2016 Thurrock Council election

The 2016 Thurrock Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Thurrock Council election, 2016[1]
5 May 2016
17 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Graham Snell Rob Gledhill John Kent
Party UKIP Conservative Labour
Seats won 6 7 11
Seats after 17 17 14
Seat change Increase6 Steady Decrease1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 0
Seats after 1
Seat change Decrease2
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2016 Thurrock Council elections.
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

The council remained under no overall control. The Labour leader of the council, John Kent, resigned at the subsequent annual meeting of the council. The leader of the Conservative group, Rob Gledhill, was elected leader of the council instead.[3]

Results Summary
Thurrock Borough Council election, 2016
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UKIP 17 4 0 Increase 4 38.8 11,922 +2.5
  Conservative 17 1 1 Steady 28.3 8,683 -1.4
  Labour 14 0 4 Decrease 4 31.7 9,731 +0.5
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 1.3 395 -1.3

Overall results

At the previous election the composition of the council was:

18 17 13 1
Labour Conservative UKIP I

After the election the composition of the council was:

17 17 14 1
UKIP Conservative Labour I

I - Independent

Ward results

Aveley & Uplands
Aveley & Uplands 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Luke David Spillman 1011 54.5
Labour Judith Margaret Pothecary 449 24.2
Conservative Georgette Patricia Polley 392 21.2
Majority 562 30.3
Turnout 24.7
UKIP gain from Independent Swing

Belhus
Belhus 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Angela Sheridan 939 49.6
Labour Susan Margaret Gray 648 34.2
Conservative John Fredrick Biddall 305 16.2
Majority 291
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Chadwell St Mary
Chadwell St Mary 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerard William Rice 1017 45.5 11.4
UKIP Matthew Torri 968 43.3 -0.9
Conservative Lee Dove 252 11.3 -10.4
Majority 49 2.2
Turnout 2,237 31.6 -31.
Labour hold Swing 6.2

Chafford & North Stifford
Chafford & North Stifford 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Garry Paul John Hague 672 45.3
Labour Umar Kankiya 493 33.2
UKIP James Albert Mower 318 21.5
Majority 179
Conservative hold Swing

Corringham & Fobbing
Corringham & Fobbing 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aaron Shaun Watkins 753 47.1
UKIP Neil Speight 507 31.7
Labour Vincent William Offord 339 21.2
Majority 246
Conservative hold Swing

East Tilbury
East Tilbury 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Susan Rose Sammons 736 58.5
Labour Eleanor Lowe 271 21.5
Conservative Paul Polley 251 20.0
Majority 465
UKIP gain from Independent Swing

Grays Riverside
Grays Riverside 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony William Fish 857 43.2
UKIP Michael John Carbery 748 37.7
Conservative Evelina Vulpe 379 19.1
Majority 109
Labour hold Swing

Grays Thurrock
Grays Thurrock 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John George Kent 1022 46.3
UKIP Allen Mayes 809 36.6
Conservative Michelle Macadangdang 278 12.6
Independent Tom Davis 100 4.5
Majority 213
Labour hold Swing

Little Thurrock Blackshots
Little Thurrock Blackshots 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joy Redsell 706 41.5 Decrease 19.3
UKIP Jennifer Coleman 705 41.5 Increase 36.2
Labour Jacqueline Dobson 287 16.9 Decrease 17.4
Majority 1
Conservative hold Swing

Ockendon
Ockendon 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP David Luke Potter 1038 46.5
Conservative Barry William Johnson 634 28.4
Labour Desmond Martins 558 25.1
Majority 404
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Orsett
Orsett 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Ann Little 1057 54.4
UKIP Peter Anthony Curtis 634 32.6
Labour Carl Anthony Graham Morris 253 13.0
Majority 423
Conservative hold Swing

South Chafford
South Chafford 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Suzanne Gwenith Macpherson 587 45.8
Labour Qaisar Abbas 510 39.8
UKIP Torren Snell 184 14.4
Majority 77
Conservative hold Swing

Stanford East & Corringham Town
Stanford East & Corringham Town 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Jack Sean Duffin 1107 49.9
Labour Terence Brian Hipsey 611 27.6
Conservative Stuart Andrew Smith 499 22.5
Majority 496
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Stanford-le-Hope West
Stanford-le-Hope West 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Louis Piccolo 613 42.8
UKIP Lee James Lloyd 427 29.8
Labour David Russell Hann 393 27.4
Majority 186
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The Homesteads
The Homesteads 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Alan Collins 908 38.5
UKIP Clive Herbert Broad 685 29.1
Labour Michael John Alexander Fletcher 469 19.9
Independent Gary James Byrne 295 12.5
Majority 223
Conservative hold Swing

Tilbury St Chads
Tilbury St Chads 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP John Arthur Allen 606 47.9
Labour Lynn Worrall 570 45.1
Conservative Adam Carter 89 7.0
Majority 36 2.9
Turnout 31.7
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

West Thurrock & South Stifford
West Thurrock & South Stifford 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Oliver Gerrish 984 54.9
UKIP Jacqueline Ann Stephen 500 27.9
Conservative Tony Coughlin 308 17.2
Majority 484
Labour hold Swing

Subsequent changes between 2016 and 2018 elections

All 17 UKIP councillors left the party in January 2018 to form Thurrock Independents.[4]

References
  1. Thurrock Council website
  2. "Elections 2016". Thurrock Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. Echo
  4. "Thurrock's 17 UKIP councillors all resign from party". BBC News Online. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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