Thurrock Council - Wards and Councillors

Unitary authority · East of England · 49 seats in 20 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 2 May 2030

Reform UK have a majority on Thurrock Council. The council has 49 councillors in 20 wards. Seats by party: Reform 43, Labour 4, Conservative 2. The next election is on 2 May 2030.

The government withdrew its plan to reorganise councils in Greater Essex on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

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Seats by party

Reform UK (Majority)

49 seats - 25 for a majority

Reform 43Labour 4Conservative 2

Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election Labour +2 Reform −2

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (49 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Reform44.0%45

Labour21.0%2

Green13.8%0

Conservative13.6%2

Other6.9%0

Lib Dem0.7%0

2026 election results for Thurrock, ward by ward

Next election

2 May 2030

all 49 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Reform 43

majority of 37; 25 needed

Closest result

Grays Riverside

Reform won the last seat by 17 votes over Green, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Grays Town

Labour gain from Reform, 23 July 2026 (3 since 2021)

Constituencies

2 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

72%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeReform

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 20 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Aveley Chris Irvine, George Monk, Aiden Prince	7 May 2026 Reform 45.7% lead 17.4 pts
Belhus Linda Benson, Bogdan Enache, Tom Kelly	7 May 2026 Reform 45.2% lead 26.1 pts
Chadwell St Mary Jack Fuller, Matt Lake, James Mackintosh	7 May 2026 Reform 52.3% lead 28.4 pts
Chafford Hundred East Peggy Davies, Stephen Davies	7 May 2026 Reform 35.2% lead 5.1 pts
Chafford Hundred West Oscar Ellis, Sue Shinnick	7 May 2026 Labour 30.2% lead 1.1 pts
Corringham & Fobbing Holly Bennett, Ian Croom, Sara Poyntz	7 May 2026 Reform 59.5% lead 42.8 pts
East Tilbury, Linford & West Tilbury Michelle Burton, Kevin Lawrence	7 May 2026 Reform 52.8% lead 38.2 pts
Grays Riverside Darren Dennis, Catalin-Daniel Farcas, Jo Potter	7 May 2026 Reform 33.2% lead 3.8 pts
Grays Town Milena Bingley, Michael Shakespeare, Amin Hoque	7 May 2026 Reform 34.8% lead 3.1 pts
Little Thurrock Blackshots Robert Willoughby, Steven Pester	7 May 2026 Reform 46.6% lead 25.0 pts
Little Thurrock Rectory Marion Cherry, Eddie Stringer	7 May 2026 Reform 47.3% lead 26.6 pts
Ockendon Jay Varley, Russell Cherry, Alan Benson	7 May 2026 Reform 46.6% lead 27.7 pts
Orsett, Horndon & Bulphan Steve Taylor, Bill Cook	7 May 2026 Reform 50.5% lead 31.4 pts
Purfleet-on-Thames Aaron Green, Michelle Heal	7 May 2026 Labour 35.1% lead 2.7 pts
Stanford-le-Hope South Alex Anderson, James Poyntz, Mark Turner	7 May 2026 Reform 42.3% lead 13.2 pts
Stifford Bill Mumford, Richard Bingley	7 May 2026 Reform 50.0% lead 24.2 pts
The Homesteads & Stanford-le-Hope North Pam McCabe, Joanne Quirk, James Scarsbrook	7 May 2026 Reform 39.2% lead 10.9 pts
Tilbury Riverside David Hollenbach, Harley Pyman-Brickwood	7 May 2026 Reform 43.7% lead 10.4 pts
Tilbury St Chads Shirley Bartlett, Bailey Scott	7 May 2026 Reform 50.8% lead 21.1 pts
West Thurrock & South Stifford Qaisar Abbas, Elena Pelin	7 May 2026 Conservative 38.4% lead 12.9 pts

Aveley

Aiden Prince ReformChris Irvine ReformGeorge Monk Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform45.7%

Labour28.3%

Green13.8%

Conservative12.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chris Irvine Elected	Reform	1,189
George Monk Elected	Reform	1,154
Aiden Prince Elected	Reform	1,110
Cathy Sisterson	Labour	737
Srikanth Panjala	Labour	634
Amin Hoque	Labour	588
Ollie Beck	Green	359
Colin Leslie Adams	Conservative	318
Maureen Carol Pearce	Conservative	315
Anthony John Coyle	Conservative	288

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Belhus

Bogdan Enache ReformLinda Benson ReformTom Kelly Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform45.2%

Labour19.1%

Independent13.4%

Green13.2%

Conservative9.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Linda Benson Elected	Reform	1,338
Tom Kelly Elected	Reform	1,287
Bogdan Enache Elected	Reform	1,190
Benjamin Agyemang	Labour	565
Fahima Danishmal	Labour	495
Lalitha Panjala	Labour	437
Sophie Corcoran	Independent	396
Geraldine Jane Roche	Green	390
Rosalyn Joyce Jenkins	Conservative	269
Oluwatoyin Imole-Sontan	Conservative	197
Shamim Miah	Conservative	153

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Chadwell St Mary

Jack Fuller ReformJames Mackintosh ReformMatt Lake Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform52.3%

Labour23.9%

Green13.0%

Conservative10.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jack Thomas Wilfred Fuller Elected	Reform	1,358
Matt Lake Elected	Reform	1,348
James William MacKintosh Elected	Reform	1,298
Daniel Chukwu	Labour	622
Jo Potter	Labour	588
Ngozi Christa Alike	Labour	579
Yogesh Jagdish Taylor	Green	337
Melissa Perry	Conservative	282
Abbie Akinbohun	Conservative	258
Elizabeth Onibokun	Conservative	250

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Chafford Hundred East

Peggy Davies ReformStephen Davies Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform35.2%

Labour30.1%

Conservative19.5%

Green15.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Peggy Davies Elected	Reform	739
Stephen Davies Elected	Reform	726
Vikki Hartstean	Labour	631
Julie Eke-Lawrence	Labour	538
Adam Carter	Conservative	410
Peter David Eates	Conservative	359
Jessica Bartlett-Hyde	Green	318

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Chafford Hundred West

Oscar Ellis ReformSue Shinnick Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour30.2%

Reform29.1%

Conservative21.3%

Green19.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sue Shinnick Elected	Labour	536
Oscar Ellis Elected	Reform	516
Jason Mitchell	Reform	480
Gary Watson	Labour	426
Tunde Ojetola	Conservative	377
Caitlin Fallows	Green	344
Wilmer Luna	Conservative	279

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Corringham & Fobbing

Holly Bennett ReformIan Croom ReformSara Poyntz Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform59.5%

Labour16.7%

Conservative13.8%

Green10.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Holly Eleanor Bennett Elected	Reform	2,226
Ian Croom Elected	Reform	2,174
Sara Lisa Poyntz Elected	Reform	2,036
John Cecil	Labour	624
Anita Nuss	Labour	526
Shane Ralph	Conservative	517
Kamlesh Rani Kumar	Labour	442
Sam Flatt	Conservative	418
Gbenga Olajugbagbe	Green	374
Jimmy Thandi	Conservative	307

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

East Tilbury, Linford & West Tilbury

Kevin Lawrence ReformMichelle Burton Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform52.8%

Green14.6%

Labour14.4%

Lib Dem9.4%

Conservative8.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Michelle Louise Burton Elected	Reform	1,073
Kevin Eric Lawrence Elected	Reform	973
Sandra Anne Elliott	Green	297
Adam Breese	Labour	293
Alastair Michael Craft	Labour	273
Jon Bowler	Lib Dem	192
Lesley Maney	Conservative	179
Alan Reilly	Conservative	123

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Grays Riverside

Catalin-Daniel Farcas ReformDarren Dennis ReformJo Potter Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform33.2%

Green29.4%

Labour26.4%

Conservative11.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Darren Dennis Elected	Reform	716
Joe Soper Elected	Reform	657
Catalin-Daniel Farcas Elected	Reform	650
Chloe Anderson	Green	633
Funmi Ademilua	Labour	569
Kimberley Zoe Dennis	Green	562
Tony Fish	Labour	520
Paul Ryan Parfitt	Green	516
Mark Wayne Hurrell	Labour	482
Claudia Luna	Conservative	238
Rakhi Rashmi	Conservative	186
Adeleke Abidemi Taiwo	Conservative	174

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 23 July 2026

Labour30.2%

Reform28.1%

Green27.5%

Conservative14.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jo Potter Elected	Labour	389	30.2%
Jason Mitchell	Reform	362	28.1%
Pauline Weir	Green	354	27.5%
Srikanth Panjala	Conservative	182	14.1%

Grays Town

Amin Hoque LabourMichael Shakespeare ReformMilena Bingley Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform34.8%

Labour31.7%

Green16.1%

Conservative11.0%

Lib Dem6.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Milena Bingley Elected	Reform	1,004
Michael Kevin Shakespeare Elected	Reform	998
Marc Stanley Elected	Reform	970
Lynda Hilary Heath	Labour	915
Lynn Worrall	Labour	895
Cici Manwa	Labour	770
Zoe Anne Duran	Green	464
Howard James Simmons	Green	400
Michael Okon Antai	Conservative	317
Gurkiran Kaur Maan	Conservative	277
Harold Ogunfemi	Conservative	232
Simon Lancaster	Lib Dem	183

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 23 July 2026

Labour37.0%

Reform27.0%

Independent12.9%

Conservative12.3%

Green8.8%

Lib Dem1.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Amin Hoque Elected	Labour	673	37.0%
John Charles Pearson	Reform	491	27.0%
Neil Speight	Independent	235	12.9%
Joglur Rahman	Conservative	224	12.3%
Rhea Sylvia Nathan	Green	160	8.8%
Simon Lancaster	Lib Dem	34	1.9%

Little Thurrock Blackshots

Robert Willoughby ReformSteven Pester Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform46.6%

Conservative21.6%

Labour19.0%

Green12.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Steven Pester Elected	Reform	1,242
Robert Percy Willoughby Elected	Reform	1,205
Lizzie Rigby	Conservative	575
Mike Fletcher	Labour	505
Joglur Rahman	Conservative	499
Abidemi Agidee-Adekunle	Labour	375
Laura Perrett	Green	341

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Little Thurrock Rectory

Eddie Stringer ReformMarion Cherry Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform47.3%

Labour20.7%

Conservative14.1%

Green12.4%

Independent5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Marion Cherry Elected	Reform	1,016
Eddie Stringer Elected	Reform	967
Marcel Abaneke	Labour	444
Sanjit Das	Labour	437
Allen Mayes	Conservative	304
David Morgan	Conservative	273
Davina Ann Wager	Green	266
Jay Hayers	Independent	119

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Ockendon

Alan Benson ReformJay Varley ReformRussell Cherry Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform46.6%

Labour18.9%

Conservative15.7%

Green14.5%

Independent4.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alan Benson Elected	Reform	1,500
Russ Cherry Elected	Reform	1,473
Jay Daniel Varley Elected	Reform	1,324
Jayden O'Brien	Labour	607
Peter Singh	Labour	521
Sue Johnson	Conservative	506
Rory Hildick	Green	468
Leo Roderick Dredge	Conservative	442
Graham Snell	Conservative	421
Prince Samuel Tico Ogbomoh	Labour	410
Kameel Mohammed	Independent	138

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Orsett, Horndon & Bulphan

Bill Cook ReformSteve Taylor Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform50.5%

Conservative19.1%

Independent13.7%

Labour8.5%

Green8.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bill Cook Elected	Reform	1,451
Steve Taylor Elected	Reform	1,411
David Day	Conservative	550
Barry William Johnson	Conservative	510
Jack Speight	Independent	394
Martin Christopher Kerin	Labour	244
Daniel David Fallows	Green	234
Carlos Diaz	Labour	231

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Purfleet-on-Thames

Aaron Green LabourMichelle Heal Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour35.1%

Reform32.4%

Green19.8%

Conservative12.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Aaron James Green Elected	Labour	515
Michelle Louise Heal Elected	Reform	475
Danny Reynolds	Reform	458
Lee Watson	Labour	451
David John Beesley	Green	290
Angela Bolesworth	Conservative	187
Cornell Olive Heiser	Conservative	158

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stanford-le-Hope South

Alex Anderson ReformJames Poyntz ReformMark Turner Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform42.3%

Independent29.1%

Green11.2%

Labour10.9%

Conservative6.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alex Anderson Elected	Reform	1,864
Mark Turner Elected	Reform	1,658
James Richard Poyntz Elected	Reform	1,592
Neil Speight	Independent	1,283
Michelle Brownscombe-Adu	Green	494
Teresa O'Keeffe	Labour	482
Steven James Woolrich	Green	466
Phil Smith	Labour	434
Suraj Lohia	Labour	384
Mitchell Uncle	Conservative	287
Andrea Ekong	Conservative	277
Bunmi Ojetola	Conservative	206

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stifford

Bill Mumford ReformRichard Bingley Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform50.0%

Labour25.8%

Conservative13.5%

Green10.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Richard Bingley Elected	Reform	1,115
Bill Mumford Elected	Reform	1,112
Mark Anthony Hooper	Labour	576
Sam Thomas	Labour	329
Alex Howell	Conservative	301
Joy Redsell	Conservative	283
Kevin Rankin	Green	238

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

The Homesteads & Stanford-le-Hope North

James Scarsbrook ReformJoanne Quirk ReformPam McCabe Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform39.2%

Independent28.3%

Labour11.3%

Green11.1%

Conservative10.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pam McCabe Elected	Reform	1,580
Joanne Lisa Quirk Elected	Reform	1,566
James Peter Scarsbrook Elected	Reform	1,438
Gary James Byrne	Independent	1,143
Gena Lynn White	Labour	457
Eric Alfred Bevan	Green	449
Gary Collins	Conservative	404
Mark Bland Kimpton	Labour	365
Esther Ajilore	Conservative	350
Brian Whiten	Labour	325
Hanna Uwakwe-Mangse	Conservative	284

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Tilbury Riverside

David Hollenbach ReformHarley Pyman-Brickwood Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform43.7%

Labour33.3%

Green16.7%

Conservative6.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
David Hollenbach Elected	Reform	613
Harley Pyman-Brickwood Elected	Reform	539
Christina Dallyn	Labour	467
Mina Begum Hoque	Labour	398
Emmanuel Andrews	Green	235
Michelle MacAdangdang	Conservative	88
Dennis Maney	Conservative	85

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Tilbury St Chads

Bailey Scott ReformShirley Bartlett Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform50.8%

Labour29.7%

Green12.8%

Conservative6.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shirley Bartlett Elected	Reform	703
Bailey Terry Scott Elected	Reform	675
Clare Baldwin	Labour	412
Steve Liddiard	Labour	381
Alfie Jay Rees	Green	177
Ben Maney	Conservative	93
Devante Likando	Conservative	81

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

West Thurrock & South Stifford

Elena Pelin ConservativeQaisar Abbas Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative38.4%

Reform25.5%

Labour21.3%

Green14.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Qaisar Abbas Elected	Conservative	669
Elena Pelin Elected	Conservative	499
John Charles Pearson	Reform	445
Vincent Ronald Hamish Bye	Reform	426
Shalini Bhatt	Labour	372
Ron Green	Labour	318
Chris Gilbody	Green	257

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

3 by-elections since July 2021, 3 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
23 July 2026	Grays Town	Labour gain from Reform	37.0%
23 July 2026	Grays Riverside	Labour gain from Reform	30.2%
1 May 2025	Ockendon	Reform gain from Labour	49.8%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Thurrock	66%	Labour	Labour 37%
South Basildon and East Thurrock	34%	Reform	Reform 35%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Thurrock

175,995 residents in 66,380 households

Voted Leave in 2016

72% 20 above GB

Degree or higher

26% 8 below GB

No qualifications

22% 4 above GB

Own their home

63% 2 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

18% 1 above GB

Rent privately

18% 2 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

33% 2 above GB

Aged 65 and over

17% 5 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.