Thurrock Council elections

One third of Thurrock Council in Essex, England 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 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1997–2004
Conservative	2004–2007
No overall control Conservative administration	2007–2010
No overall control Labour administration	2010–2012
Labour	2012–2014
No overall control Labour administration	2014–present

Council elections

Thurrock Council election, 1999
Thurrock Council election, 2000
Thurrock Council election, 2001
Thurrock Council election, 2002
Thurrock Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[3]
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

By-election results

1997–2003

Stifford By-Election 23 July 1998^[4]
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^[5]
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^[6]
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^[7]
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^[8]
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^[7]
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^[9]
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^[10]
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^[11]
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^[12]
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^[13]
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^[13]
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

↑ "Councillors Online". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "Thurrock". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
↑ "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.

By-election results

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