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The 2019 Thurrock Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Thurrock Council in England. [1] [2]
A third of the seats were elected on 2 May 2019. [1] Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, governed by a minority Conservative administration. They held 23 of 49 seats, while Labour held 17 seats, followed by the Thurrock Independents on 9 seats.
Elections were held in a total of sixteen wards, with Conservative, Labour, and Thurrock Independent candidates standing in each ward. UKIP stood two candidates. The Green Party, the Liberal Democrats, and the British Union & Sovereignty Party stood one candidate each in Chafford & North Stifford, Grays Riverside, and Belhus respectively. There were also two independents standing for election in Thurrock.
Changes in vote share are calculated from the 2015 election result, which was the last time this set of wards were up for election.
Prior to the election one seat was vacant.
2019 Thurrock Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 6 | 1 | 35.3 | 16 | 22 | 44.9 | 8,922 | 31.7 | 2.4 | |
Labour | 5 | 1 | 29.4 | 12 | 17 | 34.7 | 8,895 | 31.6 | 0.5 | |
Thurrock Ind. | 5 | 29.4 | 4 | 9 | 18.4 | 8,163 | 29.0 | New | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 1,274 | 4.5 | 2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 399 | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 344 | 1.2 | 34.6 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 145 | 0.5 | New | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Colin Churchman | 660 | 43.8 | +16.6 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Peter Smith* | 513 | 34.1 | -9.1 | |
Labour | Charlie Curtis | 333 | 22.1 | -1.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Thurrock Ind. | Chris Baker | 670 | 38.7 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Lee Watson | 660 | 38.1 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | Romanus Nwakuma | 255 | 14.7 | -6.4 | |
Union & Sovereignty | Dave Bradshaw | 148 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daniel Chukwu | 863 | 56.2 | -10.8 | |
Labour | Sara Muldowney | 783 | 51.0 | -16.0 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Steve Minett | 488 | 31.8 | +18.8 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Stacey Clark | 456 | 29.7 | +16.7 | |
Conservative | Georgette Polley | 301 | 19.6 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Polley | 267 | 17.4 | -2.0 | |
Independent | Stephen Andrews | 142 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Coxshall* | 624 | 47.5 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Rafal Zak | 354 | 26.9 | -6.3 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Graham Hamilton* | 190 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Green | Julian Puttergill | 145 | 11.0 | N/A | |
Hamilton served as a councillor for Belhus Ward prior to the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Deborah Huelin* | 848 | 59.8 | +12.7 | |
Labour | John Cecil | 316 | 22.3 | +1.1 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Gbenga Olajugbagbe | 255 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Fraser Massey | 984 | 62.6 | N/A | |
UKIP | Michael Keal | 196 | 12.5 | -46.0 | |
Conservative | Glenn Stanley | 161 | 10.2 | -7.8 | |
Labour | Jacqueline Dobson | 158 | 10.0 | -11.5 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Oliver Smith | 74 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jane Pothecary | 800 | 46.6 | -9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin McNamara | 399 | 23.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gurjit Thandi | 299 | 17.4 | -8.6 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Kanlayani Sisasima | 218 | 12.7 | -5.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Catherine Kent | 925 | 49.2 | -5.8 | |
Conservative | James Thandi | 513 | 27.2 | +0.2 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Shelby Mayes | 445 | 23.6 | +5.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tom Kelly* | 586 | 40.4 | -14.6 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Russell Cherry* | 426 | 29.4 | +16.4 | |
Labour | Les Strange | 289 | 19.9 | -12.1 | |
UKIP | Neil Rivett | 148 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Cherry was a councillor for Chadwell St Mary Ward prior to the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Jefferies | 982 | 41.1 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Ruth Clapham | 745 | 31.2 | -6.8 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Jan Baker | 663 | 27.7 | -1.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Thurrock Ind. | Shane Ralph | 812 | 42.4 | +16.4 | |
Conservative | Roy Jones | 709 | 37.0 | -1.0 | |
Labour | Carl Morris | 394 | 20.6 | -9.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Shane Hebb | 921 | 61.1 | +18.3 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Michael Fawcett | 313 | 20.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Clifford Holloway | 274 | 18.1 | -9.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Thurrock Ind. | Jennifer Smith | 610 | 38.4 | +28.4 | |
Labour | Jennifer Craft | 492 | 31.0 | -5.0 | |
Conservative | Graham Snell | 485 | 30.6 | -13.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Thurrock Ind. | Gary Byrne | 960 | 42.9 | +19.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Arnold | 946 | 42.3 | -6.7 | |
Labour | Dan Norton | 328 | 14.7 | -6.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Thurrock Ind. | Allen Mayes | 712 | 57.2 | +15.2 | |
Labour | Clare Baldwin* | 429 | 34.5 | -10.5 | |
Conservative | Daryl Palmer | 103 | 8.3 | -4.7 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Victoria Holloway | 752 | 54.8 | -2.2 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Jimmy Mower | 358 | 26.1 | +16.1 | |
Conservative | Joseph Kaley | 262 | 19.1 | -8.9 | |
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