Thurrock Council election, 2018

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Thurrock Council election, 2018
  2016 3 May 2018 2019  

16 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderRob GledhillOliver GerrishGraham Snell
Party Conservative Labour Thurrock Independent
Seats before191416
Seats won691
Seats after201712
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg4

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2018 Thurrock Council elections will take place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England. [1] No party holds overall control, with a minority Conservative administration running the council. [2] Councillors in 16 out of the 20 electoral wards will be up for election. [3] The Conservatives will be defending five seats, the Thurrock Independents will be defending five seats and Labour will be defending six seats. Beyond those councillors seeking re-election, some additional candidates have already announced, but the full lineup may not be known until April 2018. [4]

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.

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On 26 January 2018, all sitting UKIP councillors resigned from the party and formed a new opposition group called Thurrock Independents. [5]

On 13 March 2018, Basildon UKIP announced that they had taken over responsibility for the 6 East Thurrock wards and are now called UKIP Basildon and Thurrock Branch. [6]

Before the elections, there was a by-election held in Ockendon which resulted in a Conservative gain after a tie and drawing of lots. [7]

Council Composition

Going into the election, the composition of the council was:

191614
ConservativeThurrock IndependentLabour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

201217
ConservativeThurrock IndependentLabour

Election Results

Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2014.

Thurrock Local Election Result 2018
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 930+356.341.912,381+5.7
  Conservative 631+237.533.79,972+12.1
  Thurrock Independent 104-46.221.26,282N/A
  UKIP 005-502.9846-36.1
  Democrats and Veterans 000000.394N/A

Ward Candidates

All percentage changes are versus 2014, the last time the comparable set of wards were fought. Holds / Gains are given against control of ward going in to the 2018 elections.

Aveley & Uplands

Aveley & Uplands
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Thurrock Independent Tim Aker 1,03743.2Increase2.svg2.3
Conservative David Van Day 65327.2Increase2.svg6.0
Labour Rafal Zak57023.7Decrease2.svg0.5
UKIP Peter Curtis1415.9Decrease2.svg48.7
Majority38416.0Decrease2.svg14.4
Turnout 2,401
Thurrock Independent hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.9

Percentage change calculated from the 2014 Aveley & Uplands by-election at which Aker was elected (as a UKIP candidate). He subsequently defected from the UKIP group on Thurrock council and formed Thurrock Independents, although he still sits as a UKIP MEP.

Belhus

Belhus
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mike Fletcher82843.7Increase2.svg9.4
Thurrock Independent Chris Baker*66735.2Decrease2.svg16.4
Conservative Georgette Polley39921.1Increase2.svg5.0
Majority1618.5
Labour gain from Thurrock Independent Swing

No UKIP candidate as previously (-49.6%).

change calculated from the 2014 election when Baker was originally elected (as a UKIP candidate).

Chadwell St Mary

Chadwell St Mary 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Barbara Rice (incumbent)138367%+23%
Conservative Paul Armold40220%+5%
Thurrock Independent Paul Stevens26413%+13%
Majority98147%
Labour hold Swing +9%

Note no UKIP as previously (-39%), no Lib Dem as previously (-2%)

Grays Riverside

Grays Riverside 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Martin Kerin (incumbent)1,06356%+14%
Conservative Wendy Herd48826%+7%
Thurrock Independent Shane McDonagh34318%+18%
Majority57530%
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-34%)

Grays Thurrock

Grays Thurrock 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lynn Worrall112455%+13%
Conservative Evelina Vulpe55927%+9%
Thurrock Independent Gillian Wardrop36218%+18%
Majority565
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-36%)

Little Thurrock Blackshots

Little Thurrock Blackshots 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ben Maney107359%+18%
Labour Jacqueline Dobson47126%+10%
Thurrock Independent Oliver Smith28416%+16%
Majority602
Conservative hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-39%)

Little Thurrock Rectory

Little Thurrock Rectory 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Gledhill84255%+15%
Labour Lawson Akhigbe48632%+7%
Thurrock Independent Jay Hayers20013%+13%
Majority356
Conservative hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-32%)

Ockendon

Ockendon 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sue Shinnick86438%+17%
Conservative Romanus Nwakuna74033%+2%
Thurrock Independent Jan Baker (incumbent)66329%+29%
Majority124
Labour gain from Thurrock Independent Swing

Note no UKIP as previously (-46%)

Orsett

Orsett 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Barry Johnson109165%+17%
Labour Vince Offord29017%+4%
UKIP Adrian Short20612%-24%
Thurrock Independent James Mower815%+5%
Majority801
Conservative hold Swing

South Chafford

South Chafford 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Abbie Akinbohun68548%+21%
Conservative Tunde Ojetola64745%+1%
Thurrock Independent Torren Snell1057%+7%
Majority383%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Note no UKIP as previously (-26%)

Stanford East & Corringham Town

Stanford East & Corringham Town 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alex Anderson81038%+5%
Labour George Elcock63630%+3%
Thurrock Independent Roy Jones (incumbent)56526%+26%
UKIP Michael Keal1326%-35%
Majority174
Conservative gain from Thurrock Independent Swing

Stifford Clays

Stifford Clays 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Elizabeth Rigby80444%+18%
Labour Lee Watson66836%+1%
UKIP Stephen Andrews19511%-27%
Thurrock Independent Graham Snell17710%+10%
Majority136
Conservative gain from Thurrock Independent Swing

The Homesteads

The Homesteads 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative James Halden (incumbent)123349%+6%
Thurrock Independent Gary Byrne57523%+23%
Labour Daniel Friday Chukwu53221%+2%
UKIP Peter Prendegast1727%-31%
Majority658
Conservative hold Swing

Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park

Tilbury St Chads 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Bukky Okunade (incumbent)56345%+7%
Thurrock Independent Allen Mayes52842%+42%
Conservative Elaine Parker15913%-7%
Majority35
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-36%)

Tilbury St Chads

Tilbury St Chads 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Steve Liddiard (incumbent)55858%+14%
Thurrock Independent Paul Martin24025%+25%
Conservative Steve Minett16917%+4%
Majority318
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-42%)

West Thurrock & South Stifford

West Thurrock & South Stifford 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Qaisar Abbas105857%+10%
Conservative George Coxshall50527%+12%
Thurrock Independent Michael Wager19110%+10%
Democrats and VeteransChristopher Boosey945%+5%
Majority553
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-34%)

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