2023 Thurrock Council election

2023 Thurrock Council election[1]
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16 out of 49 seats to Thurrock Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mark Coxshall John Kent
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Chafford & North Stifford
(lost re-election) 		Grays Thurrock
Last election 30 seats, 48.3% 14 seats, 47.9%
Seats before 29 14
Seats won 4 9
Seats after 26 19
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 5
Popular vote 8,490 11,833
Percentage 32.4% 45.1%
Swing Decrease 15.7% Decrease 3.0%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank
Leader N/A Gary Byrne
Party Independent Thurrock Ind.
Leader's seat N/A The Homesteads
Last election 1 seat, 2.2% 3 seats, 1.7%
Seats before 3 3
Seats won 2 1
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 4
Popular vote 2,633 2,706
Percentage 10.0% 10.3%
Swing Increase 7.8% Increase 8.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Thurrock Council election
Leader before election

Mark Coxshall
Conservative

Leader after election

Andrew Jefferies
Conservative

The 2023 Thurrock Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect a third of the members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The Conservatives narrowly retained their majority on the council at the election, but lost three seats compared to the position immediately before the election. The election was held in the context of the council having declared effective bankruptcy with debts of about £1.5 billion and a government-appointed commissioner having been installed to oversee the council's financial management. The Conservative leader of the council, Mark Coxshall, and the cabinet member for finance, Shane Hebb, were two of the three who lost their seats.[3][4] At the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023, Andrew Jefferies was appointed the new leader.[5]

  1. ^ "Vote 2023". Thurrock Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Thurrock Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ Whitehouse, Ellis (5 May 2023). "Local Elections 2023: Thurrock Council leader loses seat as Conservatives take heavy losses". Essex Live. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Local elections 2023: The electorate have given us a beating - Tory MP". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  5. ^ "New Mayor and Leader". Thurrock Council. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.