# 2002 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

## Election result

Rochford Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 28 | +9 | 71.8 | 51.9 | 14,934 |
| Labour | 4 | -5 | 10.3 | 24.8 | 7,144 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | -5 | 10.3 | 17.3 | 4,985 |
| Independent | 2 | +1 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 563 |
| Hawkwell Resident | 1 | -1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 595 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 547 |
8 Conservative and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed.

## Ward results
### Ashingdon and Canewdon

Ashingdon and Canewdon (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Terence Cutmore | 522 |
| | Conservative | Tracy Capon | 521 |
| | Labour | Sheila Downard | 203 |
| | Green | Andrew Vaughan | 184 |
| | Labour | David Lench | 160 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,590 |

### Barling and Sutton

Barling and Sutton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Robin Allen | unopposed | | |

### Downhall and Rawreth

Downhall and Rawreth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Black | 732 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Oatham | 696 |
| | Conservative | Delya Savill | 291 |
| | Conservative | Joan Mockford | 288 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,007 |

### Foulness and Great Wakering

Foulness and Great Wakering (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Trevor Goodwin | 784 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Wilkins | 676 |
| | Conservative | Colin Seagers | 626 |
| | Labour | Peter Stebbing | 601 |
| | Labour | Kevin Salt | 494 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,181 |

### Grange

Grange (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christoper Lumley | 525 |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Lumley | 508 |
| | Conservative | Roland Adams | 346 |
| | Conservative | Paul Morgan | 321 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,700 |

### Hawkwell North

Hawkwell North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Maureen Starke | 586 |
| | Conservative | Michael Starke | 586 |
| | Labour | David Thompson | 284 |
| | Labour | Dorothy Thompson | 259 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,715 |

### Hawkwell South

Hawkwell South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Heather Glynn | 410 |
| | Conservative | Philip Capon | 371 |
| | Conservative | Keith Gordon | 365 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor Leach | 242 |
| | Labour | Diane Fraser | 177 |
| | Labour | Ian Rooke | 141 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,706 |

### Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Hawkwell Resident | John Mason | 595 |
| | Labour | Myra Weir | 436 |
| | Labour | David Weir | 339 |
| | Conservative | Derrick Stansby | 335 |
| | Conservative | Terry Fawell | 280 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,985 |

### Hockley Central

Hockley Central (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Marina McCarthy | unopposed |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Marlow | unopposed |
| Conservative | Jeremy Thomass | unopposed |

### Hockley North

Hockley North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Colin Hungate | 284 | 64.1 |
| | Green | Lee Howes | 159 | 35.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125 | 28.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 443 | |

### Hockley West

Hockley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Liv Hungate | unopposed | | |

### Hullbridge

Hullbridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Brown | 730 |
| | Labour | Christopher Morgan | 725 |
| | Labour | David Flack | 698 |
| | Labour | Mary Stevenson | 679 |
| | Conservative | Lesley Butcher | 606 |
| | Conservative | Flora Noe | 569 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,007 |

### Lodge

Lodge (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Colin Langlands | 445 |
| | Conservative | Terry Livings | 435 |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Daynes | 321 |
| | Green | Neil Kirsh | 204 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,405 |

### Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ronald Choppen | 608 |
| | Conservative | Antony Humphries | 579 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Harris | 503 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peggy Pearse | 459 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,149 |

### Rochford

Rochford (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Maureen Vince | 701 |
| | Conservative | Linda Barber | 672 |
| | Conservative | Richard Amner | 660 |
| | Labour | Kevin Attridge | 653 |
| | Labour | John Dickson | 594 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Rogers | 587 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,867 |

### Sweyne Park

Sweyne Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Gerald Mockford | 351 |
| | Conservative | Peter Savill | 337 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Beckers | 268 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Beckers | 252 |
| | Independent | Derek Trevillion | 153 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,361 |

### Trinity

Trinity (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Gibbs | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative | James Grey | unopposed | | |

### Wheatley

Wheatley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Pullen | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative | Mavis Webster | unopposed | | |

### Whitehouse

Whitehouse (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Peter Webster | 596 |
| | Conservative | Simon Smith | 577 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elena Black | 479 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,652 |