The 2016 Thurrock Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of

Thurrock Council Thurrock Borough Council, usually known as simply Thurrock Council, is the local authority for the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. Since 1997, Thurrock has been a unitary authority, combining the functions of a non-metropolitan county wit ...

in England. This was on the same day as other

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. 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.

Results Summary

Overall results

At the previous election the composition of the council was: After the election the composition of the council was: I - Independent

Ward results

Aveley & Uplands

Belhus

Chadwell St Mary

Chafford & North Stifford

Corringham & Fobbing

East Tilbury

Grays Riverside

Grays Thurrock

Little Thurrock Blackshots

Ockendon

Orsett

South Chafford

Stanford East & Corringham Town

Stanford-le-Hope West

The Homesteads

Tilbury St Chads

West Thurrock & South Stifford

Subsequent changes between 2016 and 2018 elections

All 17 UKIP councillors left the party in January 2018 to form

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 ...

References

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2010s in Essex