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One third of Rochford

Rochford (district)

Rochford is a local government district in Essex, England. It is named for one of its main settlements, Rochford, though the major centre of population in the district is the town of Rayleigh...

Council in Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Essex County Council

County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.-United Kingdom:...

Political control

Party or group in control	Years
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1973 - 1976
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1976 - 1990
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1990 - 1994
Liberal Democrats	1994 - 1998
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1998 - 2002
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	2002 - present

Council elections

Rochford Council election, 1998

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...

Rochford Council election, 1999

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was*Liberal Democrat 13*Labour 12*Conservative 11*Residents 3...

Rochford Council election, 2000

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was*Conservative 19*Liberal Democrat 9*Labour 9*Residents 2...

Rochford Council election, 2002

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1...

(whole council elected after boundary changes)

Rochford Council election, 2003

Rochford Council election, 2003

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 1 May 2003. 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*Conservative 30*Liberal Democrat 4...

Rochford Council election, 2004

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 10 June 2004. 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*Conservative 32*Liberal Democrat 4...

Rochford Council election, 2006

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 4 May 2006. 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*Conservative 34*Liberal Democrat 4...

Rochford Council election, 2007

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*Conservative 32*Liberal Democrat 5...

Rochford Council election, 2008

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.The Conservative party won all 15 seats up for election with no surprises in the results....

Rochford Council election, 2010

By-election results

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