# Thurrock Council elections

Thurrock Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Thurrock 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.

## Council elections
### Non-metropolitan district elections

* 1973 Thurrock Borough Council election
* 1976 Thurrock Borough Council election
* 1979 Thurrock Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 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 Thurrock Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 1995 Thurrock Borough Council election
* 1996 Thurrock Borough Council election

### Unitary authority elections

* 1997 Thurrock Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 1999 Thurrock Council election
* 2000 Thurrock Council election
* 2001 Thurrock Council election
* 2002 Thurrock Council election
* 2004 Thurrock Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 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 Thurrock Council election
* 2018 Thurrock Council election
* 2019 Thurrock Council election
* 2021 Thurrock Council election
* 2022 Thurrock Council election
* 2023 Thurrock Council election
* 2024 Thurrock Council election
* 2025 Thurrock Council election (New ward boundaries)

## Results maps

* 1979 results map
* 1980 results map
* 1982 results map
* 1983 results map
* 1984 results map
* 1986 results map
* 1987 results map
* 1988 results map
* 1990 results map
* 2021 results map
* 2022 results map
* 2023 results map
* 2024 results map

## Changes between elections
### By-elections
#### 1998-2002

Stifford By-Election 23 July 1998 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 274 | 26.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,015 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Grays By-Election 20 January 2000 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 115 | 22.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 512 | 8.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Homesteads By-Election 20 January 2000 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 71 | 6.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,044 | 17.4 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Aveley By-Election 25 May 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Neil Pearce | 454 | 64.8 | +25.7 |
| | Green | Dean Hall | 247 | 35.2 | +31.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 | 29.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 701 | 12.5 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
East Tilbury By-Election 25 January 2001 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 484 | 52.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 922 | 21.4 | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Aveley By-Election 6 September 2001 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 351 | 25.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,370 | 24.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Little Thurrock Blackshotts By-Election 6 September 2001 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 88 | 11.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 798 | 20.8 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

#### 2002-2006

Tilbury Riverside By-Election 25 July 2002 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 288 | 58.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 491 | 13.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Stanford Le Hope East By-Election 29 May 2003 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 83 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,268 | 29.4 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Grays Riverside By-Election 4 September 2003 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 170 | 11.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,445 | 22.0 | |
| | BNP gain from Labour | BNP gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Grays Riverside By-Election 1 December 2005 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 227 | 16.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,355 | 20.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
The Homesteads By-Election 1 December 2005 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 127 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,565 | 23.2 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

#### 2010-2014

Stifford Clays By-Election 17 October 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Susan Shinnick | 646 | 36.8 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | Danny Nicklen | 570 | 32.5 | +5.6 |
| | UKIP | Clive Broad | 504 | 28.7 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Mulroue | 35 | 2.0 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | 4.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,755 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

#### 2014-2018

West Thurrock and South Stifford By-Election 16 October 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terry Brookes | 903 | 50.3 | +3.0 |
| | UKIP | Russell Cherry | 621 | 34.6 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | John Rowles | 270 | 15.1 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 282 | 15.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,794 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Aveley and Uplands By-Election 4 December 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Tim Aker | 747 | 41.0 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Teresa Webster | 520 | 28.5 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | John O'Regan | 338 | 18.6 | +2.4 |
| | Independent | Eddie Stringer | 217 | 11.9 | +11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 227 | 12.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,822 | | |
| | UKIP hold | UKIP hold | Swing | | |
West Thurrock and South Stifford By-Election 10 September 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Cliff Holloway | 629 | 43.0 | −3.9 |
| | UKIP | Helen Adams | 450 | 30.8 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Tony Coughlin | 384 | 26.2 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | 12.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,463 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

#### 2018-2022

Ockendon 22 March 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Jefferies | 696 | 36.1 |
| | Labour | Les Strange | 696 | 36.1 |
| | Thurrock Ind. | Jack Duffin | 531 | 28.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative gain from UKIP | Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | |
Aveley and Uplands By-Election 21 March 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Van Day | 773 | 43.6 | +16.4 |
| | Thurrock Ind. | Alan Field | 551 | 31.1 | −12.1 |
| | Labour | Charles Curtis | 394 | 22.2 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tomas Pilvelis | 55 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | 12.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,773 | | |
| | Conservative gain from UKIP | Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | | |