2018 Thurrock Council election

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2018 Thurrock Council election
  2016 3 May 2018 2019  

16 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderRob GledhillOliver GerrishGraham Snell
Party Conservative Labour Thurrock Ind.
Leader's seat Little Thurrock Rectory West Thurrock & South Stifford Stifford Clays (lost re-election)
Seats before191416
Seats won691
Seats after201712
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg4

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Map showing the results of the 2018 Thurrock Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2018 Thurrock Council elections took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England. [1] Councillors in 16 out of the 20 electoral wards were to be up for election. [2] The council remained under no overall control, with a minority Conservative administration running the council. [3]

Contents

On 26 January 2018, all sitting UKIP councillors resigned from the party and formed a new opposition group called Thurrock Independents. [4]

On 13 March 2018, Basildon UKIP announced that they had taken over responsibility for the 6 East Thurrock wards and are now called UKIP Basildon and Thurrock Branch. [5]

Before the elections, there was a by-election held in Ockendon which resulted in a Conservative gain after a tie and drawing of lots. [6]

Council Composition

Going into the election, the composition of the council was:

191614
ConservativeThurrock IndependentLabour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

201217
ConservativeThurrock IndependentLabour

Election Results

Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2014.

Thurrock Local Election Result 2018
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 930+356.341.912,381+5.7
  Conservative 631+237.533.79,972+12.1
  Thurrock Ind. 104-46.221.26,282N/A
  UKIP 005-502.9846-36.1
  Democrats and Veterans 000000.394N/A

Ward Candidates

All percentage changes are versus 2014, the last time the comparable set of wards were fought. Holds / Gains are given against control of ward going in to the 2018 elections.

Aveley & Uplands

Aveley & Uplands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thurrock Ind. Tim Aker 1,037 43.2 Increase2.svg2.3
Conservative David Van Day 65327.2Increase2.svg6.0
Labour Rafal Zak57023.7Decrease2.svg0.5
UKIP Peter Curtis1415.9Decrease2.svg48.7
Majority38416.0Decrease2.svg14.4
Turnout 2,401
Thurrock Ind. hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.9

Percentage change calculated from the 2014 Aveley & Uplands by-election at which Aker was elected (as a UKIP candidate). He subsequently defected from the UKIP group on Thurrock council and formed Thurrock Independents, although he still sits as a UKIP MEP.

Belhus

Belhus
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Fletcher 828 43.7 Increase2.svg9.4
Thurrock Ind. Chris Baker*66735.2Decrease2.svg16.4
Conservative Georgette Polley39921.1Increase2.svg5.0
Majority1618.5
Labour gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing

No UKIP candidate as previously (-49.6%).

change calculated from the 2014 election when Baker was originally elected (as a UKIP candidate).

Chadwell St Mary

Chadwell St Mary 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Rice (incumbent) 1,383 67 +23
Conservative Paul Armold40220+5
Thurrock Ind. Paul Stevens26413+13
Majority98147
Labour hold Swing +9

Note no UKIP as previously (-39%), no Lib Dem as previously (-2%)

Grays Riverside

Grays Riverside 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Kerin (incumbent) 1,063 56 +14
Conservative Wendy Herd48826+7
Thurrock Ind. Shane McDonagh34318+18
Majority57530
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-34%)

Grays Thurrock

Grays Thurrock 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Worrall 1,124 55 +13
Conservative Evelina Vulpe55927+9
Thurrock Ind. Gillian Wardrop36218+18
Majority565
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-36%)

Little Thurrock Blackshots

Little Thurrock Blackshots 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ben Maney 1,073 59 +18
Labour Jacqueline Dobson47126+10
Thurrock Ind. Oliver Smith28416+16
Majority602
Conservative hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-39%)

Little Thurrock Rectory

Little Thurrock Rectory 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Gledhill 842 55 +15
Labour Lawson Akhigbe48632+7
Thurrock Ind. Jay Hayers20013+13
Majority356
Conservative hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-32%)

Ockendon

Ockendon 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Shinnick 864 38 +17
Conservative Romanus Nwakuna74033+2
Thurrock Ind. Jan Baker (incumbent)66329+29
Majority124
Labour gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing

Note no UKIP as previously (-46%)

Orsett

Orsett 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Johnson 1,091 65 +17
Labour Vince Offord29017+4
UKIP Adrian Short20612-24
Thurrock Ind. James Mower815+5
Majority801
Conservative hold Swing

South Chafford

South Chafford 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abbie Akinbohun 685 48 +21
Conservative Tunde Ojetola64745+1
Thurrock Ind. Torren Snell1057+7
Majority383
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Note no UKIP as previously (-26%)

Stanford East & Corringham Town

Stanford East & Corringham Town 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Anderson 810 38 +5
Labour George Elcock63630+3
Thurrock Ind. Roy Jones (incumbent)56526+26
UKIP Michael Keal1326-35
Majority174
Conservative gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing

Stifford Clays

Stifford Clays 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Rigby 804 44 +18
Labour Lee Watson66836+1
UKIP Stephen Andrews19511-27
Thurrock Ind. Graham Snell17710+10
Majority136
Conservative gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing

The Homesteads

The Homesteads 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Halden (incumbent) 1,233 49 +6
Thurrock Ind. Gary Byrne57523+10.5 1
Labour Daniel Friday Chukwu53221+2
UKIP Peter Prendegast1727-31
Majority658
Conservative hold Swing
a. 1 Gary Byrne stood as an independent in the 2016 election for the same seat, achieving 12.5% of the vote. The change in this table is calculated from this result, though he is now a candidate for the Thurrock Independents.

Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park

Tilbury St Chads 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bukky Okunade (incumbent) 563 45 +7
Thurrock Ind. Allen Mayes52842+42
Conservative Elaine Parker15913-7
Majority35
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-36%)

Tilbury St Chads

Tilbury St Chads 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Liddiard (incumbent) 558 58 +14
Thurrock Ind. Paul Martin24025+25
Conservative Steve Minett16917+4
Majority318
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-42%)

West Thurrock & South Stifford

West Thurrock & South Stifford 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Qaisar Abbas 1,058 57 +10
Conservative George Coxshall50527+12
Thurrock Ind. Michael Wager19110+10
Democrats and VeteransChristopher Boosey945+5
Majority553
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-34%)

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