2018 Thurrock Council election

The 2018 Thurrock Council elections took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England.[1] Councillors in 16 out of the 20 electoral wards were be up for election.[2] The council remained under overall control, with a minority Conservative administration running the council.[3]

2018 Thurrock Council election
3 May 2018
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 Independent
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
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

On 26 January 2018, all sitting UKIP councillors resigned from the party and formed a new opposition group called Thurrock Independents.[4]

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.[5]

Before the elections, there was a by-election held in Ockendon which resulted in a Conservative gain after a tie and drawing of lots.[6]

Council Composition

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

19 16 14
Conservative Thurrock Independent Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

20 12 17
Conservative Thurrock Independent Labour

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.

Thurrock Local Election Result 2018
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 9 3 0 +3 56.3 41.9 12,381 +5.7
  Conservative 6 3 1 +2 37.5 33.7 9,972 +12.1
  Thurrock Independent 1 0 4 -4 6.2 21.2 6,282 N/A
  UKIP 0 0 5 -5 0 2.9 846 -36.1
  Democrats and Veterans 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 94 N/A

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 Independent 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 Independent 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 Independent Chris Baker* 667 35.2 16.4†
Conservative Georgette Polley 399 21.1 5.0
Majority 161 8.5
Labour gain from Thurrock Independent 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
Chadwell St Mary 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Barbara Rice (incumbent) 1,383 67% +23%
Conservative Paul Armold 402 20% +5%
Thurrock Independent Paul Stevens 264 13% +13%
Majority 981 47%
Labour hold Swing +9%

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

Grays Riverside
Grays Riverside 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Martin Kerin (incumbent) 1,063 56% +14%
Conservative Wendy Herd 488 26% +7%
Thurrock Independent Shane McDonagh 343 18% +18%
Majority 575 30%
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-34%)

Grays Thurrock
Grays Thurrock 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Lynn Worrall 1,124 55% +13%
Conservative Evelina Vulpe 559 27% +9%
Thurrock Independent Gillian Wardrop 362 18% +18%
Majority 565
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-36%)

Little Thurrock Blackshots
Little Thurrock Blackshots 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ben Maney 1,073 59% +18%
Labour Jacqueline Dobson 471 26% +10%
Thurrock Independent Oliver Smith 284 16% +16%
Majority 602
Conservative hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-39%)

Little Thurrock Rectory
Little Thurrock Rectory 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Gledhill 842 55% +15%
Labour Lawson Akhigbe 486 32% +7%
Thurrock Independent Jay Hayers 200 13% +13%
Majority 356
Conservative hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-32%)

Ockendon
Ockendon 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Sue Shinnick 864 38% +17%
Conservative Romanus Nwakuna 740 33% +2%
Thurrock Independent Jan Baker (incumbent) 663 29% +29%
Majority 124
Labour gain from Thurrock Independent Swing

Note no UKIP as previously (-46%)

Orsett
Orsett 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Barry Johnson 1,091 65% +17%
Labour Vince Offord 290 17% +4%
UKIP Adrian Short 206 12% -24%
Thurrock Independent James Mower 81 5% +5%
Majority 801
Conservative hold Swing

South Chafford
South Chafford 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Abbie Akinbohun 685 48% +21%
Conservative Tunde Ojetola 647 45% +1%
Thurrock Independent Torren Snell 105 7% +7%
Majority 38 3%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Note no UKIP as previously (-26%)

Stanford East & Corringham Town
Stanford East & Corringham Town 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alex Anderson 810 38% +5%
Labour George Elcock 636 30% +3%
Thurrock Independent Roy Jones (incumbent) 565 26% +26%
UKIP Michael Keal 132 6% -35%
Majority 174
Conservative gain from Thurrock Independent Swing

Stifford Clays
Stifford Clays 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Elizabeth Rigby 804 44% +18%
Labour Lee Watson 668 36% +1%
UKIP Stephen Andrews 195 11% -27%
Thurrock Independent Graham Snell 177 10% +10%
Majority 136
Conservative gain from Thurrock Independent Swing

The Homesteads
The Homesteads 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Halden (incumbent) 1,233 49% +6%
Thurrock Independent Gary Byrne 575 23% +10.5%1
Labour Daniel Friday Chukwu 532 21% +2%
UKIP Peter Prendegast 172 7% -31%
Majority 658
Conservative hold Swing

a.1 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
Tilbury St Chads 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Bukky Okunade (incumbent) 563 45% +7%
Thurrock Independent Allen Mayes 528 42% +42%
Conservative Elaine Parker 159 13% -7%
Majority 35
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-36%)

Tilbury St Chads
Tilbury St Chads 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Steve Liddiard (incumbent) 558 58% +14%
Thurrock Independent Paul Martin 240 25% +25%
Conservative Steve Minett 169 17% +4%
Majority 318
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Note no UKIP candidate as previously (-42%)

West Thurrock & South Stifford
West Thurrock & South Stifford 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Qaisar Abbas 1,058 57% +10%
Conservative George Coxshall 505 27% +12%
Thurrock Independent Michael Wager 191 10% +10%
Democrats and Veterans Christopher Boosey 94 5% +5%
Majority 553
Labour hold Swing

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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