1999 Thurrock Council election

The 1999 Thurrock Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1] Overall turnout in the election was 20.0%. ^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 45
• Conservative 1 ^[3]

Election result

Thurrock local election result 1999 ^{[2] [4] [5]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	16	0	1	-1	94.1	63.7	10,232
	Conservative	1	1	0	+1	5.9	33.1	5,318
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	434
	Grays Residents Ind. Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	79

Two Labour candidates were unopposed in the election. ^[5]

Ward results

Aveley ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Timms	635	53.4
	Conservative	Yvonne Partridge	299	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Livermore	256	21.5
Majority			336	38.3
Turnout			1,190
	Labour hold		Swing

Belhus ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hooper	756	69.2
	Conservative	David Potter	337	30.8
Majority			419	38.4
Turnout			1,093
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadwell St Mary ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Fish	1,078	76.1
	Conservative	Kazimierz Rytter	338	23.9
Majority			740	52.2
Turnout			1,416
	Labour hold		Swing

Chafford Hundred ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Vesey	506	65.3
	Labour	Pauline De'Ath	269	34.7
Majority			237	30.6
Turnout			775
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Corringham West ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Barron	505	68.5
	Conservative	Ian Harrison	232	31.5
Majority			273	37.0
Turnout			737
	Labour hold		Swing

East Tilbury ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Palmer	947	82.6
	Conservative	Nikki Lewis	199	17.4
Majority			748	65.2
Turnout			1,146
	Labour hold		Swing

Grays Riverside ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Kent	611	65.1
	Conservative	James Carter	190	20.2
	Grays Residents Ind. Party	James Calder	79	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Saunders	59	6.3
Majority			421	44.9
Turnout			939
	Labour hold		Swing

Grays Thurrock ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yash Gupta	821	64.0
	Conservative	Ronald Jameson	343	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Coward	119	9.3
Majority			478	37.3
Turnout			1,283
	Labour hold		Swing

Ockendon ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Merlyn Jones	818	68.1
	Conservative	Claire Riley	384	31.9
Majority			434	36.2
Turnout			1,202
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanford-le-Hope East ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Norris	693
	Labour	Peter Cooper	685
	Conservative	Anita Bailey	318
	Conservative	Alan Bailey	308
Turnout			2,004
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanford-le-Hope West ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Moore	503	52.5
	Conservative	Anne Cheale	455	47.5
Majority			48	5.0
Turnout			958
	Labour hold		Swing

Stifford ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan McPherson	719	57.0
	Conservative	Pauline Campbell	543	43.0
Majority			176	14.0
Turnout			1,262
	Labour hold		Swing

The Homesteads ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Kirkwood	702	52.7
	Conservative	John Everett	631	47.3
Majority			71	5.4
Turnout			1,333
	Labour hold		Swing

Tilbury Riverside ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Southam	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Tilbury St Chads ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Smith	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

West Thurrock ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Price	490	67.6
	Conservative	Henry Coe-Welch	235	32.4
Majority			255	35.2
Turnout			725
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Thurrock". BBC News Online . Retrieved 22 November 2009.
2. "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
3. "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent . 8 May 1999. p. 12.
4. Salman, Saba (7 May 1999). "Tories claw back strongholds". Evening Standard . p. 25.
5. "Pre-2004 Wards And Elections". Thurrock Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2009.