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2018 Thurrock Council election

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16 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rob Gledhill Oliver Gerrish Graham Snell Party Conservative Labour Thurrock Ind. Leader's seat Little Thurrock Rectory West Thurrock & South Stifford Stifford Clays (lost re-election) Seats before 19 14 16 Seats won 6 9 1 Seats after 20 17 12 Seat change 1 3 4
Map showing the results of the 2018 Thurrock Council election
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

The 2018 Thurrock Council elections took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England. Councillors in 16 out of the 20 electoral wards were to be up for election. The council remained under no overall control, with a minority Conservative administration running the council.

On 26 January 2018, all sitting UKIP councillors resigned from the party and formed a new opposition group called Thurrock Independents.

On 13 March 2018, Basildon UKIP announced that they had taken over responsibility for the 6 East Thurrock wards and are now called UKIP Basildon and Thurrock Branch.

Before the elections, there was a by-election held in Ockendon which resulted in a Conservative gain after a tie and drawing of lots.

Council Composition

Going into the election, the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election Results

Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2014.

Ward Candidates

All percentage changes are versus 2014, the last time the comparable set of wards were fought. Holds / Gains are given against control of ward going in to the 2018 elections.

Aveley & Uplands

Aveley & Uplands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Thurrock Ind.	Tim Aker	1,037	43.2	2.3†
	Conservative	David Van Day	653	27.2	6.0
	Labour	Rafal Zak	570	23.7	0.5
	UKIP	Peter Curtis	141	5.9	48.7
Majority			384	16.0	14.4
Turnout			2,401
	Thurrock Ind. hold		Swing	1.9

† Percentage change calculated from the 2014 Aveley & Uplands by-election at which Aker was elected (as a UKIP candidate). He subsequently defected from the UKIP group on Thurrock council and formed Thurrock Independents, although he still sits as a UKIP MEP.

Belhus

Belhus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Fletcher	828	43.7	9.4
	Thurrock Ind.	Chris Baker*	667	35.2	16.4†
	Conservative	Georgette Polley	399	21.1	5.0
Majority			161	8.5
	Labour gain from Thurrock Ind.		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previously (-49.6%).

† change calculated from the 2014 election when Baker was originally elected (as a UKIP candidate).

Chadwell St Mary

Note no UKIP as previously (-39%), no Lib Dem as previously (-2%)

Grays Riverside

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-34%)

Grays Thurrock

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-36%)

Little Thurrock Blackshots

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-39%)

Little Thurrock Rectory

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-32%)

Ockendon

Note no UKIP as previously (-46%)

Orsett

South Chafford

Note no UKIP as previously (-26%)

Stanford East & Corringham Town

Stifford Clays

The Homesteads

a. Gary Byrne stood as an independent in the 2016 election for the same seat, achieving 12.5% of the vote. The change in this table is calculated from this result, though he is now a candidate for the Thurrock Independents.

Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-36%)

Tilbury St Chads

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-42%)

West Thurrock & South Stifford

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-34%)

References

1. "Current councillors | Thurrock Council". www.thurrock.gov.uk.
2. "Order of retirement of Thurrock Councillors" (PDF). Thurrock Council. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
3. "Conservatives seize power at Thurrock Council after knife-edge vote with Ukip". Thurrock Gazette.
4. "Thurrock's 17 UKIP councillors all resign from party". Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
5. "LOCAL ELECTIONS: Basildon & Thurrock Firing On All Cylinders | Kipper Central".
6. "Ockendon by-election: winner pulled out of a box in tiebreaker result". Thurrock Gazette.

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