Thurrock Council election, 1999

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The 1999 Thurrock Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [1] Overall turnout in the election was 20.0%. [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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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Thurrock Local Election Result 1999 [2] [4] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1601-194.163.710,232
  Conservative 110+15.933.15,318
  Liberal Democrat 000002.7434
 Grays Residents Ind. Party000000.579

Two Labour candidates were unopposed in the election. [5]

Ward results

Aveley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Graham Timms63553.4
Conservative Yvonne Partridge29925.1
Liberal Democrat John Livermore25621.5
Majority33638.3
Turnout 1,190
Labour hold Swing
Belhus [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Hooper75669.2
Conservative David Potter33730.8
Majority41938.4
Turnout 1,093
Labour hold Swing
Chadwell St Mary [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anthony Fish1,07876.1
Conservative Kazimierz Rytter33823.9
Majority74052.2
Turnout 1,416
Labour hold Swing
Chafford Hundred [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Vesey50665.3
Labour Pauline De'Ath26934.7
Majority23730.6
Turnout 775
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Corringham West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nigel Barron50568.5
Conservative Ian Harrison23231.5
Majority27337.0
Turnout 737
Labour hold Swing
East Tilbury [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Barry Palmer94782.6
Conservative Nikki Lewis19917.4
Majority74865.2
Turnout 1,146
Labour hold Swing
Grays Riverside [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Kent61165.1
Conservative James Carter19020.2
Grays Residents Ind. PartyJames Calder798.4
Liberal Democrat Peter Saunders596.3
Majority42144.9
Turnout 939
Labour hold Swing
Grays Thurrock [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Yash Gupta82164.0
Conservative Ronald Jameson34326.7
Liberal Democrat David Coward1199.3
Majority47837.3
Turnout 1,283
Labour hold Swing
Ockendon [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Merlyn Jones81868.1
Conservative Claire Riley38431.9
Majority43436.2
Turnout 1,202
Labour hold Swing
Stanford-le-Hope East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Julian Norris693
Labour Peter Cooper685
Conservative Anita Bailey318
Conservative Alan Bailey308
Turnout 2,004
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stanford-le-Hope West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Roger Moore50352.5
Conservative Anne Cheale45547.5
Majority485.0
Turnout 958
Labour hold Swing
Stifford [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Allan McPherson71957.0
Conservative Pauline Campbell54343.0
Majority17614.0
Turnout 1,262
Labour hold Swing
The Homesteads [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Margaret Kirkwood70252.7
Conservative John Everett63147.3
Majority715.4
Turnout 1,333
Labour hold Swing
Tilbury Riverside [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Malcolm Southamuncontested
Labour hold Swing
Tilbury St Chads [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Andrew Smithuncontested
Labour hold Swing
West Thurrock [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Richard Price49067.6
Conservative Henry Coe-Welch23532.4
Majority25535.2
Turnout 725
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Thurrock". BBC News Online . Retrieved 2009-11-22.
  2. 1 2 "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 1999-05-08. p. 12.
  4. ↑ Salman, Saba (1999-05-07). "Tories claw back strongholds". Evening Standard. p. 25.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Pre-2004 Wards And Elections". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 2009-11-22.

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