2000 Thurrock Council election

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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]

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Thurrock Local Election Result 2000 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1104-464.745.37,433-18.4%
  Conservative 640+435.342.66,988+9.5%
 Independent Conservative000006.21,021+6.2%
  Liberal Democrats 000004.9810+2.2%
  Independent 000000.7122+0.7%
  Green 000000.238+0.2%

Ward results

Aveley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leon Rudman 444 39.1 +14.0
Labour Arthur Clarke38233.7-19.7
Liberal Democrats John Livermore27123.9+2.4
Green Dean Hall383.3+3.3
Majority625.4
Turnout 1,135
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Belhus [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Maynard 490 58.8 -10.4
Conservative David Potter34341.2+10.4
Majority14717.6-20.8
Turnout 833
Labour hold Swing
Chadwell St Mary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Barton 751 65.8 -10.3
Conservative Nikki Lewis39034.2+10.3
Majority36131.6-20.6
Turnout 1,141
Labour hold Swing
Chafford Hundred [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Harrison 262 33.2 -32.1
Labour Martin Healy25031.6-3.1
Liberal Democrats Earnshaw Palmer15619.7+19.7
Independent Michael Smith12215.4+15.4
Majority121.6-29.0
Turnout 790
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Corringham and Fobbing [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Cheale 551 41.5
Labour Gerard Rice40430.4
Independent ConservativeFrancis Mallon37328.1
Majority14711.1
Turnout 1,328
Conservative hold Swing
East Tilbury [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Hart 439 64.7 -17.9
Conservative Laura Orritt23935.3+17.9
Majority20029.4-35.8
Turnout 678
Labour hold Swing
Grays Riverside [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pearl Betts 428 57.0 -8.1
Conservative Darren Galvin32343.0+22.8
Majority10514.0-30.9
Turnout 751
Labour hold Swing
Grays Thurrock [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Timothy McMahon 511 54.2 -9.8
Conservative Kazimierz Rytter43145.8+19.1
Majority808.4-28.9
Turnout 942
Labour hold Swing
Little Thurrock Blackshots [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Slocock 635 62.1
Labour Catherine Kent28828.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Stokkereit999.7
Majority34733.9
Turnout 1,022
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Little Thurrock Rectory [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Tuffery 512 56.2
Labour David Gooding39943.8
Majority11312.4
Turnout 911
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Ockendon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Curtis 573 57.6 -10.5
Conservative Dawn Voggenreiter42142.4+10.5
Majority15215.2-21.0
Turnout 994
Labour hold Swing
Orsett [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diane Revell 736 55.5
Labour Eunice Southam28221.3
Independent ConservativeMichele Valente19114.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Saunders1178.8
Majority45434.2
Turnout 1,326
Conservative hold Swing
Stanford-le-Hope East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Cooper 405 49.0
Conservative Anita Bailey22827.6
Independent ConservativeChristopher Sheppard19423.5
Majority17721.4
Turnout 827
Labour hold Swing
Stifford [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Watts 648 47.4 -9.6
Conservative Pauline Campbell61344.8+1.8
Liberal Democrats Rabih Makki1077.8+7.8
Majority352.6-11.4
Turnout 1,368
Labour hold Swing
The Homesteads [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Cooper 505 40.0 -12.7
Conservative Alan Bailey49339.1-8.2
Independent ConservativeJames Mallon26320.9+20.9
Majority120.9-4.5
Turnout 1,261
Labour hold Swing
Tilbury St Chads [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Liddiard 259 59.1
Conservative Yvonne Partridge11927.2
Liberal Democrats David Coward6013.7
Majority14031.9
Turnout 438
Labour hold Swing
West Thurrock [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Williams 419 62.8 -4.8
Conservative Henry Coe-Welch24837.2+4.8
Majority17125.6-9.6
Turnout 667
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Thurrock". BBC News Online . Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Election results: local councils". The Times . 6 May 2000. p. 10.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Pre-2004 Wards And Elections". Thurrock Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
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