2016_Thurrock_Council_election

2016 Thurrock Council election

2016 Thurrock Council election

2016 UK local government 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.

Quick Facts 17 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council 25 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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

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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

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Belhus

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Chadwell St Mary

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Chafford & North Stifford

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Corringham & Fobbing

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East Tilbury

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Grays Riverside

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Grays Thurrock

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Little Thurrock Blackshots

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Ockendon

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Orsett

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South Chafford

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Stanford East & Corringham Town

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Stanford-le-Hope West

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The Homesteads

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Tilbury St Chads

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West Thurrock & South Stifford

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Subsequent changes between 2016 and 2018 elections

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


References

  1. "Elections 2016". Thurrock Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

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