2015_Thurrock_Council_election
2015 Thurrock Council election
2015 UK local government election
The 2015 Thurrock Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as the general election and other local elections. Elections were held in 16 wards for seats that were last contested in 2011, to elect roughly one third of the council.
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Following the election, the Labour minority administration continued in government.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UKIP | 7 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 43.8 | 35.8 | 21,735 | ||
Conservative | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 31.2 | 29.3 | 17,823 | ||
Labour | 4 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 25 | 32.1 | 19,524 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 139 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2.5 | 1541 | ||
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
23 | 18 | 6 | 2 |
Labour | Conservative | UKIP | I |
After the election the composition of the council was:
18 | 17 | 13 | 1 |
Labour | Conservative | UKIP | I |
I - Independent
Each of the 16 wards elected one councillor for this election. Incumbent councillors are marked by an asterisk.
Aveley & Uplands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | Peter Smith | 1,598 | 40.1 | +16.6 | |
Conservative | Teresa Dawn Webster | 1,120 | 28.1 | +0.2 | |
Labour | John O'Regan | 896 | 22.5 | +0.4 | |
Independent | John Livermore | 373 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 478 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,987 | 61.0 | +25.8 | ||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Belhus
Chadwell St. Mary
Chafford & North Stifford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Steven Coxshall | 1,491 | 42.0 | -13.2 | |
Labour | Michael Bullion | 1,096 | 30.9 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | James Mower | 960 | 27.1 | +19.4 | |
Majority | 395 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,547 | 65.9 | +36.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Coxshall previously served as Councillor for the Corringham & Fobbing ward from 2011-2015.
Corringham & Fobbing
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Deborah Carol Stewart | 1,279 | 41.3 | -5.3 | |
UKIP | Clive Herbert Broad | 1,078 | 34.8 | +20.0 | |
Labour | Theresa Wodehouse | 741 | 23.9 | -10.2 | |
Majority | 201 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,098 | 71.0 | +27.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
East Tilbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | James Nicholas Baker | 1,004 | 33.7 | +27.4 | |
Independent | John Ronald Purkiss* | 951 | 31.9 | -25.8 | |
Labour | Dorothy Millicent Turner | 529 | 17.8 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | Steven Ronnie Scott Cole | 496 | 16.6 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 53 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,980 | 64.0 | +30.4 | ||
UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Grays Riverside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jane Catherine Pothecary | 1,721 | 42.0 | -10.8 | |
UKIP | Daniel Jukes | 1,226 | 29.9 | +23.6 | |
Conservative | Jack Edwin Barnes | 1,012 | 24.7 | -1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Barry Mulroue | 139 | 3.4 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 495 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,098 | 55.0 | +27.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Grays Thurrock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Catherine Angela Kent* | 1,794 | 43.5 | -9.3 | |
UKIP | Michael Heaver | 1,323 | 32.0 | +23.8 | |
Conservative | Adam Carter | 1,013 | 24.5 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 471 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,130 | 65.0 | +28.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Little Thurrock Rectory
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Anthony Kelly* | 1,204 | 38.6 | -8.3 | |
UKIP | Michael Wager | 1,078 | 34.6 | +22.8 | |
Labour | Vincent William Offord | 837 | 26.8 | -11.4 | |
Majority | 126 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,119 | 68.7 | +13.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Ockendon
Stanford East & Corringham Town
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | Colin Churchman | 1,653 | 40.5 | +22.0 | |
Conservative | Gary Allen Collins | 1,362 | 33.3 | -3.5 | |
Labour | Philip George Smith* | 1,072 | 26.2 | -15.8 | |
Majority | 291 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,087 | 63.6 | +22.7 | ||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Stanford-Le-Hope West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Shane Steven Hebb* | 1,308 | 42.9 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Alan David Broad | 946 | 31.1 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Vine | 791 | 26.0 | -9.9 | |
Majority | 362 | 11.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,045 | 65.9 | +26.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Stifford Clays
The Homesteads
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Pauline Maria Tolson* | 1,967 | 42.4 | -0.8 | |
UKIP | Stephen John Andrews | 1,446 | 31.1 | +15.0 | |
Labour | Linda Kathleen Hall | 1,013 | 21.8 | -13.3 | |
Independent | Gary James Byrne | 217 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 521 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,643 | 71.0 | 25.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park
West Thurrock & South Stifford
- "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.