2008 Thurrock Council election

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The 2008 Thurrock Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Campaign

The 2008 election in Thurrock was seen as one of the key national contests with the Conservatives needing to gain one seat to take overall control. [3] [4] Important issues in the election included recycling, local bus services and race relations. [3]

18 seats were contested in the election with the Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park seat being a by-election after the previous councillor resigned. [5] The Conservatives, Labour and British National Party contested all 18 seats except in East Tilbury where the Conservatives did not put up a candidate. [6] There were also 8 Liberal Democrats and 2 other candidates. [6]

Election results

The results saw the council stay under no overall control but with the British National Party gaining a seat. [7] [8] The Conservatives remained the largest party on the council after winning 10 of the seats contested as compared to 6 for Labour. [9] The final seat was won by independent Barry Palmer in East Tilbury. [10]

While the Conservatives were still just short of an overall majority they remained in control of the council due to their existing agreement with the 2 independent councillors. [11] Both main parties said they would not work with the new British National Party councillor, although she said she did not want to work with them anyway. [11]

Following the election in March 2009, Terry Hipsey, the then Conservative leader of the council, defected from the Conservatives to Labour, leaving each of the major parties with 23 councillors. [12]

Thurrock Local Election Result 2008 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1011055.637.211,900+6.5%
  Labour 622033.332.610,416-1.5%
  BNP 110+15.621.36,827-3.3%
  Independent 10005.63.51,115-0.7%
  Liberal Democrats 000004.01,265+0.0%
  UKIP 000001.2372-0.5%
  Ind. Working Class 000000.398-0.2%
 Independent Socialist001-10000

Ward results

Aveley & Uplands [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Wilton 845 45.5 +8.5
BNP Dave Strickson52128.1−2.9
Labour John Garner36319.5−4.5
Liberal Democrats John Livermore1286.9−1.1
Majority32417.4+11.4
Turnout 1,85729.0+1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Belhus [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Gray 786 42.8 +6.8
Conservative Georgette Polley54929.9−4.6
BNP Lauren Kay38721.1−1.6
Liberal Democrats John Biddall1156.3−0.5
Majority23712.9+11.4
Turnout 1,83728.6+1.5
Labour hold Swing
Chadwell St. Mary [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerard Rice 925 42.0 −1.3
BNP Bryn Robinson64529.3−3.5
Conservative Amanda Redsell51523.4+5.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Saunders1195.4−0.9
Majority28012.7+2.2
Turnout 2,20430.7−0.3
Labour hold Swing
Chafford & North Stifford [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Garry Hague 866 52.6 +16.1
Liberal Democrats Earnshaw Palmer39023.7−5.2
BNP Sandra Strickson20112.2−2.6
Labour Martin Healy18811.4−3.7
Majority47628.9+21.3
Turnout 1,64531.1+2.4
Conservative hold Swing
Corringham & Fobbing [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Harrison 837 49.2 +7.7
Labour John Cecil56032.9+0.9
BNP Warren Parish30317.8−8.7
Majority27716.3+6.8
Turnout 1,70038.2−1.5
Conservative hold Swing
East Tilbury [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Barry Palmer 923 64.6 −1.7
BNP Bradley Elvin28620.0−4.2
Labour Felton Flavius22015.4+5.9
Majority63744.6+2.5
Turnout 1,42931.0+0.2
Independent hold Swing
Grays Riverside [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Kent 720 41.8 −1.9
Conservative Paul Coutts47327.5+6.8
BNP Jamie Strickson39823.1−2.6
Liberal Democrats Claire Jones1307.6−2.3
Majority24714.3−3.7
Turnout 1,72123.8+0.6
Labour hold Swing
Grays Thurrock [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yash Gupta 1,011 47.3 −1.2
Conservative Leo Milan-Vega55525.9−0.8
BNP Ricky-Lee Strickson44520.8−4.0
Liberal Democrats William Jackson1286.0+6.0
Majority45621.4−0.4
Turnout 2,13933.9−0.3
Labour hold Swing
Little Thurrock Blackshots [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joycelyn Redsell 735 46.8 −18.0
Labour Bob Moorman27917.8−4.0
BNP Dean Kay24315.5+15.5
UKIP Alan Broad20713.2+13.2
Liberal Democrats Thomas Kelly1066.8−6.6
Majority45629.0−14.0
Turnout 1,57035.0−2.7
Conservative hold Swing
Ockendon [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Arnold 1,016 45.3 +10.5
Labour Wendy Curtis80635.9+1.8
BNP Sophie Agass42218.8−1.9
Majority2109.4+8.7
Turnout 2,24433.9+2.8
Conservative hold Swing
Orsett [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diane Revell 1,103 59.5 −13.9
Labour Angela Gaywood42022.7+6.9
BNP Derek Beackon33017.8+17.8
Majority68336.8−20.8
Turnout 1,85340.0−4.3
Conservative hold Swing
South Chafford [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Veryard 547 55.0 +8.6
Labour David Hooper18818.9−4.2
Liberal Democrats Adedoyin Ogunfemi14915.0−15.5
BNP Donna Strickson11111.2+11.2
Majority35936.1+20.2
Turnout 99521.5−3.9
Conservative hold Swing
Stanford East & Corringham Town [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Danny Nicklen 1,069 43.5 +8.3
Labour Gordon Gambier94938.6+0.9
BNP Danny Brown34414.0−7.1
Ind. Working Class Dave Amis984.0−2.0
Majority1204.9
Turnout 2,46038.0+1.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Stanford-Le-Hope West [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Hipsey 718 44.7 +5.0
Labour Anita Nuss45028.0+0.3
BNP Anita Jessup27517.1−0.9
UKIP Clive Broad16510.3−4.3
Majority26816.7+4.7
Turnout 1,60833.9+2.7
Conservative hold Swing
The Homesteads [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Suzanne MacPherson 1,203 45.5 +4.2
Labour Anthony Sharp90134.1+0.4
BNP Paul Woodley54220.5−4.5
Majority30211.4+3.8
Turnout 2,64639.5+0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Emma Colgate 530 39.9 +9.7
Labour Paul Martin46334.8+0.9
Independent June Brown19214.4−9.4
Conservative Lee Dove14410.8−1.3
Majority675.1
Turnout 1,32930.9+5.9
BNP gain from Labour Swing
Tilbury St. Chads [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Worrall 519 46.5 −1.2
BNP Angela Daly45841.0+14.0
Conservative Kay Mangion13912.5−0.9
Majority615.5−15.2
Turnout 1,11627.8−0.3
Labour gain from Independent Swing
West Thurrock & South Stifford [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Oliver Gerrish 668 40.7 −1.2
Conservative Gareth Davies58635.7+7.2
BNP Ken Daly38623.5−6.1
Majority825.0−7.3
Turnout 1,64025.9−0.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Thurrock". BBC News. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "National: Full election results". The Guardian. 3 May 2008. p. 45.
  3. 1 2 "The key battlegrounds". The Sunday Telegraph . 13 April 2008. p. 8.
  4. ↑ Beattie, Jason (28 April 2008). "Cutting truth of voting Tory". Daily Mirror . p. 6.
  5. 1 2 "News Archive – Thurrock Council election night". Thurrock Council. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  6. 1 2 "BNP to fight all seats in Thurrock election". Clacton Gazette. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ Cecil, Nicholas (2 May 2008). "Cameron steps up march across country". Evening Standard. London. p. 4.
  8. ↑ "Ups and downs for Tories in Essex". BBC News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Thurrock: BNP take Tilbury seat". Evening Echo. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  10. ↑ "Conservatives hold on to power in Thurrock". Thurrock Gazette. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  11. 1 2 "Tory chief's delight at two more years". Thurrock Gazette. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  12. ↑ "Party switch for council leader". BBC News. 25 March 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Full election results, 01/05/2008" (PDF). Thurrock Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
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