2022 Thurrock Council election

2022 Thurrock Council election[1][2]
← 2021 5 May 2022 2023 →
16 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout26.41%[5] (Decrease0.93%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Rob Gledhill John Kent[a] Gary Byrne[b]
Party Conservative Labour Thurrock Ind.
Leader's seat Little Thurrock Rectory Grays Thurrock Ockendon
Seats before 30 15 3
Seats won 9 6 0
Seats after 30 14 3
Seat change Steady0 Decrease1 Steady0
  Fourth party
 
Ind
Leader None
Party Independent
Seats before 1
Seats won 1
Seats after 2
Seat change Increase1
Map of the election results with each ward representing a seat. Uncontested wards/seats are shown in white
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2022 Thurrock Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect a third of the members of Thurrock Council in England.[6] Sixteen of the council's 49 seats were contested in sixteen of Thurrock's twenty electoral wards.[7][1] There are two or three seats in each ward depending on its population.[8] This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

The Conservatives won the popular vote by 91 votes and retained their thirty-seat majority in the council while Labour came out with fourteen seats, the lowest amount they have ever held on the council.[5] The average turnout for the election was 26.41% per ward, meaning that one in four of all of Thurrock's eligible voters had participated.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Vote 2022 Local election results". Thurrock Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Thurrock 2022 local election results announced". Thurrock Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Thurrock Labour Councillors". Thurrock Labour. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Thurrock Independents". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "A good night for Thurrock Tories as Labour take a bruising and slip to new low". Thurrock Nub News. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Election dates | Elections and election results". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :results was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Wards | Wards and polling stations". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 11 June 2022.


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