2023 Thurrock Council election

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2023 Thurrock Council election [1]
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16 out of 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Mark Coxshall, Thurrock Councillor for Chafford and North Stifford.jpg John Kent, Leader of Thurrock Council.jpg
LeaderMark CoxshallJohn Kent
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seatChafford & North Stifford
(lost re-election)		Grays Thurrock
Last election30 seats, 48.3%14 seats, 47.9%
Seats before2914
Seats won49
Seats after2619
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 5
Popular vote8,49011,833
Percentage32.4%45.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 15.7%Decrease2.svg 3.0%
 Third partyFourth party
  No image wide.svg Gary Byrne, Thurrock Councillor for The Homesteads.jpg
LeaderN/AGary Byrne
Party Independent Thurrock Ind.
Leader's seatN/AThe Homesteads
Last election1 seat, 2.2%3 seats, 1.7%
Seats before33
Seats won21
Seats after31
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote2,6332,706
Percentage10.0%10.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg 7.8%Increase2.svg 8.6%
Thurrock UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Thurrock Council election
Leader before election

Mark Coxshall
Conservative

Leader after election

Andrew Jefferies
Conservative

The 2023 Thurrock Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect a third of the members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Contents

The Conservatives narrowly retained their majority on the council at the election, but lost three seats compared to the position immediately before the election. The election was held in the context of the council having declared effective bankruptcy with debts of about £1.5 billion and a government-appointed commissioner having been installed to oversee the council's financial management. The Conservative leader of the council, Mark Coxshall, and the cabinet member for finance, Shane Hebb, were two of the three who lost their seats. [3] [4] At the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023, Andrew Jefferies was appointed the new leader. [5]

Summary

Election result

2023 Thurrock Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 4Decrease2.svg 225.0222653.18,49032.4–15.7
  Labour 9Increase2.svg 556.3101938.811,83345.1–3.0
  Independent 2Increase2.svg 112.5136.12,63310.0+7.8
  Thurrock Ind. 1Decrease2.svg 46.3012.02,70610.3+8.6
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04361.7N/A
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0790.3N/A
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0640.2N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Thurrock Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023. [6]

Seat changes are relative to the 2019 election and do not take into account any interim by-elections or defections. Vote share changes are relative to the last time the seat was up for election.

Aveley & Uplands

Aveley & Uplands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacqui Maney 928 52.7 +3.3
Labour Cathy Sisterson83447.3–3.3
Majority965.4N/A
Turnout 1,77723.6+0.3
Registered electors 7,519
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg3.3

Belhus

Belhus
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hurrell 765 48.5 –0.3
Conservative Abbie Akinbohun43327.5–23.7
Thurrock Ind. Chris Baker*29919.0N/A
UKIP Michael Keal795.0N/A
Majority33221.0N/A
Turnout 1,57921.9–1.9
Registered electors 7,210
Labour gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing Increase2.svg11.7

Chadwell St. Mary

Chadwell St. Mary
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Chukwu* 1,256 73.1 +13.3
Conservative Sophie Corcoran46226.9–13.3
Majority79446.2+26.6
Turnout 1,74123.8–2.9
Registered electors 7,317
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg13.3

Chafford & North Stifford

Chafford & North Stifford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vikki Hartstean 741 49.1 +18.2
Conservative Mark Coxshall*63942.3–26.8
Reform UK Sue Truman1298.5N/A
Majority1026.8N/A
Turnout 1,51427.1
Registered electors 5,581
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg22.5

Corringham & Fobbing

Corringham & Fobbing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Arnold 555 39.0 –31.3
Thurrock Ind. John Fox54538.3N/A
Labour Ngozi Alike32422.8–6.9
Majority100.7–39.9
Turnout 1,42732.5
Registered electors 4,391
Conservative hold Swing N/A

East Tilbury

East Tilbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Fraser Massey* 980 74.9 N/A
Labour Alastair Craft24518.7+2.0
Conservative Daryl Palmer836.3–36.5
Majority73556.2N/A
Turnout 1,31725.2
Registered electors 5,222
Independent hold Swing N/A

Grays Riverside

Grays Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Morris-Cook 1,191 75.5 +3.6
Conservative Emily Folorunsho38624.5–3.6
Majority80551.0+7.2
Turnout 1,59019.4–6.6
Registered electors 8,206
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg3.6

Grays Thurrock

Grays Thurrock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Kent* 1,151 68.6 +0.5
Conservative Elizabeth Alo34320.5–11.4
Reform UK Roy Grayson18310.9N/A
Majority80848.1+11.9
Turnout 1,69125.5–0.5
Registered electors 6,644
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg6.0

Little Thurrock Rectory

Little Thurrock Rectory
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Kelly* 580 39.7 –16.0
Labour Enayet Sarwar55037.6–6.7
Thurrock Ind. Russell Cherry33222.7N/A
Majority302.1–9.2
Turnout 1,46732.3+1.8
Registered electors 4,539
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.7

Ockendon

Ockendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Jefferies* 1,014 48.3 –5.5
Labour Gary Watson83939.9–6.3
Thurrock Ind. Ross Byrne24811.8N/A
Majority1758.4+0.8
Turnout 2,11025.3+1.9
Registered electors 8,333
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg0.6

Stanford East & Corringham Town

Stanford East & Corringham Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cecil 667 37.2 +7.7
Conservative Shane Ralph*56831.7–14.7
Independent Roy Jones55931.2N/A
Majority995.5N/A
Turnout 1,80628.6+0.4
Registered electors 6,317
Labour gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing Increase2.svg11.2

Stanford-le-Hope West

Stanford-le-Hope West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Neil Speight 643 38.1 N/A
Labour Philip Smith53231.6+9.6
Conservative Shane Hebb*51130.3–20.1
Majority1116.5N/A
Turnout 1,69130.5
Registered electors 5,537
Independent gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Stifford Clays

Stifford Clays
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hooper 610 40.9 –6.1
Conservative Gavin Holland47631.9–21.1
Thurrock Ind. Jennifer Smith*34022.8N/A
Green Jack Beauchamp-Stansfield644.3N/A
Majority1349.0N/A
Turnout 1,49829.9+1.2
Registered electors 5,006
Labour gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing Decrease2.svg7.5

The Homesteads

The Homesteads
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thurrock Ind. Gary Byrne* 942 42.6 N/A
Conservative Shamim Miah60327.2–38.7
Labour Tony Benson54424.6–9.5
Reform UK Bill Poskitt1245.6N/A
Majority33915.4N/A
Turnout 2,22935.0+1.8
Registered electors 6,376
Thurrock Ind. hold Swing N/A

Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park

Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cici Manwa 486 45.0 +11.0
Independent Craig Austin45141.7N/A
Conservative Allen Mayes*14413.3–9.2
Majority353.3N/A
Turnout 1,08322.4–4.0
Registered electors 4,826
Labour gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing N/A

West Thurrock & South Stifford

West Thurrock & South Stifford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Aaron Green 1,098 58.9 +12.6
Conservative Tunde Ojetola76541.1–12.6
Majority33317.8N/A
Turnout 1,89221.2–3.5
Registered electors 8,908
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase2.svg12.6

Changes 2023–2024

Sue Sammons, elected as a Conservative, left the party in July 2023 to sit as an independent. [7]

The Thurrock Independents disbanded in July 2023, with their one remaining councillor, Gary Byrne, then becoming an independent. [8]

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