The 2021 Thurrock Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The previous election in the area was in 2019 and the next was in 2022.
The Conservatives won the popular vote by over 50% of total vote share, and took three seats the party had never won previously – Chadwell St Mary, Belhus and East Tilbury.
The overall turnout for the election was 27.34%.[1]
Results
edit2021 Thurrock Council election[2] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 13 | 6 | 76.5 | 16 | 29 | 59.2 | 15,533 | 53.2 | +21.5 | |
Labour | 4 | 23.5 | 12 | 16 | 32.7 | 9,704 | 33.2 | +1.6 | ||
Thurrock Ind. | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 6.1 | 2,435 | 8.3 | -20.7 | |
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 1,086 | 3.7 | -0.8 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 301 | 1.0 | +0.5 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 140 | 0.5 | New |
Wards
editAveley & Uplands
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Maureen Pearce | 1,137 | 66.3 | +45.1 | |
Labour | Srikanth Goud Panjala | 579 | 33.7 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 558 | 32.6 | |||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing |
Belhus
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Georgette Polley | 767 | 44.8 | +28.7 | |
Labour | Mohammed Aminul Hoque | 577 | 33.7 | -0.5 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Graham Lloyd Hamilton | 367 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing |
Chadwell St. Mary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Carter | 889 | 45.4 | +34.1 | |
Labour | Carl Anthony Graham Morris | 771 | 39.3 | -6.2 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Russell Peter Cherry | 300 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Chafford & North Stifford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Thandi | 1,031 | 69.1 | +23.8 | |
Labour | Mofeda Parvin Tuhin | 460 | 30.9 | +9.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Corringham & Fobbing
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Snell | 992 | 70.3 | +23.2 | |
Labour | John Cecil | 420 | 29.7 | +8.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
East Tilbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Sammons | 639 | 42.8 | -15.7 | |
Independent | Neil Speight | 605 | 40.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Jacqueline Dobson | 250 | 16.7 | -4.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing |
Grays Riverside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony William Fish | 917 | 51.3 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Adetobi Adewa-Faboro | 638 | 35.7 | +16.6 | |
Green | Daniel David Fallows | 234 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 279 | 12.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Grays Thurrock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John George Kent | 1,130 | 57.4 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Sophie Corcoran | 838 | 42.6 | +30.0 | |
Majority | 292 | 14.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Little Thurrock Blackshots
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joycelyn Redsell | 879 | 51.8 | +10.2 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Oliver Mark Smith | 398 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Marc John Francis Sugrue | 352 | 20.8 | +3.9 | |
Green | Manmagun Singh | 67 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ockendon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Luke Spillman | 1,213 | 55.2 | +26.8 | |
Labour | Ruth Clapham | 733 | 33.3 | +8.3 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Maurice Kelley | 252 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing |
Orsett
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Ann Morgan Little | 1,465 | 80.6 | +26.2 | |
Labour | Gary Watson | 236 | 13.0 | +0.0 | |
Independent | Stephen John Andrews | 117 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Chafford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Augustine Ononaji | 672 | 53.0 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Clifford John Holloway | 597 | 47.0 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 75 | 6.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Stanford East & Corringham Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jack Duffin | 1,153 | 61.2 | +11.3 | |
Labour | Valerie Morris-Cook | 412 | 21.9 | -5.7 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Olugbenga Olajugbagbe | 318 | 16.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing |
Stanford-le-Hope West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terry Piccolo | 784 | 50.4 | +7.6 | |
Thurrock Ind. | Ross James Byrne | 371 | 23.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Leslie James Strange | 342 | 22.0 | -5.4 | |
Reform UK | Dean Peter Braun | 58 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The Homesteads
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Collins | 1,426 | 59.9 | +21.4 | |
Labour | Mark Wayne Hurrell | 445 | 18.7 | -1.2 | |
Thurrock Ind. | John Robert Fox | 429 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Reform UK | William George Poskitt | 82 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tilbury St. Chads
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kairen Raper | 479 | 46.2 | +1.1 | |
Independent | John Arthur Allen | 364 | 35.1 | -12.8 | |
Conservative | Joseph Kaley | 193 | 18.6 | +11.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Labour gain from UKIP | Swing |
West Thurrock & South Stifford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lee Watson | 1,004 | 55.1 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Brian Seeger | 817 | 44.9 | +27.7 | |
Majority | 187 | 10.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |