2023 Thurrock Council election[1]
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16 out of 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mark Coxshall John Kent
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Chafford & North Stifford
(lost re-election) 		Grays Thurrock
Last election 30 seats, 48.3% 14 seats, 47.9%
Seats before 29 14
Seats won 4 9
Seats after 26 19
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 5
Popular vote 8,490 11,833
Percentage 32.4% 45.1%
Swing Decrease 15.7% Decrease 3.0%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Leader N/A Gary Byrne
Party Independent Thurrock Ind.
Leader's seat N/A The Homesteads
Last election 1 seat, 2.2% 3 seats, 1.7%
Seats before 3 3
Seats won 2 1
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 4
Popular vote 2,633 2,706
Percentage 10.0% 10.3%
Swing Increase 7.8% Increase 8.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Thurrock Council election
Leader before election

Mark Coxshall
Conservative

Leader after election

Andrew Jefferies
Conservative

The 2023 Thurrock Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect a third of the members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The Conservatives narrowly retained their majority on the council at the election, but lost three seats compared to the position immediately before the election. The election was held in the context of the council having declared effective bankruptcy with debts of about £1.5 billion and a government-appointed commissioner having been installed to oversee the council's financial management. The Conservative leader of the council, Mark Coxshall, and the cabinet member for finance, Shane Hebb, were two of the three who lost their seats.[3][4] At the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023, Andrew Jefferies was appointed the new leader.[5]

Summary

Election result

2023 Thurrock Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 4 Decrease 2 25.0 22 26 53.1 8,490 32.4 –15.7
  Labour 9 Increase 5 56.3 10 19 38.8 11,833 45.1 –3.0
  Independent 2 Increase 1 12.5 1 3 6.1 2,633 10.0 +7.8
  Thurrock Ind. 1 Decrease 4 6.3 0 1 2.0 2,706 10.3 +8.6
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 436 1.7 N/A
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 79 0.3 N/A
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 64 0.2 N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Thurrock Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023.[6]

Seat changes are relative to the 2019 election and do not take into account any interim by-elections or defections. Vote share changes are relative to the last time the seat was up for election.

Aveley & Uplands

Aveley & Uplands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacqui Maney 928 52.7 +3.3
Labour Cathy Sisterson 834 47.3 –3.3
Majority 96 5.4 N/A
Turnout 1,777 23.6 +0.3
Registered electors 7,519
Conservative hold Swing Increase3.3

Belhus

Belhus
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hurrell 765 48.5 –0.3
Conservative Abbie Akinbohun 433 27.5 –23.7
Thurrock Ind. Chris Baker* 299 19.0 N/A
UKIP Michael Keal 79 5.0 N/A
Majority 332 21.0 N/A
Turnout 1,579 21.9 –1.9
Registered electors 7,210
Labour gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing Increase11.7

Chadwell St. Mary

Chadwell St. Mary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Chukwu* 1,256 73.1 +13.3
Conservative Sophie Corcoran 462 26.9 –13.3
Majority 794 46.2 +26.6
Turnout 1,741 23.8 –2.9
Registered electors 7,317
Labour hold Swing Increase13.3

Chafford & North Stifford

Chafford & North Stifford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vikki Hartstean 741 49.1 +18.2
Conservative Mark Coxshall* 639 42.3 –26.8
Reform UK Sue Truman 129 8.5 N/A
Majority 102 6.8 N/A
Turnout 1,514 27.1
Registered electors 5,581
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase22.5

Corringham & Fobbing

Corringham & Fobbing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Deborah Arnold 555 39.0 –31.3
Thurrock Ind. John Fox 545 38.3 N/A
Labour Ngozi Alike 324 22.8 –6.9
Majority 10 0.7 –39.9
Turnout 1,427 32.5
Registered electors 4,391
Conservative hold Swing N/A

East Tilbury

East Tilbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Fraser Massey* 980 74.9 N/A
Labour Alastair Craft 245 18.7 +2.0
Conservative Daryl Palmer 83 6.3 –36.5
Majority 735 56.2 N/A
Turnout 1,317 25.2
Registered electors 5,222
Independent hold Swing N/A

Grays Riverside

Grays Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Valerie Morris-Cook 1,191 75.5 +3.6
Conservative Emily Folorunsho 386 24.5 –3.6
Majority 805 51.0 +7.2
Turnout 1,590 19.4 –6.6
Registered electors 8,206
Labour hold Swing Increase3.6

Grays Thurrock

Grays Thurrock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Kent* 1,151 68.6 +0.5
Conservative Elizabeth Alo 343 20.5 –11.4
Reform UK Roy Grayson 183 10.9 N/A
Majority 808 48.1 +11.9
Turnout 1,691 25.5 –0.5
Registered electors 6,644
Labour hold Swing Increase6.0

Little Thurrock Rectory

Little Thurrock Rectory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Kelly* 580 39.7 –16.0
Labour Enayet Sarwar 550 37.6 –6.7
Thurrock Ind. Russell Cherry 332 22.7 N/A
Majority 30 2.1 –9.2
Turnout 1,467 32.3 +1.8
Registered electors 4,539
Conservative hold Swing Decrease4.7

Ockendon

Ockendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Jefferies* 1,014 48.3 –5.5
Labour Gary Watson 839 39.9 –6.3
Thurrock Ind. Ross Byrne 248 11.8 N/A
Majority 175 8.4 +0.8
Turnout 2,110 25.3 +1.9
Registered electors 8,333
Conservative hold Swing Increase0.6

Stanford East & Corringham Town

Stanford East & Corringham Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cecil 667 37.2 +7.7
Conservative Shane Ralph* 568 31.7 –14.7
Independent Roy Jones 559 31.2 N/A
Majority 99 5.5 N/A
Turnout 1,806 28.6 +0.4
Registered electors 6,317
Labour gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing Increase11.2

Stanford-le-Hope West

Stanford-le-Hope West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Neil Speight 643 38.1 N/A
Labour Philip Smith 532 31.6 +9.6
Conservative Shane Hebb* 511 30.3 –20.1
Majority 111 6.5 N/A
Turnout 1,691 30.5
Registered electors 5,537
Independent gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Stifford Clays

Stifford Clays
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Hooper 610 40.9 –6.1
Conservative Gavin Holland 476 31.9 –21.1
Thurrock Ind. Jennifer Smith* 340 22.8 N/A
Green Jack Beauchamp-Stansfield 64 4.3 N/A
Majority 134 9.0 N/A
Turnout 1,498 29.9 +1.2
Registered electors 5,006
Labour gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing Decrease7.5

The Homesteads

The Homesteads
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Thurrock Ind. Gary Byrne* 942 42.6 N/A
Conservative Shamim Miah 603 27.2 –38.7
Labour Tony Benson 544 24.6 –9.5
Reform UK Bill Poskitt 124 5.6 N/A
Majority 339 15.4 N/A
Turnout 2,229 35.0 +1.8
Registered electors 6,376
Thurrock Ind. hold Swing N/A

Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park

Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cici Manwa 486 45.0 +11.0
Independent Craig Austin 451 41.7 N/A
Conservative Allen Mayes* 144 13.3 –9.2
Majority 35 3.3 N/A
Turnout 1,083 22.4 –4.0
Registered electors 4,826
Labour gain from Thurrock Ind. Swing N/A

West Thurrock & South Stifford

West Thurrock & South Stifford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Aaron Green 1,098 58.9 +12.6
Conservative Tunde Ojetola 765 41.1 –12.6
Majority 333 17.8 N/A
Turnout 1,892 21.2 –3.5
Registered electors 8,908
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase12.6

Changes 2023–2024

Sue Sammons, elected as a Conservative, left the party in July 2023 to sit as an independent.[7]

The Thurrock Independents disbanded in July 2023, with their one remaining councillor, Gary Byrne, then becoming an independent.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Vote 2023". Thurrock Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Thurrock Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ Whitehouse, Ellis (5 May 2023). "Local Elections 2023: Thurrock Council leader loses seat as Conservatives take heavy losses". Essex Live. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Local elections 2023: The electorate have given us a beating - Tory MP". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  5. ^ "New Mayor and Leader". Thurrock Council. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Thurrock Council. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Bus decision is final straw for Tory councillor and she quits Tories". Nub News. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Thurrock Independents". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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