Thurrock Council election, 2004

The 2004 Thurrock Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2002.^[1] The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives win control of the council, which Labour had run before the election with 33 of the 49 seats.^[3] The Conservatives gained 18 seats while Labour lost 14.^[3]

Thurrock Local Election Result 2004^[4]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	28			+18	57.1	47.1	31,395	+10.0%
	Labour	19			-14	38.8	40.4	26,917	-8.2%
	Independent	2			-2	4.1	5.9	3,933	-1.2%
	Liberal Democrat	0			-1	0	3.8	2,543	-3.2%
	BNP	0			-1	0	2.3	1,531	+2.3%
	Green	0			0	0	0.5	324	+0.3%

Ward results

Aveley & Uplands (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Churchman	1,152
	Conservative	John Cowell	1,017
	Conservative	Wendy Herd	926
	Labour	Derek Maynard	471
	Labour	Christopher Seamark	399
	Labour	Anita Nuss	388
	Green	Dean Hall	324
Turnout			4,677	29.8

Belhus (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Jones	609
	Labour	David Hooper	564
	Labour	Peter Maynard	561
	Conservative	Jean Watts	481
	Conservative	Susan Edwards	459
	Conservative	Kelvin Watts	421
	Liberal Democrat	John Biddall	331
Turnout			3,426	22.1

Chadwell St. Mary (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Barton	834
	Labour	Anthony Fish	786
	Labour	Alan Warren	711
	Conservative	Daphne Hart	464
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Catty	413
	Conservative	Selina Kent	412
	Conservative	Yvonna Partridge	408
	Liberal Democrat	Arthur Bowles	371
	Liberal Democrat	David Coward	302
Turnout			4,701	24.8

Chafford & North Stifford (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Garry Hague	562
	Conservative	Neil Rockliffe	469
	Liberal Democrat	Earnshaw Palmer	431
	Liberal Democrat	Derrick Harris	270
	Labour	Martin Healy	268
	Labour	Ian Duffield	246
Turnout			2,246	28.0

Corringham & Fobbing (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Harrison	1,017
	Conservative	Anne Cheale	975
	Labour	Julian Norris	487
	Labour	Andrew Noakes	426
Turnout			2,905	36.1

East Tilbury (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Barry Palmer	1,357
	Independent	John Purkiss	1,263
	Labour	Jonathon Canavon	147
	Labour	Ken Clark	144
Turnout			2,911	35.1

Grays Riverside (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Kent	735
	Labour	Denise Cooper	661
	Labour	Carl Morris	651
	Conservative	Allan Edwards	595
	Conservative	Sharon Faulkner	526
	BNP	Nicholas Geri	479
	Conservative	Neil Tuffery	479
Turnout			4,126	27.6

Grays Thurrock (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yash Gupta	813
	Labour	Catherine Kent	740
	Labour	Peter Harris	720
	Conservative	Lloyd Brown	675
	Conservative	Adam Cheale	672
	Conservative	Maureen Koppen	646
Turnout			4,266	30.8

Little Thurrock Blackshots (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joycelyn Redsell	1,008
	Conservative	Benjamin Maney	981
	Labour	David Gooding	481
	Labour	Robert Oliver	411
Turnout			2,881	35.4

Little Thurrock Rectory (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Edwards	731
	Conservative	Pamela Pearse	687
	Labour	Valerie Cook	536
	Labour	Vincent Offord	531
Turnout			2,485	31.8

Ockendon (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Arnold	831
	Conservative	Darren Eva	789
	Labour	Barrie Lawrence	743
	Conservative	Jane Taylor	735
	Labour	Charles Curtis	725
	Labour	Michael Canavon	648
Turnout			4,471	26.5

Orsett (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Revell	1,204
	Conservative	Michael Revell	1,129
	Labour	Michael Green	372
	Labour	Robert Moorman	367
Turnout			3,072	39.9

South Chafford (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Veryard	431
	Conservative	Babatunde Ojetola	321
	Labour	Victoria Healy	261
	Labour	Stuart McConnell	242
	Liberal Democrat	Adetokumboh Ogunfemi	221
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Saunders	204
Turnout			1,680	24.4

Stanford East & Corringham Town (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Gambier	897
	Conservative	Hazel Daniels	881
	Labour	Phillip Smith	871
	Conservative	Kay Mangion	854
	Conservative	Pauline Tolson	827
	Labour	Graham Timms	788
Turnout			5,118	30.8

Stanford-le-Hope West (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Hipsey	802
	Conservative	Emma Woods	721
	Labour	Alphonse Nuss	480
	Labour	Arthur Clarke	440
Turnout			2,443	29.6

Stifford Clays (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leopoldo Milan-Vega	788
	Conservative	Maureen Pearce	756
	Labour	Gerard Rice	661
	Labour	Barbara Rice	645
Turnout			2,850	33.5

The Homesteads (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanne MacPherson	1,082
	Conservative	Carl Mangion	1,012
	Conservative	John Everett	1,006
	Labour	Salvatore Benson	827
	Labour	Beverley Evans	810
	Labour	Anthony Sharp	778
Turnout			5,515	32.1

Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Barrett	556
	Labour	June Brown	520
	Independent	Eunice Southam	374
	Independent	Malcolm Southam	353
	BNP	Gary Maffia	315
Turnout			2,118	28.5

Tilbury St. Chads (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Liddiard	468
	Labour	Andrew Smith	451
	BNP	Mark Gorman	333
	Independent	Robert Gledhill	314
	Independent	Gina Edmead	272
Turnout			1,838	27.5

West Thurrock & South Stifford (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Davies	517
	Conservative	Georgette Polley	477
	Conservative	Edward McInally	469
	BNP	John Cotter	404
	Labour	Richard Price	404
	Labour	Bukky Okunade	397
	Labour	Clinton Sear	246
Turnout			2,914	24.9

References

^ "Thurrock council". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3776.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
^ "Ballot box". The Times. 2004-06-12. p. 26.
^ ^a ^b Johnston, Philip (2004-06-12). "Tories share the glory with Lib Dems". The Daily Telegraph. p. 9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Borough Council election". Thurrock Borough Council. http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/democracy/pdf/election_20040610.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
^ "Table: local election results 2004". guardian.co.uk. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/elections2004/tables/0,14549,1231654,00.html. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

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