Friday 5 May 2017

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.

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