1982 Rochford District Council election

1982 Rochford District Council election
15 out of 40 seats to Rochford District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 1982 Rochford District Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Rochford District Council in Essex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1982 Rochford District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	11	1	73.3	16	27	67.5	8,939	48.0	–5.3
	Alliance	2	1	13.3	2	4	10.0	5,357	28.7	+14.2
	Labour	1		6.7	2	3	7.5	3,005	16.1	–7.7
	Residents	1	2	6.7	2	3	7.5	949	5.1	±0.0
	Independent	0		0.0	3	3	7.5	386	2.1	–1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Cope*	636	62.4	–5.4
	Alliance	D. Ward	288	28.3	+13.8
	Labour	J. Tucker	95	9.3	–8.3
Majority			348	34.2	–16.0
Turnout			1,019	39.7	+0.7
Registered electors			2,567
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Jones	618	37.9	–5.4
	Alliance	M. Rapley	510	31.3	+16.5
	Labour	S. Andre	503	30.8	–11.1
Majority			108	6.6	+5.2
Turnout			1,631	39.8	+4.0
Registered electors			4,094
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Sheaf*	972	54.1	+0.9
	Conservative	T. Burt	943	52.5	–0.7
	Alliance	C. Brown	450	25.1	N/A
	Alliance	J. Benson	380	21.2	N/A
	Labour	D. Weir	373	20.8	–26.0
	Labour	M. Weir	319	17.8	–29.0
Turnout			~1,796	41.1	+10.6
Registered electors			4,371
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Himfen	690	50.3	*N/A*
	Residents	S. Barnard*	682	49.7	N/A
Majority			8	0.6	N/A
Turnout			1,372	42.6	N/A
Registered electors			3,219
	Conservative gain from Residents

1982 Rochford District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Downhall

Grange & Rawreth

Hawkwell East

Hockley East

Hullbridge Riverside

Hullbridge South

Lodge

Rayleigh Central

Rochford Eastwood

Rochford Roche

Rochford St Andrews

Trinity

Wheatley

Whitehouse

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	J. Nokes*	386	36.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	J. Parkinson	380	35.7	–4.5
	Labour	D. Richardson	297	27.9	–31.9
Majority			6	0.6	N/A
Turnout			1,063	38.3	+2.7
Registered electors			2,777
	Alliance gain from Residents

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	L. Campbell-Daley*	267	28.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	C. Williams	266	28.5	N/A
	Alliance	P. Brading	236	25.3	N/A
	Labour	A. Malcolm	164	17.6	N/A
Majority			1	0.1	N/A
Turnout			933	42.9	N/A
Registered electors			2,176
	Residents hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Murison*	1,073	59.7	–1.5
	Alliance	M. Menning	522	29.0	–9.8
	Labour	C. Barnaby	203	11.3	N/A
Majority			551	30.6	+8.2
Turnout			1,798	39.4	+7.6
Registered electors			4,561
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Foster*	529	41.7	–5.9
	Independent	S. Silva	386	30.4	–3.6
	Alliance	F. Rapley	252	19.8	N/A
	Labour	V. Foley	103	8.1	–10.3
Majority			143	11.3	–2.4
Turnout			1,270	44.3	+1.8
Registered electors			2,869
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Budge*	349	54.4	–10.0
	Alliance	K. Saunders	292	45.6	N/A
Majority			57	8.9	–20.3
Turnout			641	47.0	–1.0
Registered electors			1,365
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Stephenson*	415	51.2	–3.2
	Conservative	W. Heard	284	35.0	–10.6
	Alliance	M. Stevens	112	13.8	N/A
Majority			131	16.2	+7.5
Turnout			811	55.0	–0.3
Registered electors			1,474
	Labour hold		Swing	3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Warner	448	41.9	–5.8
	Labour	D. McKinnell	377	35.2	–17.1
	Alliance	M. Clark	245	22.9	N/A
Majority			71	6.6	N/A
Turnout			1,070	40.4	+3.2
Registered electors			2,646
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Boyd*	931	63.3	+7.1
	Conservative	S. Gibson	487	33.1	–3.0
	Labour	E. Lushey	53	3.6	–4.2
Majority			444	30.2	+10.1
Turnout			1,471	53.0	–32.1
Registered electors			2,778
	Alliance hold		Swing	5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Lovett*	700	64.3	+3.5
	Alliance	T. Dean	388	35.7	+9.2
Majority			312	28.7	–5.7
Turnout			1,088	45.2	–35.2
Registered electors			2,405
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Taylor*	564	54.7	–15.9
	Alliance	D. Turrell	365	35.4	N/A
	Labour	J. Foley	103	10.0	–19.4
Majority			199	19.3	–22.0
Turnout			1,032	40.0	–40.0
Registered electors			2,583
	Conservative hold

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