2001 Thurrock Council election

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The 2001 Thurrock Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. The election took place at the same time as the 2001 general election after being postponed from the first week of May due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. 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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Among the candidates in the election was Pauline Campbell who stood as an independent candidate after resigning from the Conservatives. [2] Campbell, who was disabled and used a wheelchair, said that she had been first told she was the Conservative candidate but then told that she could not stand as she would not be able to canvass. [2] However the Conservatives denied this and said that they just wanted to give someone else a chance. [2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Thurrock Local Election Result 2001 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1521+183.354.926,168+9.6%
  Conservative 312-116.737.517,874-5.1%
  Liberal Democrats 000005.82,772+0.9%
  Independent 000000.9428+0.2%
  UKIP 000000.6302+0.6%
  Green 000000.2108+0.0%

Ward results

Aveley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Pearce 1,418 47.3 +8.2
Labour William Tranter1,22740.9+7.2
Liberal Democrats John Lathan2488.3-15.6
Green Dean Hall1083.6+0.3
Majority1916.4+1.0
Turnout 3,001
Conservative hold Swing
Belhus [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Jones 1,584 58.6 -0.2
Conservative Jane Atkins69425.7-15.5
Liberal Democrats John Biddall42715.8+15.8
Majority89032.9+15.3
Turnout 2,705
Labour hold Swing
Chadwell St Mary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Warren 2,549 74.2 +8.4
Conservative Gunther Voggenreiter88525.8-8.4
Majority1,66448.4+16.8
Turnout 3,434
Labour hold Swing
Chafford Hundred [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Healy 956 37.5 +5.9
Conservative Antony Silver95537.4+4.2
Liberal Democrats Earnshaw Palmer64025.1+5.4
Majority10.1
Turnout 2,551
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Corringham and Fobbing [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Harrison 1,435 55.2 +13.7
Labour Eunice Southam1,16344.8+14.4
Majority27210.4-0.7
Turnout 2,59860
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Corringham West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clinton Sear 1,287 62.0 -6.5
Conservative Daphne Hart78938.0+6.5
Majority49824.0-13.0
Turnout 2,076
Labour hold Swing
Grays Riverside [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carl Morris 1,601 62.6 +5.6
Conservative Manfred Koppen95637.4-5.6
Majority64525.2+11.2
Turnout 2,557
Labour hold Swing
Grays Thurrock [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosemary McMahon 1,991 61.4 +7.2
Conservative Clive Broad1,25238.6-7.2
Majority73922.8+14.4
Turnout 3,243
Labour hold Swing
Little Thurrock Blackshots [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Gooding 958 43.1 +14.9
Conservative Benjamin Maney95142.8-19.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Meechan31514.2+4.5
Majority70.3
Turnout 2,224
Labour hold Swing
Little Thurrock Rectory [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Cook 1,581 59.6 +15.8
Conservative James Carter1,07140.4-15.8
Majority51019.2
Turnout 2,65255.7
Labour hold Swing
Ockendon [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barrie Lawrence 2,100 65.6 +8.0
Conservative Kazmimierz Rytter1,10034.4-8.0
Majority1,00031.2+16.0
Turnout 3,200
Labour hold Swing
Orsett [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Revell 1,577 57.8 +2.3
Labour Wahidur Rahman74027.1+5.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Saunders41315.1+6.3
Majority83730.7-3.5
Turnout 2,73062
Conservative hold Swing
Stanford-le-Hope West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alphonse Nuss 1,295
Labour Arthur Clarke 1,218
Conservative Barry Dorrington699
Conservative Darren Webb690
Turnout 3,902
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stifford [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerard Rice 1,572 46.0 -1.4
Conservative Robert Barnes1,26437.0-7.8
Liberal Democrats Rabih Makki3279.6+1.8
Independent Pauline Campbell2547.4+7.4
Majority3089.0+6.4
Turnout 3,417
Labour hold Swing
The Homesteads [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Salvatore Benson 1,828 54.3 +14.3
Conservative John Everett1,23536.7-2.4
UKIP James Mallon3029.0+9.0
Majority59317.6+16.7
Turnout 3,365
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Tilbury Riverside [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Garner 1,129 72.7
Conservative Yvonne Partridge26917.3
Liberal Democrats David Coward1549.9
Majority86055.4
Turnout 1,552
Labour hold Swing
West Thurrock [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Kent 1,389 56.8 -6.0
Conservative Garry Hague63425.9-11.3
Liberal Democrats John Livermore24810.1+10.1
Independent Reginald Lee1747.1+7.1
Majority75530.9+5.3
Turnout 2,445
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. "Thurrock". BBC News Online . Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tories disabled". Evening Standard . 22 May 2001. p. 12.
  3. 1 2 "Council results". Evening Standard . 8 June 2001. p. 51.
  4. 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.
Preceded by
2000 Thurrock Council election
Thurrock local elections Succeeded by
2002 Thurrock Council election