Essex CC results in Rochford District

There are five County Council divisions in Rochford, and here is how the votes were cast yesterday :-

	Lab	Con	LD	UKIP	Grn	Other
Rayleigh North	331	2122	1462	835
Rayleigh South	328	2090	495	459	132	655
Rochford  North	403	1897	148	402		1400
Rochford South	870	1683	170	668	128	173
Rochford West	386	2281		336	1736

The percentages of vote share for each party -

46.7% Conservative (2013 = 34.9%)

12.5% UKIP (28.2%)

10.7% Labour (13.1%)

10.5% Liberal Democrat (11.3%)

9.2% Green (8.9%)

10.3% Others (3.6%)

Thus, Conservatives up (+11.8%),Greens up(+0.3%). UKIP down (-15.7%), Labour down(-2.4%), Liberal Democrats down (-0.7%)

In summary, the Conservatives gained from UKIP, whilst the other main parties were more or less static in the support they attracted.

Rochford District, in the last twenty years, has been Labour-led. Now, there are no councillors from Labour on the council.

The opposition to Conservatism is split, thus making their task somewhat easier. Also, Conservative supporters appear much more easily persuaded to actually vote.