2007 UK local government election
Elections to Rochford Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election result
Rochford Local Election Result 2007
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Conservative
9
0
2
-2
69.2
49.2
4,793
-6.1%
Liberal Democrats
3
1
0
+1
23.1
22.8
2,221
+5.0%
Independent
1
1
0
+1
7.7
2.8
271
+2.8%
Labour
0
0
0
0
0
11.3
1,097
-4.5%
Green
0
0
0
0
0
5.9
572
+0.9%
BNP
0
0
0
0
0
4.8
472
+4.8%
English Democrat
0
0
0
0
0
3.2
313
+3.2%
4 Conservative candidates were unopposed.
Ward results
Ashingdon and Canewdon
Barling and Sutton
Downhall and Rawreth
Foulness and Great Wakering
Grange
Hawkwell North
Hawkwell South
Hawkwell West
Hockley Central
Hullbride
Lodge
Rochford
Sweyne Park
References