Thurrock Council elections

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]

Political control

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

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1997-2004
	Conservative	2004-2007
	No overall control Conservative administration	2007-2012
	Labour	2012–2014
	No overall control Labour administration	2014-16
	No overall control Conservative administration	2016–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Thurrock Borough Council election, 1973
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1976
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1980
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1982
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1983
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1984
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1986
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1987
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1988
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1990
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1991
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1992
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1994 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1995
Thurrock Borough Council election, 1996

Unitary authority elections

Thurrock Council election, 1997 (New ward boundaries)^[6]
Thurrock Council election, 1999
Thurrock Council election, 2000
Thurrock Council election, 2001
Thurrock Council election, 2002
Thurrock Council election, 2004 (New ward boundaries)^[1]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Thurrock Council election, 2006
Thurrock Council election, 2007
Thurrock Council election, 2008
Thurrock Council election, 2010
Thurrock Council election, 2011
Thurrock Council election, 2012
Thurrock Council election, 2014
Thurrock Council election, 2015
Thurrock Council election, 2016

By-election results

1997–2003

Stifford By-Election 23 July 1998^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Watts	578	56.9	-1.8
	Conservative	Pauline Campbell	304	30.0	-11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Tracey Ashdown	133	13.1	+13.1
Majority			274	26.9
Turnout			1,015
	Labour hold		Swing

Grays By-Election 20 January 2000^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rosemary McMahon	269	52.5	-11.5
	Conservative	Kazimierz Rytter	154	30.1	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Livermore	89	17.4	+8.1
Majority			115	22.4
Turnout			512	8.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Homesteads By-Election 20 January 2000^[12]
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 Democrat	David Coward	64	6.1	+6.1
Majority			71	6.8
Turnout			1,044	17.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Aveley By-Election 25 May 2000^[13]
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

East Tilbury By-Election 25 January 2001^[14]
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 Democrat	David Coward	25	2.7	+2.7
Majority			484	52.5
Turnout			922	21.4
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Aveley By-Election 6 September 2001^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Colin Churchman	803	58.7	+19.5
	Labour	Wahidur Rahman	451	32.9	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	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

Little Thurrock Blackshotts By-Election 6 September 2001^[15]
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 Democrat	Mark Meechan	45	5.7	-4.0
Majority			88	11.1
Turnout			798	20.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tilbury Riverside By-Election 25 July 2002^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Barrett	358	72.9	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat	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

2003–2009

Stanford Le Hope East By-Election 29 May 2003^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Terence Hipsey	511	40.3	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	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

Grays Riverside By-Election 4 September 2003^[18]
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 Democrat	John Livermore	137	9.5	-9.7
Majority			170	11.8
Turnout			1,445	22.0
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Grays Riverside By-Election 1 December 2005^[19]
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 Democrat	John Livermore	92	6.8	+6.8
Majority			227	16.7
Turnout			1,355	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The Homesteads By-Election 1 December 2005^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Salvatore Benson	661	42.2	-1.1
	Conservative	Pauline Tolson	534	34.1	-22.6
	Liberal Democrat	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

References

1 2 "Councillors Online". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Thurrock". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Thurrock (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Thurrock (Electoral Changes) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Thurrock (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Thurrock (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Thurrock council". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "Stifford Ward (Pre-2004)". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "Grays Thurrock Ward (Pre-2004)". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "The Homesteads Ward (Pre-2004)". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
1 2 "Aveley Ward (Pre-2004)". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "East Tilbury Ward (Pre-2004)". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "Little Thurrock Blackshots Ward (Pre-2004)". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "Tilbury Riverside Ward (Pre-2004)". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "Stanford-le-Hope East Ward (Pre-2004)". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "News Archive – Grays Riverside ward by-election re". Thurrock Council. 5 September 2003. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
1 2 "News Archive – By-election results". Thurrock Council. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2009.

External links

Council elections in Essex

Essex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Basildon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Braintree District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Brentwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Castle Point Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Chelmsford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Colchester Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018

Epping Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Harlow District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rochford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

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