2000 Thurrock Council election

The 2000 Thurrock Council election took place on 4 May 2000 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]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 38
• Conservative 10
• Vacant 1 ^[2]

Election result

Thurrock Local Election Result 2000 ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	0	4	-4	64.7	45.3	7,433	-18.4
	Conservative	6	4	0	+4	35.3	42.6	6,988	+9.5
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.2	1,021	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.9	810	+2.2
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	122	+0.7
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	38	+0.2

Ward results

Aveley ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leon Rudman	444	39.1	+14.0
	Labour	Arthur Clarke	382	33.7	−19.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Livermore	271	23.9	+2.4
	Green	Dean Hall	38	3.3	+3.3
Majority			62	5.4
Turnout			1,135
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Belhus ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Maynard	490	58.8	−10.4
	Conservative	David Potter	343	41.2	+10.4
Majority			147	17.6	−20.8
Turnout			833
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadwell St Mary ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Barton	751	65.8	−10.3
	Conservative	Nikki Lewis	390	34.2	+10.3
Majority			361	31.6	−20.6
Turnout			1,141
	Labour hold		Swing

Chafford Hundred ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Harrison	262	33.2	−32.1
	Labour	Martin Healy	250	31.6	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Earnshaw Palmer	156	19.7	+19.7
	Independent	Michael Smith	122	15.4	+15.4
Majority			12	1.6	−29.0
Turnout			790
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Corringham and Fobbing ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Cheale	551	41.5
	Labour	Gerard Rice	404	30.4
	Ind. Conservative	Francis Mallon	373	28.1
Majority			147	11.1
Turnout			1,328
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Tilbury ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Hart	439	64.7	−17.9
	Conservative	Laura Orritt	239	35.3	+17.9
Majority			200	29.4	−35.8
Turnout			678
	Labour hold		Swing

Grays Riverside ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pearl Betts	428	57.0	−8.1
	Conservative	Darren Galvin	323	43.0	+22.8
Majority			105	14.0	−30.9
Turnout			751
	Labour hold		Swing

Grays Thurrock ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy McMahon	511	54.2	−9.8
	Conservative	Kazimierz Rytter	431	45.8	+19.1
Majority			80	8.4	−28.9
Turnout			942
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Thurrock Blackshots ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Slocock	635	62.1
	Labour	Catherine Kent	288	28.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stokkereit	99	9.7
Majority			347	33.9
Turnout			1,022
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Little Thurrock Rectory ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Tuffery	512	56.2
	Labour	David Gooding	399	43.8
Majority			113	12.4
Turnout			911
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Ockendon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Curtis	573	57.6	−10.5
	Conservative	Dawn Voggenreiter	421	42.4	+10.5
Majority			152	15.2	−21.0
Turnout			994
	Labour hold		Swing

Orsett ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Revell	736	55.5
	Labour	Eunice Southam	282	21.3
	Ind. Conservative	Michele Valente	191	14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Saunders	117	8.8
Majority			454	34.2
Turnout			1,326
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanford-le-Hope East ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Cooper	405	49.0
	Conservative	Anita Bailey	228	27.6
	Ind. Conservative	Christopher Sheppard	194	23.5
Majority			177	21.4
Turnout			827
	Labour hold		Swing

Stifford ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Watts	648	47.4	−9.6
	Conservative	Pauline Campbell	613	44.8	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rabih Makki	107	7.8	+7.8
Majority			35	2.6	−11.4
Turnout			1,368
	Labour hold		Swing

The Homesteads ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Cooper	505	40.0	−12.7
	Conservative	Alan Bailey	493	39.1	−8.2
	Ind. Conservative	James Mallon	263	20.9	+20.9
Majority			12	0.9	−4.5
Turnout			1,261
	Labour hold		Swing

Tilbury St Chads ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Liddiard	259	59.1
	Conservative	Yvonne Partridge	119	27.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Coward	60	13.7
Majority			140	31.9
Turnout			438
	Labour hold		Swing

West Thurrock ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Williams	419	62.8	−4.8
	Conservative	Henry Coe-Welch	248	37.2	+4.8
Majority			171	25.6	−9.6
Turnout			667
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Thurrock". BBC News Online . Retrieved 22 November 2009.
2. "Election results: local councils". The Times . 6 May 2000. p. 10.
3. "Pre-2004 Wards And Elections". Thurrock Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2009.