Thurrock Council election, 2014

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Thurrock Council election, 2014 [1]
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16 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative UKIP
Seats won 6 5 5
Seats after 23 18 6
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  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 0
Seats after 2
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Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections to Thurrock Council were held on 22 May 2014. The result saw the council change from Labour to no overall control. [2] The UK Independence Party gained five seats, three from the Conservatives and two from Labour. Of the 16 wards contested, six were won by Labour, five by UKIP and five by the Conservatives.

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.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

UK Independence Party British political party

The UK Independence Party is a hard Eurosceptic, right-wing political party in the United Kingdom. It currently has one representative in the House of Lords and seven Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). It has four Assembly Members (AMs) in the National Assembly for Wales and one member in the London Assembly. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two Members of Parliament and was the largest UK party in the European Parliament.

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Election results

Thurrock Local Election Result 2014 [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 23 0 2 -2 46.9 29.7 9,730
  Conservative 18 0 3 -3 36.7 28 9,157
  UKIP 6 5 0 +5 12.2 39 12,763
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 817
  Independent 2 0 0 0 4 - -
  National Front 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 110

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References

  1. ↑ Thurrock Council
  2. ↑ BBC Election results
  3. ↑ "2014 Wards And Elections". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
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