2010 Thurrock Council election

2010 UK local government election November 2013 January 2024 thumb|Results of the 2010 Thurrock Council election The result of the 2010 Thurrock Council election (held on 6 May 2010) was that Thurrock Council stayed under no overall control. The Conservative Party gained two seats from Labour while Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives. Of the 16 wards contested, eight were won by the Conservatives and eight by Labour. The composition of the resulting councilhttp://www.thurrock.gov.uk/democracy/content.php?page=elections_2010 2010 election results from Thurrock Council 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100510215758/http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/democracy/content.php?page=elections_2010 10 May 2010 dead dmy-all was: Conservatives 23 Labour 22 Independent 2 British National Party 1 Non Aligned 1 A few days after the election, Stuart St Clair-Haslam resigned the Conservative Party whip. Conservative councillor Ian Harrison also later resigned the Conservative whip, while Anne Cheale described herself as "non aligned".http://mobile.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/8161775.Tory_group_loses_majority_just_days_after_election/ Thurrock Gazette 26 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110822082259/http://mobile.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/8161775.Tory_group_loses_majority_just_days_after_election/ 22 August 2011 dead Following the election, John Kent (Labour) was elected council leader, defeating the former leader, Garry Hague (Conservative), by 25 votes to 23. Kent was supported by the Labour group, the two non-aligned councillors and the BNP councillor. This ended the Conservative administration that had been in power since 2004.Thurrock Gazette At the same meeting, Anne Cheale was elected mayor. At this stage the party make-up was Labour 22 councillors, Conservatives 21, two East Tilbury Independents, three 'Thurrock Concerned Conservatives' and one British National Party councillor. In November 2010 the BNP councillor resigned from the party to become a single Independent.Thurrock Gazette In March 2011, Councillor St Clair-Haslam announced that he had joined the UKIP.Thurrock Gazette Notes 2010 Thurrock Category:2010s in Essex