Constituency profile

Thurrock

East of England · Borough constituency · Thurrock borough

Jen Craft MP
Sitting MP

Jen Craft

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East of England
Borough constituency, Thurrock council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
70.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +18.4pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +16.6pp
Vulnerability score 10/10 (Labour projected to lose)
SouthernStrong Leave areaDiverse

About the Thurrock constituency

Thurrock is a borough constituency in the East of England. The sitting MP is Jen Craft (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 42.7% to 25.5% for Reform UK, a majority of 6,474 votes on a 51.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 46.9% and Labour on 30.3%, a margin of 16.6 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Thurrock? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
70.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
28.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
21.1%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
59.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
40.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
35.5
UK median ~40
Age 65+
14.2%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
34.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Thurrock vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 6,474 votes (17.2pp) · turnout 51.2%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Thurrock

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Thurrock within Thurrock

Thurrock sits entirely within Thurrock Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Thurrock
66 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Aveley and UplandsLabour 38.3%vs Conservative 25.4%2024 Labour 63.1%vs Conservative 36.9%-25.7%
BelhusLabour 43.5%vs Reform 25.8%May 2026 Reform 57.1%vs Labour 22.1%
Labour→Reform
+26.3pp
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Chafford and North StiffordLabour 40.4%vs Conservative 25.7%2024 Labour 48.6%vs Conservative 34.3%-31.1%
Grays RiversideLabour 46.5%vs Reform 26.8%May 2026 Reform 34.3%vs Green 29.0%
Labour→Reform
+13.7pp
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Grays ThurrockLabour 48.5%vs Reform 22.6%2024 Labour 77.8%vs Conservative 22.2%-27.3%
Little Thurrock BlackshotsLabour 38.5%vs Conservative 27.6%May 2026 Reform 51.6%vs Conservative 22.6%
Labour→Reform
+23.2pp
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Little Thurrock RectoryLabour 37.9%vs Conservative 28.0%May 2026 Reform 51.8%vs Labour 23.0%
Labour→Reform
+21.5pp
-
OckendonLabour 39.8%vs Reform 27.5%May 2026 Reform 55.0%vs Labour 19.7%
Labour→Reform
+23.8pp
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South ChaffordLabour 45.7%vs Reform 23.8%2024 Labour 56.4%vs Conservative 32.0%-26.2%
Stifford ClaysLabour 42.1%vs Conservative 25.1%2023 Labour 40.9%vs Conservative 31.9%-29.8%
Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock ParkLabour 43.3%vs Reform 29.7%2023 Labour 45.0%vs Independent 41.7%-22.4%
Tilbury St ChadsLabour 46.8%vs Reform 27.0%May 2026 Reform 54.6%vs Labour 31.4%
Labour→Reform
+21.5pp
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West Thurrock and South StiffordLabour 44.5%vs Reform 27.1%May 2026 Conservative 39.1%vs Reform 29.2%
Labour→Conservative
+21.4pp
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Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Thurrock at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Thurrock at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con gain from LabJackie Doyle-Price36.6%36.8%10.7%7.4% UKIP-8.5%9258.9%
2015Con holdJackie Doyle-Price32.6%33.7%1.3%31.7% UKIP-0.7%53663.9%+5.0
2017Con holdJackie Doyle-Price38.8%39.5%1.6%20.1% UKIP--34564.4%+0.5
2019notionalConservative winnerJacqueline Doyle-Price 2019 MP, pre-review boundary32.9%59.9%3.1%-1.7%2.4%11,96260.5%-3.9
2024Lab gain from ConJen Craft42.7%21.3%3.1%25.5% Ref4.3%3.0%6,47451.2%-9.3

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Thurrock

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Thurrock. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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