Thurrock Council election, 2000

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The 2000 Thurrock Council election took place on 4 May 2000 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]

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

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Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Thurrock Local Election Result 2000 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1104-464.745.37,433-18.4%
  Conservative 640+435.342.66,988+9.5%
 Independent Conservative000006.21,021+6.2%
  Liberal Democrat 000004.9810+2.2%
  Independent 000000.7122+0.7%
  Green 000000.238+0.2%

Ward results

Aveley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Leon Rudman44439.1+14.0
Labour Arthur Clarke38233.7-19.7
Liberal Democrat John Livermore27123.9+2.4
Green Dean Hall383.3+3.3
Majority625.4
Turnout 1,135
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Belhus [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Peter Maynard49058.8-10.4
Conservative David Potter34341.2+10.4
Majority14717.6-20.8
Turnout 833
Labour hold Swing
Chadwell St Mary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gordon Barton75165.8-10.3
Conservative Nikki Lewis39034.2+10.3
Majority36131.6-20.6
Turnout 1,141
Labour hold Swing
Chafford Hundred [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Harrison26233.2-32.1
Labour Martin Healy25031.6-3.1
Liberal Democrat Earnshaw Palmer15619.7+19.7
Independent Michael Smith12215.4+15.4
Majority121.6-29.0
Turnout 790
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Corringham and Fobbing [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anne Cheale55141.5
Labour Gerard Rice40430.4
Independent ConservativeFrancis Mallon37328.1
Majority14711.1
Turnout 1,328
Conservative hold Swing
East Tilbury [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Andrew Hart43964.7-17.9
Conservative Laura Orritt23935.3+17.9
Majority20029.4-35.8
Turnout 678
Labour hold Swing
Grays Riverside [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Pearl Betts42857.0-8.1
Conservative Darren Galvin32343.0+22.8
Majority10514.0-30.9
Turnout 751
Labour hold Swing
Grays Thurrock [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Timothy McMahon51154.2-9.8
Conservative Kazimierz Rytter43145.8+19.1
Majority808.4-28.9
Turnout 942
Labour hold Swing
Little Thurrock Blackshots [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Geoffrey Slocock63562.1
Labour Catherine Kent28828.2
Liberal Democrat Richard Stokkereit999.7
Majority34733.9
Turnout 1,022
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Little Thurrock Rectory [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Neil Tuffery51256.2
Labour David Gooding39943.8
Majority11312.4
Turnout 911
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Ockendon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Charles Curtis57357.6-10.5
Conservative Dawn Voggenreiter42142.4+10.5
Majority15215.2-21.0
Turnout 994
Labour hold Swing
Orsett [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Diane Revell73655.5
Labour Eunice Southam28221.3
Independent ConservativeMichele Valente19114.4
Liberal Democrat Peter Saunders1178.8
Majority45434.2
Turnout 1,326
Conservative hold Swing
Stanford-le-Hope East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Peter Cooper40549.0
Conservative Anita Bailey22827.6
Independent ConservativeChristopher Sheppard19423.5
Majority17721.4
Turnout 827
Labour hold Swing
Stifford [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour George Watts64847.4-9.6
Conservative Pauline Campbell61344.8+1.8
Liberal Democrat Rabih Makki1077.8+7.8
Majority352.6-11.4
Turnout 1,368
Labour hold Swing
The Homesteads [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Denise Cooper50540.0-12.7
Conservative Alan Bailey49339.1-8.2
Independent ConservativeJames Mallon26320.9+20.9
Majority120.9-4.5
Turnout 1,261
Labour hold Swing
Tilbury St Chads [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Valerie Liddiard25959.1
Conservative Yvonne Partridge11927.2
Liberal Democrat David Coward6013.7
Majority14031.9
Turnout 438
Labour hold Swing
West Thurrock [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Robert Williams41962.8-4.8
Conservative Henry Coe-Welch24837.2+4.8
Majority17125.6-9.6
Turnout 667
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Thurrock". BBC News Online . Retrieved 2009-11-22.
  2. 1 2 "Election results: local councils". The Times. 2000-05-06. p. 10.
  3. 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 2009-11-23.

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