Thurrock is a unitary authority in Essex, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district. One third of the council is elected each year, followed by one year without an election. Since the unitary authority was first elected in 1997, the council has consisted of 49 councillors elected from 20 wards. [1]
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2] [3]
Non-metropolitan district
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1973-1979 | |
No overall control | 1979-1982 | |
Labour | 1982-1998 |
Unitary authority
Year | Control | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Labour | ||
2004 | Conservative | ||
2007 | No overall control | Conservative-led administration | |
2010 | No overall control | Labour-led administration | |
2012 | Labour | ||
2014 | No overall control | Labour-led administration | |
2016 | No overall control | Conservative-led administration |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Watts | 578 | 56.9 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Pauline Campbell | 304 | 30.0 | -11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tracey Ashdown | 133 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
Majority | 274 | 26.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,015 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rosemary McMahon | 269 | 52.5 | -11.5 | |
Conservative | Kazimierz Rytter | 154 | 30.1 | -3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Livermore | 89 | 17.4 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 115 | 22.4 | |||
Turnout | 512 | 8.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Everett | 490 | 46.9 | -0.4 | |
Labour | Denise Cooper | 419 | 40.1 | -12.5 | |
Independent | James Mallon | 71 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Coward | 64 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 71 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,044 | 17.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Pearce | 454 | 64.8 | +25.7 | |
Green | Dean Hall | 247 | 35.2 | +31.9 | |
Majority | 207 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 701 | 12.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Purkiss | 623 | 67.6 | +67.6 | |
Labour | David Gooding | 139 | 15.1 | -49.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Barnes | 135 | 14.6 | -20.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Coward | 25 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 484 | 52.5 | |||
Turnout | 922 | 21.4 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Churchman | 803 | 58.7 | +19.5 | |
Labour | Wahidur Rahman | 451 | 32.9 | -0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Lathan | 85 | 6.2 | -17.7 | |
Green | Dean Hall | 31 | 2.3 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 351 | 25.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,370 | 24.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Benjamin Maney | 362 | 45.4 | -16.7 | |
Labour | Eunice Southam | 274 | 34.3 | +6.1 | |
Independent | Geoffrey Slocock | 117 | 14.7 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Meechan | 45 | 5.7 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 88 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 798 | 20.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Barrett | 358 | 72.9 | -9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Coward | 70 | 14.3 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | Jean Watts | 63 | 12.9 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 288 | 58.6 | |||
Turnout | 491 | 13.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Hipsey | 511 | 40.3 | -7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Thompson | 428 | 33.8 | +33.8 | |
Labour | Julian Norris | 329 | 25.9 | -26.6 | |
Majority | 83 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,268 | 29.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Nicholas Geri | 552 | 38.2 | +38.2 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Edwards | 382 | 26.4 | -3.3 | |
Labour | Remia Sear | 374 | 25.9 | -25.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Livermore | 137 | 9.5 | -9.7 | |
Majority | 170 | 11.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,445 | 22.0 | |||
BNP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Val Morris-Cook | 575 | 42.4 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Sharon Ponder | 348 | 25.7 | -7.2 | |
BNP | Emma Colgate | 340 | 25.1 | -1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Livermore | 92 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 227 | 16.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,355 | 20.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Salvatore Benson | 661 | 42.2 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Pauline Tolson | 534 | 34.1 | -22.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Riley | 220 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
BNP | John Cotter | 150 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 127 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,565 | 23.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The resignation of Kevin Wheeler (Thurrock Independent, elected UKIP) on 12 Feb 2018 triggered a by-election in South Ockendon on 22 March 2018, which the Conservatives won on a coin toss. [20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Jefferies | 696 | 36.1 | ||
Labour | Les Strange | 696 | 36.1 | ||
Thurrock Independent | Jack Duffin | 531 | 28.8 | ||
Majority | 0 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
All 17 of UKIP's Thurrock councillors left the party on 27 January 2018. [21] They now sit as the Thurrock Independents group.
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