2021 Rochford District Council election

Map showing the results of the 2021 Rochford District Council election

The 2021 Rochford District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Rochford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2021 Rochford District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9	2	60.0	18	27	69.2	11,090	42.9	+4.7
	Rochford Resident	4	1	26.7	2	6	15.4	7,271	28.1	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	1		6.7	2	3	7.7	2,931	11.3	-1.8
	Independent	1		6.7	1	2	5.1	1,577	6.1	-0.3
	Green	0	2	0.0	1	1	2.6	109	0.4	-9.0
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,870	11.1	-0.2
	UKIP	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ward results

Downhall & Rawreth

Downhall & Rawreth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Cannell	1,064	61.9	−8.1
	Conservative	Patricia Weaver	504	29.3	+7.5
	Labour	Shaun Cain	150	8.7	+0.5
Majority			560	32.6
Turnout			1,718	33.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Foulness & The Wakerings

Foulness & The Wakerings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Myers	1,055	67.5	+67.5
	Labour	Josh Winiberg	320	20.5	N/A
	Green	Carole Shorney	109	7.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Allen	80	5.1	N/A
Majority			735	47.0
Turnout			1,564	28.3
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Butcher	734	45.6	−1.8
	Rochford Resident	Stephen Hinde	697	43.3	+3.8
	Labour	Danny Rowton	178	11.1	−2.0
Majority			37	3.3
Turnout			1,609	33.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hawkwell West

Hawkwell West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Christine Mason	898	49.9	−2.7
	Conservative	Jim Hall	765	42.5	+2.6
	Labour	Jennifer Lewis	135	7.5	+0.0
Majority			133	7.4
Turnout			1,798	35.4
	Rochford Resident hold		Swing

Hockley

Hockley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Gadsdon	854	45.8	+16.5
	Rochford Resident	John Mason	828	44.4	−8.6
	Labour	Ian Rooke	183	9.8	+1.2
Majority			26	1.4
Turnout			1,865	36.3
	Conservative gain from Rochford Resident		Swing

Hockley & Ashingdon

Hockley & Ashingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Constable	826	52.5	+14.5
	Conservative	Carole Weston	819	52.1	+14.1
	Rochford Resident	Elliot Mason	616	39.2	N/A
	Independent	David Catchpole	456	29.0	+3.7
	Labour	David Lench	169	10.8	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Gardner	131	8.3	−14.4
	Labour	Vicky Williams	127	8.1	+0.7
Turnout			—	34.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hullbridge

Hullbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Michael Hoy	1,448	79.4	N/A
	Rochford Resident	Tracey Knight	788	43.2	N/A
	Conservative	Angelina Marriott	566	31.0	+11.8
	Conservative	Brian Marsden-Carleton	510	28.0	+8.8
	Labour	Conner Agius	225	12.3	+7.7
	Labour	David Bodimeade	110	6.0	+1.4
Turnout			—	38.1
	Rochford Resident gain from Green
	Rochford Resident gain from Green

Lodge

Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Milne	826	44.4	−2.2
	Rochford Resident	Richard Lambourne	805	43.3	−0.7
	Labour	Ian Corbett	228	12.3	+2.9
Majority			21	1.1
Turnout			1,859	35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roche North & Rural

Roche North & Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Foster	677	45.5	+6.8
	Independent	George Ioannou	474	31.8	N/A
	Labour	David Flack	241	16.2	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Irlam	97	6.5	N/A
Majority			203	13.7
Turnout			1,489	29.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roche South

Roche South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gooding	640	47.2	+7.6
	Rochford Resident	Phil Capon	420	31.0	N/A
	Labour	Naomi Khan	221	16.3	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Brown	75	5.5	−6.4
Majority			220	16.2
Turnout			1,356	28.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sweyne Park & Grange

Sweyne Park & Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rochford Resident	Lisa Newport	771	46.6	+8.7
	Conservative	Danielle Belton	696	42.1	−7.3
	Labour	James Hedges	186	11.3	−1.4
Majority			75	4.5
Turnout			1,653	32.8
	Rochford Resident hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sperring	992	45.1	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Marco Quintana Santana	967	44.0	+20.7
	Labour	Steve Cooper	241	11.0	+2.7
Majority			25	1.1
Turnout			2,200	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jack Lawmon	647	33.2	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Linden	626	32.2	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Tellis	517	26.6	N/A
	Labour	Craig Archer	156	8.0	−5.4
Majority			21	1.0
Turnout			1,946	38.5
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

By-elections

Downhall & Rawreth

Downhall & Rawreth: 3 March 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Cripps	791	71.5
	Conservative	Danielle Belton	265	23.9
	Labour	Lorraine Ridley	51	4.6
Majority			526	47.6
Turnout			1,111	21.4
Registered electors			5,192
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing