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Thurrock 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

20 ward races

49 seats

0 elected below the proportional quota

0.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 20 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 49 seats had been shared out 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

Council composition: what this election replaced

The 2026 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and on the eve of it (2025), so you can see what the result replaced.

Current (2026)

Previous (2025)

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

West Thurrock and South Stifford · 2 seats · won at 33.4% · above quota
Chafford Hundred West · 2 seats · won at 34.9% · above quota
Purfleet-on-Thames · 2 seats · won at 37.5% · above quota
Chafford Hundred East · 2 seats · won at 39.0% · above quota
Grays Riverside · 3 seats · won at 33.0% · above quota
Tilbury Riverside · 2 seats · won at 44.5% · above quota
Grays Town · 3 seats · won at 39.2% · above quota
Little Thurrock Rectory · 2 seats · won at 50.5% · above quota
Little Thurrock Blackshots · 2 seats · won at 50.8% · above quota
Tilbury St Chads · 2 seats · won at 53.5% · above quota
Orsett, Horndon and Bulphan · 2 seats · won at 56.2% · above quota
Stifford · 2 seats · won at 56.2% · above quota
East Tilbury, Linford and West Tilbury · 2 seats · won at 57.2% · above quota
Aveley · 3 seats · won at 49.8% · above quota
Stanford-le-Hope South · 3 seats · won at 50.7% · above quota
Ockendon · 3 seats · won at 50.9% · above quota
The Homesteads and Stanford-le-Hope North · 3 seats · won at 51.6% · above quota
Belhus · 3 seats · won at 53.1% · above quota
Chadwell St Mary · 3 seats · won at 56.3% · above quota
Corringham and Fobbing · 3 seats · won at 63.3% · above quota

Race results

West Thurrock and South Stifford · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 33.4% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +0.1 pts Valid ballots 1,493

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Qaisar Abbas	Conservative Party	669	44.8%	+11.5 pts	Elected
2	Elena Pelin	Conservative Party	499	33.4%	+0.1 pts	Elected
3	John Pearson	Reform UK	445	29.8%	—
4	Vincent Ronald Hamish Bye	Reform UK	426	28.5%	—
5	Shalini Bhatt	Labour Party	372	24.9%	—
6	Ron Green	Labour Party	318	21.3%	—
7	Chris Gilbody	Green Party	257	17.2%	—

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Chafford Hundred West · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 34.9% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +1.6 pts Valid ballots 1,479

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Susan Shinnick	Labour Party	536	36.2%	+2.9 pts	Elected
2	Oscar Ellis	Reform UK	516	34.9%	+1.6 pts	Elected
3	Jason Mitchell	Reform UK	480	32.5%	—
4	Gary Watson	Labour Party	426	28.8%	—
5	Tunde Ojetola	Conservative Party	377	25.5%	—
6	Caitlin Fallows	Green Party	344	23.3%	—
7	Wilmer Luna	Conservative Party	279	18.9%	—

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Purfleet-on-Thames · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 37.5% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +4.2 pts Valid ballots 1,267

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Aaron James Green	Labour Party	515	40.6%	+7.3 pts	Elected
2	Michelle Louise Heal	Reform UK	475	37.5%	+4.2 pts	Elected
3	Danny Reynolds	Reform UK	458	36.1%	—
4	Lee Watson	Labour Party	451	35.6%	—
5	David John Beesley	Green Party	290	22.9%	—
6	Angela Bolesworth	Conservative Party	187	14.8%	—
7	Cornell Olive Heiser	Conservative Party	158	12.5%	—

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Chafford Hundred East · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 39.0% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +5.7 pts Valid ballots 1,860.5

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Peggy Davies	Reform UK	739	39.7%	+6.4 pts	Elected
2	Stephen Davies	Reform UK	726	39.0%	+5.7 pts	Elected
3	Vikki Hartstean	Labour Party	631	33.9%	—
4	Julie Eke-Lawrence	Labour Party	538	28.9%	—
5	Adam Carter	Conservative Party	410	22.0%	—
6	Peter David Eates	Conservative Party	359	19.3%	—
7	Jessica Bartlett-Hyde	Green Party	318	17.1%	—

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Grays Riverside · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 33.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +8.0 pts Valid ballots 1,967.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Darren Dennis	Reform UK	716	36.4%	+11.4 pts	Elected
2	Joe Soper	Reform UK	657	33.4%	+8.4 pts	Elected
3	Catalin-Daniel Farcas	Reform UK	650	33.0%	+8.0 pts	Elected
4	Chloe Anderson	Green Party	633	32.2%	—
5	Funmi Ademilua	Labour Party	569	28.9%	—
6	Kimberley Zoe Dennis	Green Party	562	28.6%	—
7	Tony Fish	Labour Party	520	26.4%	—
8	Paul Ryan Parfitt	Green Party	516	26.2%	—
9	Mark Wayne Hurrell	Labour Party	482	24.5%	—
10	Claudia Luna	Conservative Party	238	12.1%	—
11	Rakhi Rashmi	Conservative Party	186	9.5%	—
12	Adeleke Abidemi Taiwo	Conservative Party	174	8.8%	—

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Tilbury Riverside · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 44.5% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +11.1 pts Valid ballots 1,212.5

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	David Hollenbach	Reform UK	613	50.6%	+17.2 pts	Elected
2	Harley Pyman-Brickwood	Reform UK	539	44.5%	+11.1 pts	Elected
3	Christina Dallyn	Labour Party	467	38.5%	—
4	Mina Begum Hoque	Labour Party	398	32.8%	—
5	Emmanuel Andrews	Green Party	235	19.4%	—
6	Michelle MacAdangdang	Conservative Party	88	7.3%	—
7	Dennis Maney	Conservative Party	85	7.0%	—

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Grays Town · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 39.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +14.2 pts Valid ballots 2,475

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Milena Bingley	Reform UK	1,004	40.6%	+15.6 pts	Elected
2	Michael Kevin Shakespeare	Reform UK	998	40.3%	+15.3 pts	Elected
3	Marc Stanley	Reform UK	970	39.2%	+14.2 pts	Elected
4	Lynda Hilary Heath	Labour Party	915	37.0%	—
5	Lynn Worrall	Labour Party	895	36.2%	—
6	Cici Manwa	Labour Party	770	31.1%	—
7	Zoe Anne Duran	Green Party	464	18.7%	—
8	Howard James Simmons	Green Party	400	16.2%	—
9	Michael Okon Antai	Conservative Party	317	12.8%	—
10	Gurkiran Kaur Maan	Conservative Party	277	11.2%	—
11	Harold Ogunfemi	Conservative Party	232	9.4%	—
12	Simon Lancaster	Liberal Democrats	183	7.4%	—

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Little Thurrock Rectory · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 50.5% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +17.2 pts Valid ballots 1,913

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Marion Cherry	Reform UK	1,016	53.1%	+19.8 pts	Elected
2	Eddie Stringer	Reform UK	967	50.5%	+17.2 pts	Elected
3	Marcel Abaneke	Labour Party	444	23.2%	—
4	Sanjit Das	Labour Party	437	22.8%	—
5	Allen Mayes	Conservative Party	304	15.9%	—
6	David Morgan	Conservative Party	273	14.3%	—
7	Davina Ann Wager	Green Party	266	13.9%	—
8	Jay Hayers	Independent	119	6.2%	—

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Little Thurrock Blackshots · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 50.8% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +17.5 pts Valid ballots 2,371

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Steven Pester	Reform UK	1,242	52.4%	+19.0 pts	Elected
2	Robert Percy Willoughby	Reform UK	1,205	50.8%	+17.5 pts	Elected
3	Lizzie Rigby	Conservative Party	575	24.3%	—
4	Mike Fletcher	Labour Party	505	21.3%	—
5	Joglur Rahman	Conservative Party	499	21.0%	—
6	Abidemi Agidee-Adekunle	Labour Party	375	15.8%	—
7	Laura Perrett	Green Party	341	14.4%	—

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Tilbury St Chads · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 53.5% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +20.2 pts Valid ballots 1,261

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Shirley Bartlett	Reform UK	703	55.7%	+22.4 pts	Elected
2	Bailey Terry Scott	Reform UK	675	53.5%	+20.2 pts	Elected
3	Clare Baldwin	Labour Party	412	32.7%	—
4	Steve Liddiard	Labour Party	381	30.2%	—
5	Alfie Jay Rees	Green Party	177	14.0%	—
6	Ben Maney	Conservative Party	93	7.4%	—
7	Devante Likando	Conservative Party	81	6.4%	—

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Orsett, Horndon and Bulphan · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 56.2% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +22.8 pts Valid ballots 2,512.5

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Bill Cook	Reform UK	1,451	57.8%	+24.4 pts	Elected
2	Steve Taylor	Reform UK	1,411	56.2%	+22.8 pts	Elected
3	David Day	Conservative Party	550	21.9%	—
4	Barry William Johnson	Conservative Party	510	20.3%	—
5	Jack Speight	Independent	394	15.7%	—
6	Martin Christopher Kerin	Labour Party	244	9.7%	—
7	Daniel David Fallows	Green Party	234	9.3%	—
8	Carlos Diaz	Labour Party	231	9.2%	—

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Stifford · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 56.2% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +22.9 pts Valid ballots 1,977

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Richard Bingley	Reform UK	1,115	56.4%	+23.1 pts	Elected
2	Bill Mumford	Reform UK	1,112	56.2%	+22.9 pts	Elected
3	Mark Anthony Hooper	Labour Party	576	29.1%	—
4	Sam Thomas	Labour Party	329	16.6%	—
5	Alex Howell	Conservative Party	301	15.2%	—
6	Joy Redsell	Conservative Party	283	14.3%	—
7	Kevin Rankin	Green Party	238	12.0%	—

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East Tilbury, Linford and West Tilbury · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 57.2% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota +23.9 pts Valid ballots 1,701.5

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Michelle Louise Burton	Reform UK	1,073	63.1%	+29.7 pts	Elected
2	Kevin Eric Lawrence	Reform UK	973	57.2%	+23.9 pts	Elected
3	Sandra Anne Elliott	Green Party	297	17.5%	—
4	Adam Breese	Labour Party	293	17.2%	—
5	Alastair Michael Craft	Labour Party	273	16.0%	—
6	Jon Bowler	Liberal Democrats	192	11.3%	—
7	Lesley Maney	Conservative Party	179	10.5%	—
8	Alan Reilly	Conservative Party	123	7.2%	—

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Aveley · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 49.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +24.8 pts Valid ballots 2,230.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Chris Irvine	Reform UK	1,189	53.3%	+28.3 pts	Elected
2	George Monk	Reform UK	1,154	51.7%	+26.7 pts	Elected
3	Aiden Prince	Reform UK	1,110	49.8%	+24.8 pts	Elected
4	Cathy Sisterson	Labour Party	737	33.0%	—
5	Srikanth Panjala	Labour Party	634	28.4%	—
6	Mo Amin Hoque	Labour Party	588	26.4%	—
7	Ollie Beck	Green Party	359	16.1%	—
8	Colin Leslie Adams	Conservative Party	318	14.3%	—
9	Maureen Carol Pearce	Conservative Party	315	14.1%	—
10	Anthony John Coyle	Conservative Party	288	12.9%	—

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Stanford-le-Hope South · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 50.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +25.7 pts Valid ballots 3,142.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Alex Anderson	Reform UK	1,864	59.3%	+34.3 pts	Elected
2	Mark Turner	Reform UK	1,658	52.8%	+27.8 pts	Elected
3	James Richard Poyntz	Reform UK	1,593	50.7%	+25.7 pts	Elected
4	Neil Speight	Independent	1,283	40.8%	—
5	Michelle Brownscombe-Adu	Green Party	494	15.7%	—
6	Teresa O'Keeffe	Labour Party	482	15.3%	—
7	Steven James Woolrich	Green Party	466	14.8%	—
8	Phil Smith	Labour Party	434	13.8%	—
9	Suraj Lohia	Labour Party	384	12.2%	—
10	Mitchell Uncle	Conservative Party	287	9.1%	—
11	Andrea Ekong	Conservative Party	277	8.8%	—
12	Bunmi Ojetola	Conservative Party	206	6.6%	—

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Ockendon · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 50.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +25.9 pts Valid ballots 2,603.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Alan Benson	Reform UK	1,500	57.6%	+32.6 pts	Elected
2	Russ Cherry	Reform UK	1,473	56.6%	+31.6 pts	Elected
3	Jay Daniel Varley	Reform UK	1,324	50.9%	+25.9 pts	Elected
4	Jayden O'Brien	Labour Party	607	23.3%	—
5	Peter Singh	Labour Party	521	20.0%	—
6	Sue Johnson	Conservative Party	506	19.4%	—
7	Rory Hildick	Green Party	468	18.0%	—
8	Leo Roderick Dredge	Conservative Party	442	17.0%	—
9	Graham Snell	Conservative Party	421	16.2%	—
10	Prince Samuel Tico Ogbomoh	Labour Party	410	15.7%	—
11	Kameel Mohammed	Independent	138	5.3%	—

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The Homesteads and Stanford-le-Hope North · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 51.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +26.6 pts Valid ballots 2,787

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Pam McCabe	Reform UK	1,580	56.7%	+31.7 pts	Elected
2	Joanne Lisa Quirk	Reform UK	1,566	56.2%	+31.2 pts	Elected
3	James Peter Scarsbrook	Reform UK	1,438	51.6%	+26.6 pts	Elected
4	Gary James Byrne	Independent	1,143	41.0%	—
5	Gena Lynn White	Labour Party	457	16.4%	—
6	Eric Alfred Bevan	Green Party	449	16.1%	—
7	Gary Collins	Conservative Party	404	14.5%	—
8	Mark Bland Kimpton	Labour Party	365	13.1%	—
9	Esther Ajilore	Conservative Party	350	12.6%	—
10	Brian Whiten	Labour Party	325	11.7%	—
11	Hanna Uwakwe-Mangse	Conservative Party	284	10.2%	—

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Belhus · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 53.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +28.1 pts Valid ballots 2,239

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Linda Benson	Reform UK	1,338	59.8%	+34.8 pts	Elected
2	Tom Kelly	Reform UK	1,287	57.5%	+32.5 pts	Elected
3	Bogdan Enache	Reform UK	1,190	53.1%	+28.1 pts	Elected
4	Benjamin Agyemang	Labour Party	565	25.2%	—
5	Fahima Danishmal	Labour Party	495	22.1%	—
6	Lalitha Panjala	Labour Party	437	19.5%	—
7	Sophie Corcoran	Independent	396	17.7%	—
8	Geraldine Jane Roche	Green Party	390	17.4%	—
9	Rosalyn Joyce Jenkins	Conservative Party	269	12.0%	—
10	Oluwatoyin Imole-Sontan	Conservative Party	197	8.8%	—
11	Shamim Miah	Conservative Party	153	6.8%	—

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Chadwell St Mary · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 56.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +31.3 pts Valid ballots 2,306.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jack Thomas Wilfred Fuller	Reform UK	1,358	58.9%	+33.9 pts	Elected
2	Matt Lake	Reform UK	1,348	58.4%	+33.4 pts	Elected
3	James William MacKintosh	Reform UK	1,298	56.3%	+31.3 pts	Elected
4	Daniel Chukwu	Labour Party	622	27.0%	—
5	Jo Potter	Labour Party	588	25.5%	—
6	Ngozi Christa Alike	Labour Party	579	25.1%	—
7	Yogesh Jagdish Taylor	Green Party	337	14.6%	—
8	Melissa Perry	Conservative Party	282	12.2%	—
9	Abbie Akinbohun	Conservative Party	258	11.2%	—
10	Elizabeth Onibokun	Conservative Party	250	10.8%	—

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Corringham and Fobbing · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 63.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +38.3 pts Valid ballots 3,214.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Holly Eleanor Bennett	Reform UK	2,226	69.2%	+44.2 pts	Elected
2	Ian Croom	Reform UK	2,174	67.6%	+42.6 pts	Elected
3	Sara Lisa Poyntz	Reform UK	2,036	63.3%	+38.3 pts	Elected
4	John Cecil	Labour Party	624	19.4%	—
5	Anita Nuss	Labour Party	526	16.4%	—
6	Shane Ralph	Conservative Party	517	16.1%	—
7	Kamlesh Rani Kumar	Labour Party	442	13.7%	—
8	Sam Flatt	Conservative Party	418	13.0%	—
9	Gbenga Olajugbagbe	Green Party	374	11.6%	—
10	Jimmy Thandi	Conservative Party	307	9.5%	—

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