirsh | 105 | 9.6 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 285 | 26.1 | +12.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,092 | 34.5 | +1.4 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Antony Humphries | 882 | 74.5 | +13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Nobes | 302 | 25.5 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 580 | 49.0 | +14.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,184 | 35.3 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gillian Lucas-Gill | 864 | |||
| Conservative | Keith Gordon | 796 | |||
| Labour | David Lench | 361 | |||
| Labour | Myra Weir | 357 | |||
| English Democrat | Margaret Stoll | 347 | |||
| Green | Douglas Copping | 205 | |||
| Turnout | 2,930 | 29.5 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joan Mockford | 516 | 46.7 | −1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Putt | 353 | 31.9 | −19.9 | |
| English Democrat | Kim Gandy | 236 | 21.4 | +21.4 | |
| Majority | 163 | 14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,105 | 33.7 | +8.6 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Keith Gibbs | 562 | 51.1 | −10.5 | |
| English Democrat | John Hayter | 372 | 33.8 | +33.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Pearson | 101 | 9.2 | −21.7 | |
| Labour | Peter Lickfold | 65 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
| Majority | 190 | 17.3 | −13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,100 | 37.9 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Pullen' | 829 | 77.7 | +7.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Corey Vost | 238 | 22.3 | −7.2 | |
| Majority | 591 | 55.4 | +14.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,067 | 34.1 | −0.3 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Smith | 641 | 56.4 | −7.0 | |
| English Democrat | Kenneth Bennett | 312 | 27.4 | +27.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elena Black | 184 | 16.2 | −20.4 | |
| Majority | 329 | 29.0 | +2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,137 | 36.2 | −0.9 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||