2018 Rochford District Council election

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The 2018 Rochford District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Rochford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Rochford District Council election, 2018^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	32	3	0	3		47.5	10,353	1.4
	Rochford Resident	5	0	1	1		17.4	3,782	5.8
	Labour	0	0	0			13.0	2,844	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	1	1		11.8	2,573	3.0
	Green	3	0	0			5.9	1,293	0.6
	UKIP	3	0	1	1		—	—	11.4
	Friends of Rochford	0	0	0			3.8	832	New
	Independent	1	0	0			0.6	120	1.9

Downhall & Rawreth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Stanley	922	63.9	3.5
	Conservative	Keith Podd	393	27.3	10.7
	Labour	Shaun Cain	127	8.8	0.9
Majority			529	36.6	7.2
Turnout			1442	28.8	3.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

No Rochford Resident candidate as previous (-15.2).

Foulness & The Wakerings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jo McPherson	857	47.8	23.2
	Friends of Rochford	Tina Hughes	541	30.2	New
	Labour	Joanne Ford	276	15.4	1.4
	Independent	Robert Green	120	6.7	New
Majority			316	17.6
Turnout			1794	32.9	0.9
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (-32.0).

Hawkwell East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Shawe	641	45.7	1.9
	Rochford Resident	Steve Hinde	554	39.5	2.6
	Labour	Ian Rooke	207	14.8	4.5
Majority			87	6.2
Turnout			1402	29.3	0.8
	Conservative gain from Rochford Resident		Swing	0.4

Hawkwell West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Gooding	814	48.2	18.9
	Rochford Resident	Elliot Mason	687	40.7	12.3
	Labour	Ian Challis	207	14.8	2.5
Majority			127	7.5
Turnout			1708	33.0	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.6

Hockley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Hazlewood	829	51.8	14.2
	Conservative	Keith Hudson	693	43.3	5.7
	Rochford Resident	Toni Carter	676	42.3	2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola O'Riordan Finley	302	18.9	New
	Labour	Louise Best	216	13.5	3.7
	Labour	David Lench	142	8.9	8.3
Majority			153	7.6
Turnout			1,599	32.1	0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.6
	Conservative gain from Rochford Resident		Swing

Hockley & Ashingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Cutmore	795	48.2	21.4
	Rochford Resident	David Miles	711	43.1	New
	Labour	Stephen Willis	144	8.7	21.7
Majority			84	5.1
Turnout			1650	31.7	2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	—

Hullbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Stuart Wilson	1,293	64.2	15.9
	Conservative	Angela Marriott	583	28.9	13.3
	Labour	Victoria Williams	138	6.9	3.8
Majority			710	35.3	12.3
Turnout			2014	37.1	3.1
	Green hold		Swing	1.3

No UKIP candidate as previous (-25.3).

Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Smith	1,007	55.7	21.4
	Rochford Resident	Richard Lambourne	800	44.3	22.0
Majority			207	11.4
Turnout			1807	34.3	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

No UKIP (-20.7), Labour (-11.3) or Liberal Democrat (-11.3) candidates as previous.

Roche North & Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laureen Shaw	659	48.2	14.3
	Labour	David Flack	417	30.5	6.2
	Friends of Rochford	Brendon Whitehead	291	21.3	New
Majority			242	17.7
Turnout			1367	27.4	3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.1

No UKIP (-30.6) or Liberal Democrat (-11.1) candidates as previous.

Roche South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Steptoe	536	44.7	5.7
	Rochford Resident	Phil Capon	354	29.5	New
	Labour	Mark Daniels	310	25.8	7.1
Majority			182	15.2
Turnout			1200	29.2	0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (-29.5).

Sweyne Park & Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Pavelin	784	48.8	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Newport	622	38.7	15.7
	Labour	Samantha Reed	200	12.5	1.9
Majority			162	10.1
Turnout			1606	32.1	1.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	1.5

No Rochford Resident candidate as previous (-32.5).

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Merrick	1,313	64.8	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Oakley	426	21.0	New
	Labour	Roger Neville	287	14.2	2.8
Majority			887	43.8
Turnout			2026	37.3	3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	—

No UKIP candidate as previous (-37.7).

Wheatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Dray	1,142	64.3	33.2
	Labour	Steve Cooper	333	18.8	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Newport	301	16.9	1.4
Majority			809	45.5
Turnout			1776	35.0	1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.5

No Independent candidate as previous (-38.9).