Thurrock Council election, 2004

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The 2004 Thurrock Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2002. [1] The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party. [2]

Thurrock Council

Thurrock Council is the local council for the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. Since 1997, Thurrock has been a unitary authority, combining the functions of a non-metropolitan county with that of a non-metropolitan district. The other such authority in Essex is Southend-on-Sea. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.

Essex County of England

Essex is a county in the south-east of England, north-east of London. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, the only city in the county. For government statistical purposes Essex is placed in the East of England region.

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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

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Election result

The results saw the Conservatives win control of the council, which Labour had run before the election with 33 of the 49 seats. [3] The Conservatives gained 18 seats while Labour lost 14. [3]

Thurrock Local Election Result 2004 [4] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 28+1857.147.131,395+10.0%
  Labour 19-1438.840.426,917-8.2%
  Independent 2-24.15.93,933-1.2%
  Liberal Democrat 0-103.82,543-3.2%
  BNP 0-102.31,531+2.3%
  Green 0000.5324+0.3%

Ward results

Aveley & Uplands (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Churchman1,152
Conservative John Cowell1,017
Conservative Wendy Herd926
Labour Derek Maynard471
Labour Christopher Seamark399
Labour Anita Nuss388
Green Dean Hall324
Turnout 4,67729.8
Belhus (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Margaret Jones609
Labour David Hooper564
Labour Peter Maynard561
Conservative Jean Watts481
Conservative Susan Edwards459
Conservative Kelvin Watts421
Liberal Democrat John Biddall331
Turnout 3,42622.1
Chadwell St. Mary (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gordon Barton834
Labour Anthony Fish786
Labour Alan Warren711
Conservative Daphne Hart464
Liberal Democrat Ian Catty413
Conservative Selina Kent412
Conservative Yvonna Partridge408
Liberal Democrat Arthur Bowles371
Liberal Democrat David Coward302
Turnout 4,70124.8
Chafford & North Stifford (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Garry Hague562
Conservative Neil Rockliffe469
Liberal Democrat Earnshaw Palmer431
Liberal Democrat Derrick Harris270
Labour Martin Healy268
Labour Ian Duffield246
Turnout 2,24628.0
Corringham & Fobbing (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Harrison1,017
Conservative Anne Cheale975
Labour Julian Norris487
Labour Andrew Noakes426
Turnout 2,90536.1
East Tilbury (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Barry Palmer1,357
Independent John Purkiss1,263
Labour Jonathon Canavon147
Labour Ken Clark144
Turnout 2,91135.1
Grays Riverside (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Kent735
Labour Denise Cooper661
Labour Carl Morris651
Conservative Allan Edwards595
Conservative Sharon Faulkner526
BNP Nicholas Geri479
Conservative Neil Tuffery479
Turnout 4,12627.6
Grays Thurrock (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Yash Gupta813
Labour Catherine Kent740
Labour Peter Harris720
Conservative Lloyd Brown675
Conservative Adam Cheale672
Conservative Maureen Koppen646
Turnout 4,26630.8
Little Thurrock Blackshots (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Joycelyn Redsell1,008
Conservative Benjamin Maney981
Labour David Gooding481
Labour Robert Oliver411
Turnout 2,88135.4
Little Thurrock Rectory (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nicholas Edwards731
Conservative Pamela Pearse687
Labour Valerie Cook536
Labour Vincent Offord531
Turnout 2,48531.8
Ockendon (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Amanda Arnold831
Conservative Darren Eva789
Labour Barrie Lawrence743
Conservative Jane Taylor735
Labour Charles Curtis725
Labour Michael Canavon648
Turnout 4,47126.5
Orsett (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Diane Revell1,204
Conservative Michael Revell1,129
Labour Michael Green372
Labour Robert Moorman367
Turnout 3,07239.9
South Chafford (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Veryard431
Conservative Babatunde Ojetola321
Labour Victoria Healy261
Labour Stuart McConnell242
Liberal Democrat Adetokumboh Ogunfemi221
Liberal Democrat Peter Saunders204
Turnout 1,68024.4
Stanford East & Corringham Town (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gordon Gambier897
Conservative Hazel Daniels881
Labour Phillip Smith871
Conservative Kay Mangion854
Conservative Pauline Tolson827
Labour Graham Timms788
Turnout 5,11830.8
Stanford-le-Hope West (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Terence Hipsey802
Conservative Emma Woods721
Labour Alphonse Nuss480
Labour Arthur Clarke440
Turnout 2,44329.6
Stifford Clays (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Leopoldo Milan-Vega788
Conservative Maureen Pearce756
Labour Gerard Rice661
Labour Barbara Rice645
Turnout 2,85033.5
The Homesteads (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Suzanne MacPherson1,082
Conservative Carl Mangion1,012
Conservative John Everett1,006
Labour Salvatore Benson827
Labour Beverley Evans810
Labour Anthony Sharp778
Turnout 5,51532.1
Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kenneth Barrett556
Labour June Brown520
Independent Eunice Southam374
Independent Malcolm Southam353
BNP Gary Maffia315
Turnout 2,11828.5
Tilbury St. Chads (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Valerie Liddiard468
Labour Andrew Smith451
BNP Mark Gorman333
Independent Robert Gledhill314
Independent Gina Edmead272
Turnout 1,83827.5
West Thurrock & South Stifford (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gareth Davies517
Conservative Georgette Polley477
Conservative Edward McInally469
BNP John Cotter404
Labour Richard Price404
Labour Bukky Okunade397
Labour Clinton Sear246
Turnout 2,91424.9

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  2. ↑ "Ballot box". The Times. 2004-06-12. p. 26.
  3. 1 2 Johnston, Philip (2004-06-12). "Tories share the glory with Lib Dems". The Daily Telegraph. p. 9.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Borough Council election" (PDF). Thurrock Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Table: local election results 2004". guardian.co.uk . Retrieved 2009-11-24.
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