The 1979 Thurrock Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Thurrock Borough Council in Essex, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England and the 1979 general election.
The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries. Labour lost control of the council to No overall control.
Summary
Election result
| 1979 Thurrock Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Labour | 39 | 18 | 1 | 6 |  7
|
46.2 | 45.9 | 74,438 | ||
| Conservative | 39 | 15 | 4 | 1 |  4
|
38.5 | 41.6 | 67,400 | ||
| Independent | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 
|
7.7 | 5.9 | 9,519 | ||
| Independent Labour | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2
|
5.1 | 1.6 | 2,539 | ||
| Residents | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
2.6 | 1.8 | 2,997 | ||
| Liberal | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 3.2 | 5,180 | ||
Ward results
Aveley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. Geaney* | 2,155 | 60.4 | –5.4 | |
| Labour | J. Clark | 1,926 | 53.9 | –5.1 | |
| Conservative | F. Beasley | 1,882 | 52.7 | +10.2 | |
| Labour | A. May* | 1,654 | 46.3 | –6.5 | |
| Conservative | J. Dobson | 1,550 | 43.4 | +2.0 | |
| Conservative | V. Lanigan | 1,544 | 43.2 | +4.8 | |
| Turnout | ~4,541 | 74.4 | +38.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,103 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Belhus
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | P. Maynard* | 2,330 | 68.5 | ||
| Labour | S. Davis* | 2,230 | 65.5 | ||
| Labour | J. Aberdein* | 2,075 | 61.0 | ||
| Conservative | J. Brereton | 1,302 | 38.3 | ||
| Conservative | V. Dobson | 1,195 | 35.1 | ||
| Conservative | L. Swain | 1,078 | 31.7 | ||
| Turnout | ~4,178 | 67.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,171 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Chadwell St Mary
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. Siddons* | 2,951 | 64.5 | +8.0 | |
| Labour | J. Taylor* | 2,842 | 62.1 | +13.7 | |
| Labour | P. Bolger* | 2,808 | 61.4 | +17.3 | |
| Conservative | P. Cleverley | 1,603 | 35.0 | +1.1 | |
| Conservative | J. Everett | 1,527 | 33.4 | +5.9 | |
| Conservative | J. Everett | 1,390 | 30.4 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal | M. Haynes | 603 | 13.2 | –4.0 | |
| Turnout | ~5,622 | 75.4 | +39.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,456 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Corringham & Fobbing
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Wood* | 3,345 | 53.2 | ||
| Conservative | D. Hart* | 3,340 | 53.1 | ||
| Labour | A. Price | 3,130 | 49.8 | ||
| Conservative | D. Awcock | 3,108 | 49.4 | ||
| Labour | A. Clarke | 3,030 | 48.2 | ||
| Conservative | I. Harrison | 2,920 | 46.4 | ||
| Turnout | ~6,965 | 76.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,105 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
East Tilbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | D. Allchin | 1,384 | 44.7 | ||
| Conservative | A. Hardy | 997 | 32.2 | ||
| Labour | E. Godley | 716 | 23.1 | ||
| Majority | 387 | 12.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,097 | 78.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,028 | ||||
| Residents win (new seat) | |||||
Grays Thurrock (North)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Thomas | 1,224 | 60.4 | ||
| Labour | B. Newsome | 804 | 39.6 | ||
| Majority | 420 | 20.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,028 | 77.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,609 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Grays Thurrock (Town)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | S. Josling* | 2,015 | 50.1 | ||
| Labour | R. Pye* | 2,000 | 49.8 | ||
| Labour | K. Evans* | 1,908 | 47.5 | ||
| Residents | B. Taylor | 1,613 | 40.1 | ||
| Conservative | E. Attewell | 1,312 | 32.7 | ||
| Conservative | D. Sutton | 1,280 | 31.9 | ||
| Conservative | G. Riches | 1,207 | 30.0 | ||
| Liberal | P. Gillard | 720 | 17.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~4,842 | 73.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,597 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Little Thurrock
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Andrews | 3,242 | 65.0 | +14.6 | |
| Conservative | A. Edwards* | 3,081 | 61.8 | +11.6 | |
| Conservative | J. Edwards* | 3,078 | 61.7 | +13.9 | |
| Labour | T. Codley | 1,910 | 38.3 | –4.3 | |
| Labour | B. Le Grys | 1,862 | 37.4 | –2.7 | |
| Labour | N. Hawes | 1,781 | 35.7 | –3.2 | |
| Turnout | ~5,810 | 77.3 | +28.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,516 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Ockendon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. Barnes* | 2,297 | 62.9 | ||
| Labour | J. Mathison | 2,166 | 59.3 | ||
| Labour | R. Abel | 2,152 | 58.9 | ||
| Conservative | A. Bland | 1,516 | 41.5 | ||
| Conservative | C. Clark | 1,436 | 39.3 | ||
| Conservative | B. Lawrence | 1,393 | 38.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~5,052 | 73.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,902 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Orsett
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Greatrex* | 1,742 | 71.1 | –4.3 | |
| Conservative | B. Beardwell | 1,739 | 71.0 | –1.8 | |
| Labour | G. Miles | 743 | 30.3 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Z. Chaudhri | 675 | 27.6 | –0.6 | |
| Turnout | ~2,725 | 77.2 | +30.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,530 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Stanford-le-Hope
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. Butt | 2,559 | 53.1 | +9.2 | |
| Labour | F. Thompson | 2,519 | 52.3 | +10.2 | |
| Labour | M. Meen* | 2,443 | 50.7 | +13.3 | |
| Labour | J. Fuller | 2,389 | 49.6 | +12.5 | |
| Conservative | P. Povey* | 2,281 | 47.3 | +4.9 | |
| Conservative | A. McCartney | 2,266 | 47.0 | +5.8 | |
| Turnout | ~5,661 | 75.2 | +41.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,528 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Stifford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Greatrex | 2,657 | 55.9 | +8.2 | |
| Conservative | H. Lott | 2,463 | 51.8 | +7.2 | |
| Conservative | A. Turner | 2,420 | 50.9 | +8.5 | |
| Labour | P. Rice* | 2,307 | 48.5 | –8.8 | |
| Labour | G. Watts* | 2,287 | 48.1 | –6.2 | |
| Labour | A. Fitzmaurice* | 2,131 | 44.8 | –8.9 | |
| Turnout | ~5,114 | 78.4 | +33.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,523 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
The Homesteads
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Dalton | 1,754 | 46.6 | ||
| Conservative | L. Povey | 1,672 | 44.4 | ||
| Conservative | B. Fenner | 1,661 | 44.1 | ||
| Labour | D. Clarke | 1,257 | 33.4 | ||
| Labour | R. Clark | 1,222 | 32.5 | ||
| Labour | M. Bonfield | 1,146 | 30.4 | ||
| Liberal | C. Farrand | 896 | 23.8 | ||
| Liberal | G. Basson | 868 | 23.1 | ||
| Liberal | C. Bowler | 820 | 21.8 | ||
| Turnout | ~4,217 | 78.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,399 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Tilbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | M. Bibby* | 3,646 | 72.7 | +10.5 | |
| Independent | A. Bragg* | 2,963 | 59.1 | +3.8 | |
| Independent | T. Kendel* | 2,910 | 58.0 | +9.6 | |
| Labour | T. Lockwood | 1,392 | 27.7 | –15.1 | |
| Labour | T. O'Neill | 1,319 | 26.3 | –14.6 | |
| Labour | E. Rimmell | 1,112 | 22.2 | –16.4 | |
| Conservative | T. Lester | 380 | 7.6 | –4.2 | |
| Conservative | R. Windley | 314 | 6.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal | M. Bamford | 298 | 5.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | D. Revell | 288 | 5.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal | A. Maynard | 230 | 4.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal | J. Maynard | 199 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~5,665 | 68.3 | +30.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,295 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
West Thurrock
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Labour | E. Vellacott* | 1,406 | 51.2 | ||
| Independent Labour | E. May | 1,133 | 41.3 | ||
| Labour | L. Gay* | 782 | 28.5 | ||
| Labour | M. Epsley | 627 | 22.8 | ||
| Conservative | P. Budge | 522 | 19.0 | ||
| Conservative | M. Grant | 477 | 17.4 | ||
| Liberal | K. Crowson | 300 | 10.9 | ||
| Liberal | J. Norris | 246 | 9.0 | ||
| Turnout | ~2,953 | 74.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,975 | ||||
| Independent Labour gain from Labour | |||||
| Independent Labour gain from Labour | |||||
References
- ^ "Thurrock Borough Council Election Results 1973-1996" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
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