Thurrock

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

8 cycles in our data

32.7% all-time seats elected below the quota (54 of 165)

21.2% all-time seats unfairly awarded (35 of 165 across 8 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2026

49 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2026 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2026)

In 2026, 49 seats were up across 20 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 49 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Reform UK	55,059	51.5%	45	91.8%	26	53.1%	+19
Labour Party	24,125	22.5%	2	4.1%	11	22.4%	-9
Conservative Party	15,055	14.1%	2	4.1%	7	14.3%	-5
Green Party	8,909	8.3%	0	0.0%	4	8.2%	-4
Independent	3,473	3.2%	0	0.0%	1	2.0%	-1
Liberal Democrats	375	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	106,996	100.0%	49	100.0%	49	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2026 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward	2016	2018	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024	2026
Aveley								53%
Aveley and Uplands	55%	43%	44%	66%	51%	53%	63%
Belhus	50%	44%	39%	45%	51%	49%	69%	60%
Chadwell St Mary	45%	67%	52%					59%
Chadwell St. Mary				45%	60%	73%	72%
Chafford and North Stifford	45%		48%	69%		49%	49%
Chafford Hundred East								40%
Chafford Hundred West								36%
Corringham and Fobbing	47%		60%	70%		39%	47%	69%
East Tilbury	59%		63%	43%		75%	57%
East Tilbury, Linford and West Tilbury								63%
Grays Riverside	43%	56%	47%	51%	72%	76%	64%	36%
Grays Thurrock	46%	55%	49%	57%	68%	69%	78%
Grays Town								41%
Little Thurrock Blackshots	42%	59%		52%	61%		48%	52%
Little Thurrock Rectory		55%	40%		56%	40%		53%
Ockendon	47%	38%	41%	55%	54%	48%	53%	58%
Orsett	54%	65%		81%	73%		40%
Orsett, Horndon and Bulphan								58%
Purfleet-on-Thames								41%
South Chafford	46%	48%		53%	55%		56%
Stanford East and Corringham Town	50%	38%	42%	61%	46%	37%	41%
Stanford-le-Hope South								59%
Stanford-le-Hope West	43%		61%	50%		38%	44%
Stifford								56%
Stifford Clays		44%	38%		53%	41%
The Homesteads	39%	49%	43%	60%	66%	43%	36%
The Homesteads and Stanford-le-Hope North								57%
Tilbury Riverside								51%
Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park		45%	57%		44%	45%
Tilbury St Chads	48%	58%						56%
Tilbury St. Chads				46%	75%		80%
West Thurrock and South Stifford	55%	57%	55%	55%	54%	59%	63%	45%