Thurrock local elections
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One third of Thurrock Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
Labour 1997 - 2004
Conservative 2004 - 2007
No overall control 2007 - present
[edit] Council elections
Thurrock Council election, 1999
Thurrock Council election, 2000
Thurrock Council election, 2001
Thurrock Council election, 2002
Thurrock Council election, 2004
Thurrock Council election, 2006
Thurrock Council election, 2007
Thurrock Council election, 2008
[edit] By-election results
| Stifford By-Election 23 July 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 578 | 56.9 | -1.8 | ||
| Conservative | 304 | 30.0 | -11.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 133 | 13.1 | +13.1 | ||
| Majority | 274 | 26.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,015 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Grays By-Election 20 January 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 269 | 52.5 | -11.5 | ||
| Conservative | 154 | 30.1 | -3.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 89 | 17.4 | +8.1 | ||
| Majority | 115 | 22.4 | |||
| Turnout | 512 | 8.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Homesteads By-Election 20 January 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 490 | 46.9 | -0.4 | ||
| Labour | 419 | 40.1 | -12.5 | ||
| Independent | 71 | 6.8 | +6.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 454 | 64.8 | +25.7 | ||
| Green | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | 623 | 67.6 | +67.6 | ||
| Labour | 139 | 15.1 | -49.6 | ||
| Conservative | 135 | 14.6 | -20.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 25 | 2.7 | +2.7 | ||
| Majority | 484 | 52.5 | |||
| Turnout | 922 | 21.4 | |||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Aveley By-Election 6 September 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 803 | 58.7 | +19.5 | ||
| Labour | 451 | 32.9 | -0.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 85 | 6.2 | -17.7 | ||
| Green | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 362 | 45.4 | -16.7 | ||
| Labour | 274 | 34.3 | +6.1 | ||
| Independent | 117 | 14.7 | +14.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 45 | 5.7 | -4.0 | ||
| Majority | 88 | 11.1 | |||
| Turnout | 798 | 20.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Tilbury Riverside By-Election 25 July 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 358 | 72.9 | -9.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 70 | 14.3 | +14.3 | ||
| Conservative | 63 | 12.9 | -4.9 | ||
| Majority | 288 | 58.6 | |||
| Turnout | 491 | 13.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Stanford Le Hope East By-Election 29 May 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 511 | 40.3 | -7.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 428 | 33.8 | +33.8 | ||
| Labour | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| British National Party | 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 | |||
| British National Party gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Grays Riverside By-Election 1 December 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Val Morris-Cook | 575 | 42.4 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | Sharon Ponder | 348 | 25.7 | -7.2 | |
| British National Party | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benson | 661 | 42.2 | -1.1 | |
| Conservative | Pauline Tolson | 534 | 34.1 | -22.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Riley | 220 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
| British National Party | John Cotter | 150 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
| Majority | 127 | 8.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,565 | 23.2 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
