1998 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 18
• Labour 12
• Conservative 6
• Residents 3
• Independent 1

Election result

1998 Rochford District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	4	5	28.6	14	18	45.0	3,706	30.9
	Labour	5	1	35.7	7	12	30.0	3,230	26.9
	Conservative	4	4	28.6	2	6	15.0	4,363	36.4
	Residents	1		7.1	2	3	7.5	698	5.8
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.5	0	0.0

Ward results

Downhall

Downhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Lemon	510	61.2
	Conservative	P. Savill	189	22.7
	Labour	R. Lushey	135	16.2
Majority				38.5
Turnout				25.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange & Rawreth

Grange & Rawreth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Adams	467	36.3
	Labour	D. Rossi	420	32.7
	Liberal Democrats	V. Howlett	398	31.0
Majority				3.7
Turnout				26.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Glynn	860	56.9
	Conservative	T. Cutmore	420	27.8
	Labour	D. Thompson	231	15.3
Majority				29.1
Turnout				26.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hockley East

Hockley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	R. Vingoe	698	77.7
	Conservative	M. Mead	132	14.7
	Labour	L. Bain	68	7.6
Majority				63.0
Turnout				29.0
	Residents hold		Swing

Hullbridge Riverside

Hullbridge Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Flack	418	63.6
	Conservative	J. Spillane	239	36.4
Majority				27.2
Turnout				21.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Hullbridge South

Hullbridge South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Stephenson	314	66.1
	Conservative	S. Spillane	161	33.9
Majority				32.2
Turnout				20.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Lodge

Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Helson	466	43.0
	Conservative	J. Mockford	436	40.3
	Labour	S. Walton	181	16.7
Majority				2.8
Turnout				24.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rayleigh Central

Rayleigh Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Helson	324	44.2
	Conservative	G. Mockford	268	36.6
	Labour	A. Popplewell	141	19.2
Majority				7.6
Turnout				25.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rochford Eastwood

Rochford Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Ford	229	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Stanton	175	32.0
	Conservative	V. Keenan	143	26.1
Majority				9.9
Turnout				40.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Rochford Roche

Rochford Roche

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Ford	370	66.3
	Conservative	M. Shelley	188	33.7
Majority				32.6
Turnout				29.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Rochford St. Andrew's

Rochford St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Weir	377	53.3
	Conservative	R. Amner	330	46.7
Majority				6.6
Turnout				31.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Gibbs	372	47.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Pearse	271	34.2
	Labour	J. Fielding	149	18.8
Majority				12.8
Turnout				27.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Webster	478	52.6
	Liberal Democrats	R. Swain	344	37.8
	Labour	D. Randall	87	9.6
Majority				14.7
Turnout				39.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Whitehouse

Whitehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Webster	540	53.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hunnable	358	35.5
	Labour	M. Emmons	110	10.9
Majority				18.1
Turnout				37.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing