1998_Rochford_District_Council_election

1998 Rochford District Council election

1998 UK local government 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.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Ward results

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"9 May 1998, 16 - The Guardian at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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"Rochford District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020.

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1998 Rochford District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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

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

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

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

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

1998_Rochford_District_Council_election

1998 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. Andrew's

Trinity

Wheatley

Whitehouse

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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