2018 Thurrock Council election

2018 Thurrock Council election
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16 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Rob Gledhill Oliver Gerrish Graham Snell
Party Conservative Labour Thurrock Ind.
Leader's seat Little Thurrock Rectory West Thurrock & South Stifford Stifford Clays (lost re-election)
Seats before 19 14 16
Seats won 6 9 1
Seats after 20 17 12
Seat change Increase1 Increase3 Decrease4
Map showing the results of the 2018 Thurrock Council election
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

The 2018 Thurrock Council elections took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England.[1] Councillors in 16 out of the 20 electoral wards were to be up for election.[2] The council remained under no overall control, with a minority Conservative administration running the council.[3]

On 26 January 2018, all sitting UKIP councillors resigned from the party and formed a new opposition group called Thurrock Independents.[4]

On 13 March 2018, Basildon UKIP announced that they had taken over responsibility for the 6 East Thurrock wards and are now called UKIP Basildon and Thurrock Branch.[5]

Before the elections, there was a by-election held in Ockendon which resulted in a Conservative gain after a tie and drawing of lots.[6]

  1. ^ "Current councillors | Thurrock Council". www.thurrock.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Order of retirement of Thurrock Councillors" (PDF). Thurrock Council. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Conservatives seize power at Thurrock Council after knife-edge vote with Ukip". Thurrock Gazette.
  4. ^ "Thurrock's 17 UKIP councillors all resign from party". Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. ^ "LOCAL ELECTIONS: Basildon & Thurrock Firing On All Cylinders | Kipper Central".
  6. ^ "Ockendon by-election: winner pulled out of a box in tiebreaker result". Thurrock Gazette.