2016 Thurrock Council election

Thurrock Council election, 2016[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 Graham Snell Rob Gledhill John Kent
Party UKIP Conservative Labour
Seats won 6 7 11
Seats after 17 17 14
Seat change Increase6 Steady Decrease1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 0
Seats after 1
Seat change Decrease2
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2016 Thurrock Council elections.
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

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.

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]

  1. ^ Thurrock Council website
  2. ^ "Elections 2016". Thurrock Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ^ Echo