Rochford South, Labour hoping to make more progress

It should be a close election in Rochford South. This County division is one that Labour has had some success in, and recent results suggest that we are edging ever closer towards victory.

Whatever happens, Rochford South will be served by someone new as Colin Seagers is not defending his seat.

Votes this century:

	2001	2005	2009	2013
Labour	2776	2460	491	1005
Conservative	3180	3324	1996	1085
Liberal Democrat	809	867	900	89
Green		453
BNP			547
UKIP				804

Labour's vote share over this period:

2001 - 41.0%

2005 - 34.6%

2009 - 12.6%

2013 - 33.7%

Standing in Rochford South on May 4th:

Tracy Arnold          Liberal Democrats

Simon Cross           Green  

Mark Daniels         Labour  

Robert Green         Independent

Neil  Hookway       UKIP

Mike Steptoe         Conservative