2004 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Conservative	32	+2
	Liberal Democrat	4	0
	Independent	2	0
	Labour	1	-2
	Hawkwell Residents	1	0

Election result

Rochford Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	14	2	0	+2	100.0	62.3	9,370	+13.6%
	Labour	0	0	2	-2	0	18.6	2,799	-4.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	10.4	1,565	+6.9%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	8.7	1,305	-9.7%

3 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Ashingdon and Canewdon

Ashingdon and Canewdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Cutmore	714	56.5	+3.3
	Green	Andrew Vaughan	384	30.4	+16.6
	Labour	John Dickson	166	13.1	+2.3
Majority			330	26.1	−4.9
Turnout			1,264	37.0	+11.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foulness and Great Wakering

Foulness and Great Wakering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Wilkins	903	59.1	+11.6
	Labour	Graham Fox	626	40.9	−2.7
Majority			277	18.2	+14.3
Turnout			1,529	35.7	+8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hockley Central

Hockley Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Thomass	1,203
	Conservative	Caroline Weston	1,107
	Green	Gabrielle Yeadell	415
	Labour	David Thompson	366
	Labour	Dorothy Thompson	353
Turnout			3,444	38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hockley North

Hockley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Hungate	473	76.8	+12.7
	Labour	Stephen Hinde	143	23.2	+23.2
Majority			330	53.6	+25.4
Turnout			616	38.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hockley West

Hockley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liv Hungate	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hullbridge

Hullbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Robinson	1,040	53.5	+0.7
	Labour	Michael Hoy	520	26.7	−20.5
	Green	Robin Hume	385	19.8	+19.8
Majority			520	26.8	+21.2
Turnout			1,945	36.8	+15.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Lodge

Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Merrick	704	64.9	+12.6
	Green	Neil Kirsh	381	35.1	+35.1
Majority			323	29.8	+25.2
Turnout			1,085	35.0	+12.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Humphries	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochford

Rochford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Gordon	957	60.5
	Labour	Myra Weir	625	39.5
Majority			332	21.0
Turnout			1,582	31.0	+8.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sweyne Park

Sweyne Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Mockford	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Gibbs	722	59.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Budden	494	40.6
Majority			228	18.8
Turnout			1,216	43.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Pullen	815	68.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pearson	375	31.5
Majority			440	37.0
Turnout			1,190	38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Smith	732	62.7
	Liberal Democrats	Elena Black	436	37.3
Majority			296	25.4
Turnout			1,168	38.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2004 Rochford election result
• Rochford: Triumphant Tories
• Ward results Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine