2012 Thurrock Council election

The 2012 Thurrock Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Thurrock Borough Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

Thurrock Council election, 2014[1]
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17 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Kent Phil Anderson Robert Ray
Party Labour Conservative UKIP
Seats won 8 7 1
Seats after 25 21 1
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1 Increase1

  Fourth party
 
Leader Barry Palmer
Party Independent
Seats won 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Increase1

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Labour

The result[3] was:

  • Labour 25 (+1) (39% of vote)
  • Conservative 21 (-1) (30%)
  • Independent 2 ( 7%)
  • UKIP 1 (+1) (18%)
  • LibDem 0 ( 4%)
  • other 0 ( 2%)
  • vacant 0 (-1)

The Labour party took overall control (previously NOC with Labour administration).

References

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  1. ^ "Thurrock Council". Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Thurrock Council". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.