Belhus (ward)

Belhus
Electoral ward for the Thurrock Council
Belhus ward boundaries since 2004
District	Thurrock
County	Essex
Population	10,471 (2021)
Area	6.28 square kilometres (2.42 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1979
Number of members	3
Councillors	George Coxshall   Mark Hurrell   Victoria Holloway
ONS code	00KGMY
GSS code	E05002230

Belhus is an electoral ward of Thurrock. It was first used at the 1979 elections. The ward returns three councillors to Thurrock Council.

Thurrock council elections since 2004

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Thurrock in 2004 with all seats up for election that year. The subsequent election cycle for the first Belhus seat was 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. The cycle for the second seat was 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. The cycle for the third seat was 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021 and 2024.

2024 election

The election took place on 2 May 2024. ^[1]

2024 Thurrock Council election: Belhus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Holloway	1,072	68.9	+20.4
	Conservative	Georgette Polley	483	31.1	+3.6
Majority			589
Turnout				21.79
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2023 election

The election took place on 4 May 2023. ^[2]

2023 Thurrock Council election: Belhus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hurrell	765	48.5	–0.3
	Conservative	Abbie Akinbohun	433	27.5	–23.7
	Thurrock Ind.	Chris Baker	299	19.0	N/A
	UKIP	Michael Keal	79	5.0	N/A
Majority			332	21.0	N/A
Turnout			1,579	21.9	–1.9
Registered electors			7,210
	Labour gain from Thurrock Ind.		Swing	11.7

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. ^[3]

2022 Thurrock Council election: Belhus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Coxshall	864	51.2	+6.4
	Labour	Mark Hurrell	822	48.8	+15.1
Majority			42
Turnout			1,706	23.76
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "Election results for Belhus, 2 May 2024". thurrock.gov.uk. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
2. "Election results for Belhus, 4 May 2023". thurrock.gov.uk. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
3. "Election results for Belhus, 5 May 2022". thurrock.gov.uk. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2025.