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English local election
2019 Thurrock Council election Turnout 26.88%
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Conservative
Labour
Thurrock Ind.
Seats before
23
17
9
Seats after
22
17
9
Seat change
-1
0
0
Fourth party
Party
Independent
Seats before
0
Seats after
1
Seat change
+1
Council control before election
No overall control
Council control after election
No overall control
The 2019 Thurrock Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the
Thurrock Council in England.
[1]
[2]
Election
A third of the seats were elected on 2 May 2019.
[1] Prior to the election, the council was under
no overall control , governed by a minority
Conservative administration . They held 23 of 49 seats, while
Labour held 17 seats, followed by the
Thurrock Independents on 9 seats.
Elections were held in a total of sixteen wards, with Conservative, Labour, and Thurrock Independent candidates standing in each ward.
UKIP stood two candidates. The
Green Party , the
Liberal Democrats , and the
British Union & Sovereignty Party stood one candidate each in Chafford & North Stifford, Grays Riverside, and Belhus respectively. There were also two
independents standing for election in Thurrock.
Results summary
Map showing the winner in each ward for the 2019 Thurrock Borough Council election
Changes in vote share are calculated from the 2015 election result, which was the last time this set of wards were up for election.
Prior to the election one seat was vacant.
2019 Thurrock Council election
Party
This election
Full council
This election
Seats
Net
Seats %
Other
Total
Total %
Votes
Votes %
+/−
Conservative
6
1
35.3
16
22
44.9
8,922
31.7
2.4
Labour
5
1
29.4
12
17
34.7
8,895
31.6
0.5
Thurrock Ind.
5
29.4
4
9
18.4
8,163
29.0
New
Independent
1
1
5.9
0
1
2.0
1,274
4.5
2.0
Liberal Democrats
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
399
1.4
1.2
UKIP
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
344
1.2
34.6
Green
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
145
0.5
New
Candidates
Aveley & Uplands
Belhus
Chadwell St. Mary
Chafford & North Stifford
Hamilton served as a councillor for Belhus Ward prior to the election.
Corringham & Fobbing
East Tilbury
Grays Riverside
Grays Thurrock
Little Thurrock
Cherry was a councillor for Chadwell St Mary Ward prior to the election.
Ockendon
Stanford East & Corringham Town
Stanford-le-Hope West
Stifford Clays
The Homesteads
Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park
West Thurrock & South Stifford
References