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{{Infobox election
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The '''2015 Thurrock Council election''' took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of [[Thurrock Council]] in England.<ref name="TEC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums |title=Upcoming elections & referendums |accessdate=5 April 2015 |work=The Electoral Commission | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums | archivedate= 15 March 2015 | deadurl= no}}</ref> This was on the same day as the general election and other [[United Kingdom local elections, 2015|local elections]]. Elections were held in 16 wards for seats that were last contested in 2011, to elect roughly one third of the council. The results meant that there continued to be no overall control of the council. The new administration will be determined at the Annual Meeting on 27 May.
| election_name = Thurrock Council election, 2015<ref>[https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/vote2015 Thurrock Council]</ref>
| country =
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = [[2014 Thurrock Council election]]
| previous_year = [[2014 Thurrock Council election|2014]]
| next_election = [[2016 Thurrock Council election]]
| next_year = [[2016 Thurrock Council election|2016]]
| seats_for_election = 16 of the 49 seats to [[Thurrock Council]]
| majority_seats = 25
| election_date = 7 May 2015


<!-- Labour -->
⚫
==Result==
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| seats1 = 4
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}5
| seats_after1 = 18


<!-- Conservative -->
The result of the election is as follows:
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| seats2 = 5
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}1
| seats_after2 = 17


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| party3 = UKIP
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| seats3 = 7
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| seat_change3 = {{increase}}7
| seats_after3 = 13


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| party4 = Independent (politician)
| seats4 = 0
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}1
| seats_after4 = 1

| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election = No overall control
| after_election = No overall control
}}

⚫
The '''2015 Thurrock Council election''' took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of [[Thurrock Council]] in England.<ref name="TEC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums |title=Upcoming elections & referendums |access-date=5 April 2015 |work=The Electoral Commission | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums | archive-date= 15 March 2015 | url-status= live}}</ref> This was on the same day as the general election and other [[2015 United Kingdom local elections|local elections]]. Elections were held in 16 wards for seats that were last contested in 2011, to elect roughly one third of the council.

Following the election, the Labour minority administration continued in government.
⚫
==Result==


{{Election Summary Begin|title = Thurrock Local Election Result 2015<ref>[https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/vote2015 Thurrock Council]</ref><ref>[https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/sites/default/files/assets/documents/election_20150507_0.pdf Election results]</ref>}}
{{Election Summary Begin|title = Thurrock Local Election Result 2015<ref>[https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/vote2015 Thurrock Council]</ref><ref>[https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/sites/default/files/assets/documents/election_20150507_0.pdf Election results]</ref>}}
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==Council Composition==
==Council Composition==
⚫
'''Prior to''' the election the composition of the council was:


{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
⚫
After the election the composition of the council was:
|+ ↓
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:#dc241f; width:46.9%;" | '''23'''
| style="background:#0087dc; width:36.7;" | '''18'''
| style="background:#70147A; width:12.2%;" | '''6'''
| style="background:grey; width:4.2%;" | '''2'''
|-
| <span style="color:#dc241f;">'''Labour'''</span>
| <span style="color:#0087dc;">'''Conservative'''</span>
| <span style="color:#70147A;">'''UKIP'''</span>
| <span style="color:gray;">'''I'''</span>
|}

'''After''' the election the composition of the council was:


{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
|+ ↓
|+ ↓
|- style="color:white;"
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:red; width:36.7%;" | '''18'''
| style="background:#dc241f; width:36.7%;" | '''18'''
| style="background:dodgerblue; width:34.7;" | '''17'''
| style="background:#0087dc; width:34.7;" | '''17'''
| style="background:purple; width:26.5%;" | '''13'''
| style="background:#70147A; width:26.5%;" | '''13'''
| style="background:grey; width:2.1%;" | '''1'''
| style="background:grey; width:2.1%;" | '''1'''
|-
|-
| <span style="color:;purple">'''Labour'''</span>
| <span style="color:#dc241f;">'''Labour'''</span>
| <span style="color:;dodgerblue">'''Conservative'''</span>
| <span style="color:#0087dc;">'''Conservative'''</span>
| <span style="color:;dodgerblue">'''UKIP'''</span>
| <span style="color:#70147A;">'''UKIP'''</span>
| <span style="color:gray;">'''Ind'''</span>
| <span style="color:gray;">'''I'''</span>
|}
|}

<span style="color:gray;">'''I - Independent'''</span>


==Results by ward==
==Results by ward==
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===Aveley & Uplands===
===Aveley & Uplands===
{{Election box begin | title=Aveley & Uplands}}
{{Election box begin | title=Aveley & Uplands}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = '''Peter Smith'''
|candidate = Peter Smith
|votes = 1,598
|votes = 1,598
|percentage = 40.1
|percentage = 40.1
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===Belhus===
===Belhus===
{{Election box begin | title=Belhus}}
{{Election box begin | title=Belhus}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = '''Graham Hamilton'''
|candidate = Graham Hamilton
|votes = 1,749
|votes = 1,749
|percentage = 44.3
|percentage = 44.3
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===Chadwell St. Mary===
===Chadwell St. Mary===
{{Election box begin | title=Chadwell St. Mary}}
{{Election box begin | title=Chadwell St. Mary}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = '''Russell Cherry'''
|candidate = Russell Cherry
|votes = 1,967
|votes = 1,967
|percentage = 44.2
|percentage = 44.2
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===Chafford & North Stifford===
===Chafford & North Stifford===
{{Election box begin | title=Chafford & North Stifford}}
{{Election box begin | title=Chafford & North Stifford}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = '''Mark Steven Coxshall'''
|candidate = Mark Steven Coxshall
|votes = 1,491
|votes = 1,491
|percentage = 42.0
|percentage = 42.0
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===Corringham & Fobbing===
===Corringham & Fobbing===
{{Election box begin | title=Corringham & Fobbing}}
{{Election box begin | title=Corringham & Fobbing}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = '''Deborah Carol Stewart'''
|candidate = Deborah Carol Stewart
|votes = 1,279
|votes = 1,279
|percentage = 41.3
|percentage = 41.3
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===East Tilbury===
===East Tilbury===
{{Election box begin | title=East Tilbury}}
{{Election box begin | title=East Tilbury}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = '''James Nicholas Baker'''
|candidate = James Nicholas Baker
|votes = 1,004
|votes = 1,004
|percentage = 33.7
|percentage = 33.7
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===Grays Riverside===
===Grays Riverside===
{{Election box begin | title=Grays Riverside}}
{{Election box begin | title=Grays Riverside}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = '''Jane Catherine Pothecary'''
|candidate = Jane Catherine Pothecary
|votes = 1,721
|votes = 1,721
|percentage = 42.0
|percentage = 42.0
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}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Barry Mulroue
|candidate = Kevin Barry Mulroue
|votes = 139
|votes = 139
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===Grays Thurrock===
===Grays Thurrock===
{{Election box begin | title=Grays Thurrock}}
{{Election box begin | title=Grays Thurrock}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = '''Catherine Angela Kent*'''
|candidate = Catherine Angela Kent*
|votes = 1,794
|votes = 1,794
|percentage = 43.5
|percentage = 43.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Michael Heaver
|candidate = [[Michael Heaver]]
|votes = 1,323
|votes = 1,323
|percentage = 32.0
|percentage = 32.0
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===Little Thurrock Rectory===
===Little Thurrock Rectory===
{{Election box begin | title=Little Thurrock Rectory}}
{{Election box begin | title=Little Thurrock Rectory}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = '''Thomas Anthony Kelly*'''
|candidate = Thomas Anthony Kelly*
|votes = 1,204
|votes = 1,204
|percentage = 38.6
|percentage = 38.6
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===Ockendon===
===Ockendon===
{{Election box begin | title=Ockendon}}
{{Election box begin | title=Ockendon}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = '''Kevin Wheeler'''
|candidate = Kevin Wheeler
|votes = 1,991
|votes = 1,991
|percentage = 44.1
|percentage = 44.1
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===Stanford East & Corringham Town===
===Stanford East & Corringham Town===
{{Election box begin | title=Stanford East & Corringham Town}}
{{Election box begin | title=Stanford East & Corringham Town}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = '''Roy Robert Jones'''
|candidate = Colin Churchman
|votes = 1,653
|votes = 1,653
|percentage = 40.5
|percentage = 40.5
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===Stanford-Le-Hope West===
===Stanford-Le-Hope West===
{{Election box begin | title=Stanford-Le-Hope West}}
{{Election box begin | title=Stanford-Le-Hope West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = '''Shane Steven Hebb*'''
|candidate = Shane Steven Hebb*
|votes = 1,308
|votes = 1,308
|percentage = 42.9
|percentage = 42.9
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===Stifford Clays===
===Stifford Clays===
{{Election box begin | title=Stifford Clays}}
{{Election box begin | title=Stifford Clays}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = '''Leslie Gamester'''
|candidate = Leslie Gamester
|votes = 1,452
|votes = 1,452
|percentage = 41.6
|percentage = 41.6
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===The Homesteads===
===The Homesteads===
{{Election box begin | title=The Homesteads}}
{{Election box begin | title=The Homesteads}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = '''Pauline Maria Tolson*'''
|candidate = Pauline Maria Tolson*
|votes = 1,967
|votes = 1,967
|percentage = 42.4
|percentage = 42.4
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===Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park===
===Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park===
{{Election box begin | title=Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park}}
{{Election box begin | title=Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = '''Clare Esther Baldwin*'''
|candidate = Clare Esther Baldwin*
|votes = 1,032
|votes = 1,032
|percentage = 40.7
|percentage = 40.7
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===West Thurrock & South Stifford===
===West Thurrock & South Stifford===
{{Election box begin | title=West Thurrock & South Stifford}}
{{Election box begin | title=West Thurrock & South Stifford}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = '''Victoria Claire Holloway*'''
|candidate = Victoria Claire Holloway*
|votes = 2,009
|votes = 2,009
|percentage = 45.9
|percentage = 45.9
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{{Essex elections}}
{{Essex elections}}


[[Category:English local elections, 2015]]
[[Category:2015 English local elections|Thurrock]]
[[Category:Thurrock Council elections|2015]]
[[Category:Thurrock Council elections|2015]]
[[Category:21st century in Essex]]
[[Category:2010s in Essex]]

Latest revision as of 21:14, 16 January 2024

Thurrock Council election, 2015[1]
← 2014 7 May 2015 2016 →
16 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative UKIP
Seats won 4 5 7
Seats after 18 17 13
Seat change Decrease5 Decrease1 Increase7
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 0
Seats after 1
Seat change Decrease1
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

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.

Following the election, the Labour minority administration continued in government.

Result

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Thurrock Local Election Result 2015[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  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

Council Composition

[edit]

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

Results by ward

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Each of the 16 wards elected one councillor for this election. Incumbent councillors are marked by an asterisk.

Aveley & Uplands

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Aveley & Uplands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Belhus
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Graham Hamilton 1,749 44.3 +29.3
Labour Charles John Curtis* 1,366 34.6 −17.1
Conservative John Frederick Biddall 833 21.1 +1.5
Majority 383 9.7
Turnout 3,948 57.5 +26.9
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Chadwell St. Mary

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Chadwell St. Mary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Russell Cherry 1,967 44.2 +32.3
Labour Susan Joyce Shinnick 1,518 34.1 −19.2
Conservative Lee Dove 968 21.7 −2.0
Majority 449 10.1
Turnout 4,453 62.3 +31.3
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Chafford & North Stifford

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Chafford & North Stifford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Corringham & Fobbing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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East Tilbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Grays Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Grays Thurrock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Little Thurrock Rectory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Ockendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Kevin Wheeler 1,991 44.1 +35.6
Conservative Benjamin Robert Gadsby 1,297 28.8 −9.5
Labour Anthony William Fish 1,224 27.1 −14.5
Majority 694 15.3
Turnout 4,512 64.4 +25.5
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Stanford East & Corringham Town

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Stanford East & Corringham Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Stanford-Le-Hope West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

[edit]
Stifford Clays
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Leslie Gamester 1,452 41.6 +17.1
Labour Eleanor Lowe 1,075 30.8 −14.3
Conservative Michelle Ditol Macadangdang 962 27.6 +0.7
Majority 377 10.8
Turnout 3,489 68.7 +28.3
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

The Homesteads

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The Homesteads
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clare Esther Baldwin* 1,032 40.7 −9.0
UKIP Charlotte Compton 1,027 40.5 N/A
Conservative Scott James Benton 477 18.8 +7.0
Majority 5 0.2
Turnout 2,536 58.4 +28.1
Labour hold Swing

West Thurrock & South Stifford

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West Thurrock & South Stifford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Victoria Claire Holloway* 2,009 45.9 −5.7
UKIP Sarah Curtis 1,237 28.9 N/A
Conservative John Francis Rowles 1,034 24.2 −7.7
Majority 772 18.0
Turnout 4,280 56.0 27.5
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Thurrock Council
  2. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  3. ^ Thurrock Council
  4. ^ Election results
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