# 2008 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
The Conservative party won all 15 seats up for election with no surprises in the results.
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 |

## Election result

Rochford Local Election Result 2008 :
| 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.

## Ward results
### Ashingdon and Canewdon

Ashingdon and Canewdon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 292 | 24.3 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,203 | 34.4 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Barling and Sutton

Barling and Sutton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Steptoe | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Foulness and Great Wakering

Foulness and Great Wakering :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barbara Wilkins | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hockley Central

Hockley Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Thomass | 1,302 | 80.7 |
| | Labour | David Thompson | 312 | 19.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 990 | 61.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,614 | 31.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Hockley North

Hockley North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 329 | 57.3 | +3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 574 | 34.7 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hocklet West

Hockley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Maddocks | 401 | 71.1 |
| | Independent | Brian Hazlewood | 163 | 28.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 238 | 42.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 564 | 35.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Hullbridge

Hullbridge :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 643 | 33.4 | +9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,926 | 36.3 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lodge

Lodge :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 285 | 26.1 | +12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,092 | 34.5 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Antony Humphries | 882 | 74.5 | +13.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Nobes | 302 | 25.5 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 580 | 49.0 | +14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,184 | 35.3 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Rochford

Rochford (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,930 | 29.5 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Sweyne Park

Sweyne Park :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 163 | 14.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,105 | 33.7 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Trinity

Trinity :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 190 | 17.3 | −13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,100 | 37.9 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Wheatley

Wheatley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Pullen' | 829 | 77.7 | +7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Corey Vost | 238 | 22.3 | −7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 591 | 55.4 | +14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,067 | 34.1 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Whitehouse

Whitehouse :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 329 | 29.0 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,137 | 36.2 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |