The 2023 Thurrock Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect a third of the members of

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, England. 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

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, Mark Coxshall, and the cabinet member for finance, Shane Hebb, were two of the three who lost their seats. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023, Andrew Jefferies was appointed the new leader.

Summary

Election result

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Thurrock Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023. Seat changes are relative to the 2019 election and do not take into account any interim by-elections or defections. Vote share changes are relative to the last time the seat was up for election.

Aveley & Uplands

Belhus

Chadwell St. Mary

Chafford & North Stifford

Corringham & Fobbing

East Tilbury

Grays Riverside

Grays Thurrock

Little Thurrock Rectory

Ockendon

Stanford East & Corringham Town

Stanford-le-Hope West

Stifford Clays

The Homesteads

Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park

West Thurrock & South Stifford

Changes 2023–2024

Sue Sammons, elected as a Conservative, left the party in July 2023 to sit as an independent. The

Thurrock Independents The Thurrock Independents, also known as the Thurrock Independents Party (TIP), are a localist and populist British political party based in Thurrock, Essex, England. It was formed in January 2018 when seventeen Thurrock councillors, including ...

disbanded in July 2023, with their one remaining councillor, Gary Byrne, then becoming an independent.

References

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