| Election Name: | 2023 Rochford District Council election |
| Country: | Essex |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Rochford District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Rochford District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 13 out of 39 seats to Rochford District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Leader1: | Simon Wootton[1] |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 21 seats, 38.4% |
| Seats Before1: | 18 |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Seats After1: | 14 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,393 |
| Percentage1: | 31.9% |
| Swing1: | 6.5% |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Last Election2: | 2 seats, 5.1% |
| Seats Before2: | 10 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,621 |
| Percentage2: | 8.1% |
| Swing2: | 4.7% |
| Leader3: | James Newport |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 5 seats, 17.7% |
| Seats Before3: | 5 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 8 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,002 |
| Percentage3: | 25.0% |
| Swing3: | 7.3% |
| Leader4: | Christine Mason |
| Party4: | Rochford District Residents |
| Last Election4: | 10 seats, 21.0% |
| Seats Before4: | 5 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seats After4: | 7 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,767 |
| Percentage4: | 13.8% |
| Swing4: | 7.2% |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election5: | 1 seat, 4.8% |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 889 |
| Percentage5: | 4.4% |
| Swing5: | 0.4% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Simon Wootton Conservative |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | John Mason Rochford District Residents |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Rochford District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Rochford District Council in Essex, England. This would be on the same day as other local elections in England.
Less than three months before the election, three Conservative councillors left the party, putting the council under no overall control with the Conservatives becoming a minority administration. Prior to that, the Conservatives had held a majority of the seats on the council since 2002.[2]
The election saw the council remain under no overall control. A coalition of the Rochford District Residents, Liberal Democrats, Greens and independent councillors subsequently formed an administration, with John Mason of the Rochford District Residents being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023.[3]
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Rochford District Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023.[4] [5] The results for each ward were as follows:[6]