2007 Thurrock Council election

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Results of the 2007 Thurrock Council election

The 2007 Thurrock Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [1]

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The Conservatives, Labour and British National Party (BNP) contested all 16 wards which were up for election. In total 55 candidates stood in the election including 6 Liberal Democrats, 3 from the United Kingdom Independence Party, 2 independents and 1 candidate from the Independent Working Class Association. Anti-social behaviour, recycling and cleanliness were seen as major issues by the parties, [2] on a council which was seen as a top Labour target. [3]

The British National Party put up candidates in every ward, for the first time. [4] However, they secured no seats despite claiming that they were picking up votes from right wing Conservative supporters disaffected with David Cameron, particularly in middle class areas. [5] In the West Thurrock and South Stifford ward, Ken Daly stood for the BNP in protest at the treatment of his son's killer. [6]

The results of the election saw the Conservatives lose their overall majority on the council after losing 3 seats and only gaining one. The Labour Party made a net gain of two seats, while the BNP came second in 6 seats after a strong rise in votes. [7] Overall turnout was 31% and after the election the balance of power on the council was held by 3 independents. [8]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election results

Thurrock Local Election Result 2007 [9] [10]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 831+250.034.19,920-1.8
  Conservative 713-243.830.78,934-10.6
  Independent 10006.34.21,226+2.3
  BNP 00000.024.67,149+12.6
  Liberal Democrats 00000.04.01,187-3.1
  UKIP 00000.01.7507+1.7
  Ind. Working Class 00000.00.5144+0.5

Ward results

Aveley & Uplands [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cowell 671 37.0 −14.6
BNP John Cotter56231.0+31.0
Labour Martin Healy43624.0−3.9
Liberal Democrats John Livermore1468.0−1.5
Majority 1096.0−17.7
Turnout 1,81528.0−0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Belhus [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Curtis 645 36.0 −5.5
Conservative Billy Taylor61834.5+6.0
BNP David Strickson40722.7−7.3
Liberal Democrats John Biddall1216.8+6.8
Majority 271.5−10.0
Turnout 1,79127.1+0.5
Labour hold Swing
Chadwell St. Mary [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Fish 973 43.3 +4.8
BNP Bryn Robinson73832.8+8.0
Conservative Lee Dove39517.6−9.3
Liberal Democrats Arthur Bowles1416.3−3.5
Majority 23510.5−1.1
Turnout 2,24731.0−2.6
Labour hold Swing
Chafford & North Stifford [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Rockliffe 564 36.5
Liberal Democrats Earnshaw Palmer44728.9
Labour Grant Smith23315.1
BNP Donna Stickson22814.8
UKIP Alan Broad734.7
Majority 1177.6
Turnout 1,54528.7+0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Corringham & Fobbing [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Cheale 734 41.5
Labour John Cecil56532.0
BNP Warren Parish46926.5
Majority 1699.5
Turnout 1,76839.7+3.6
Conservative hold Swing
East Tilbury [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Purkiss 957 66.3
BNP Linda Geri35024.2
Labour Manuel Sanwo1379.5
Majority 60742.1
Turnout 1,44430.8−4.3
Independent hold Swing
Grays Riverside [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Morris-Cook 741 43.7 +0.1
BNP Rob Maloney43625.7−2.1
Conservative Priscillar Wren35220.7−7.9
Liberal Democrats William Jackson1689.9+9.9
Majority 30518.0+3.0
Turnout 1,69723.2−1.9
Labour hold Swing
Grays Thurrock [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Kent 1,034 48.5 +6.5
Conservative Amanda Redsell57026.7−10.6
BNP Rickey Strickson53024.8+7.3
Majority 46421.8+17.1
Turnout 2,13433.6−3.4
Labour hold Swing
Little Thurrock Rectory [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart St.Clair-Haslam 566 38.3 −30.0
Labour John-Paul Garner43029.1−2.6
BNP Terry Gowen31821.5+21.5
Liberal Democrats Thomas Kelly16411.1+11.1
Majority 1369.2−27.4
Turnout 1,47832.7+0.6
Conservative hold Swing
Ockendon [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Johnson 728 34.8 −4.2
Labour Oliver Gerrish71434.1−11.1
BNP Mark Gorman43420.7+20.7
UKIP Matthew Knowles21810.4+10.4
Majority 140.7
Turnout 2,09431.1+0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Stanford East & Corringham Town [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roisin O'Reilly 905 37.7 −2.5
Conservative Hazel Daniels84435.2−1.1
BNP Christopher Roberts50521.1−2.4
Ind. Working Class David Amis1446.0+6.0
Majority 612.5−1.4
Turnout 2,39836.8+0.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Stanford-Le-Hope West [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Hardiman 587 39.7
Labour Gerard Rice40927.7
BNP Lauren Kay26618.0
UKIP Clive Broad21614.6
Majority 17812.0
Turnout 1,47831.2+1.6
Conservative hold Swing
Stifford Clays [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diana Hale 762 41.7 +0.3
Conservative Leopoldo Milan-Vega63234.6−8.6
BNP Angela Daly43523.8+23.8
Majority 1307.1
Turnout 1,82938.3−2.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
The Homesteads [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pauline Tolson 1,077 41.3 −1.4
Labour Salvatore Benson87733.7−0.9
BNP Paul Woodley65225.0+25.0
Majority 2007.6−0.5
Turnout 2,60639.0+1.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Attah 383 33.9 −2.7
BNP Nicholas Geri34130.2+30.2
Independent June Brown26923.8−8.4
Conservative Paul Coutts13712.1−19.2
Majority 423.7−0.7
Turnout 1,13125.0−0.4
Labour hold Swing
West Thurrock & South Stifford [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julieann Burkey 676 41.9 +5.5
BNP Kenneth Daly47829.6−5.8
Conservative Georgette Polley45928.5+0.3
Majority 19812.3+11.3
Turnout 1,61326.6−2.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. "Thurrock". BBC News Online . Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  2. "Election battles ahead". Echo. 5 April 2007.[ dead link ]
  3. "Local elections: key battlegrounds". Evening Standard . 13 April 2007. p. 1.
  4. "Nowhere else to go", Ros Wynne-Jones, New Statesman, 30 April 2007.
  5. "Small parties in final local push", BBC News, 2 May 2007.
  6. "Lack of justice drives grieving dad to BNP", Frazer Clark, Thurrock Gazette, 21 March 2007.
  7. "Tories lose overall control of Thurrock". Gazette. 4 May 2007.[ dead link ]
  8. "Tories lose overall control". Gazette. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2007.
  9. 1 2 "Results". The Times . 5 May 2007. p. 83.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Full results of local elections, 3rd May 2007" (PDF). Thurrock Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2009.