1979 Thurrock Borough Council election

English local election January 2025 1979 Thurrock Borough Council election Essex parliamentary 1976 Thurrock Borough Council election 1976 1979 5 3 y 1980 Thurrock Borough Council election 1980 All 39 seats to Thurrock Borough Council 20 91,737 ~74.6% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 18 7 74,438 45.9% 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 15 4 67,400 41.6% 95x50px|Blank Independent politician 3 9,519 5.9% 95x50px|Blank Independent Labour 2 2 2,539 1.6% 95x50px|Blank Residents Association 1 1 2,997 1.8% Thurrock UK ward map 1979.svg Winner of each seat at the 1979 Thurrock Borough Council election. Council control Council control after election Labour Party (UK) No overall control The 1979 Thurrock Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1979 to elect members of Thurrock Borough Council in Essex, England.https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Thurrock-1973-1996.pdf Thurrock Borough Council Election Results 1973-1996 29 January 2025 Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University 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 Labour Party (UK) 39 18 1 6 7 45.9 46.2 74,438 Conservative Party (UK) 39 15 4 1 4 41.6 38.5 67,400 Independent politician 3 3 0 0 5.9 7.7 9,519 Independent Labour 2 2 2 0 2 1.6 5.1 2,539 Residents Association 2 1 0 0 1 1.8 2.6 2,997 Liberal Party (UK) 10 0 0 0 3.2 0.0 5,180 |- Ward results Aveley Aveley (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) A. Geaney* 2,155 60.4 –5.4 Labour Party (UK) J. Clark 1,926 53.9 –5.1 Conservative Party (UK) F. Beasley 1,882 52.7 +10.2 Labour Party (UK) A. May* 1,654 46.3 –6.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Dobson 1,550 43.4 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) V. Lanigan 1,544 43.2 +4.8 ~4,541 74.4 +38.6 6,103 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Belhus Belhus (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) P. Maynard* 2,330 68.5 Labour Party (UK) S. Davis* 2,230 65.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Aberdein* 2,075 61.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Brereton 1,302 38.3 Conservative Party (UK) V. Dobson 1,195 35.1 Conservative Party (UK) L. Swain 1,078 31.7 ~4,178 67.7 6,171 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Chadwell St Mary Chadwell St Mary (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) A. Siddons* 2,951 64.5 +8.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Taylor* 2,842 62.1 +13.7 Labour Party (UK) P. Bolger* 2,808 61.4 +17.3 Conservative Party (UK) P. Cleverley 1,603 35.0 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Everett 1,527 33.4 +5.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Everett 1,390 30.4 +4.0 Liberal Party (UK) M. Haynes 603 13.2 –4.0 ~5,622 75.4 +39.0 7,456 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Corringham & Fobbing Corringham & Fobbing (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) R. Wood* 3,345 53.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Hart* 3,340 53.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Price 3,130 49.8 Conservative Party (UK) D. Awcock 3,108 49.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Clarke 3,030 48.2 Conservative Party (UK) I. Harrison 2,920 46.4 ~6,965 76.5 9,105 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) East Tilbury East Tilbury Residents Association D. Allchin 1,384 44.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hardy 997 32.2 Labour Party (UK) E. Godley 716 23.1 387 12.5 3,097 78.0 4,028 Residents Association Grays Thurrock (North) Grays Thurrock (North) Conservative Party (UK) M. Thomas 1,224 60.4 Labour Party (UK) B. Newsome 804 39.6 420 20.7 2,028 77.7 2,609 Conservative Party (UK) Grays Thurrock (Town) Grays Thurrock (Town) (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) S. Josling* 2,015 50.1 Labour Party (UK) R. Pye* 2,000 49.8 Labour Party (UK) K. Evans* 1,908 47.5 Residents Association B. Taylor 1,613 40.1 Conservative Party (UK) E. Attewell 1,312 32.7 Conservative Party (UK) D. Sutton 1,280 31.9 Conservative Party (UK) G. Riches 1,207 30.0 Liberal Party (UK) P. Gillard 720 17.9 ~4,842 73.4 6,597 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Little Thurrock Little Thurrock (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Andrews 3,242 65.0 +14.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. Edwards* 3,081 61.8 +11.6 Conservative Party (UK) J. Edwards* 3,078 61.7 +13.9 Labour Party (UK) T. Codley 1,910 38.3 –4.3 Labour Party (UK) B. Le Grys 1,862 37.4 –2.7 Labour Party (UK) N. Hawes 1,781 35.7 –3.2 ~5,810 77.3 +28.3 7,516 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ockendon Ockendon (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) A. Barnes* 2,297 62.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Mathison 2,166 59.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Abel 2,152 58.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. Bland 1,516 41.5 Conservative Party (UK) C. Clark 1,436 39.3 Conservative Party (UK) B. Lawrence 1,393 38.1 ~5,052 73.2 6,902 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Orsett Orsett (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Greatrex* 1,742 71.1 –4.3 Conservative Party (UK) B. Beardwell 1,739 71.0 –1.8 Labour Party (UK) G. Miles 743 30.3 +1.8 Labour Party (UK) Z. Chaudhri 675 27.6 –0.6 ~2,725 77.2 +30.1 3,530 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Stanford-le-Hope Stanford-le-Hope (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) P. Butt 2,559 53.1 +9.2 Labour Party (UK) F. Thompson 2,519 52.3 +10.2 Labour Party (UK) M. Meen* 2,443 50.7 +13.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Fuller 2,389 49.6 +12.5 Conservative Party (UK) P. Povey* 2,281 47.3 +4.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. McCartney 2,266 47.0 +5.8 ~5,661 75.2 +41.5 7,528 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stifford Stifford (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Greatrex 2,657 55.9 +8.2 Conservative Party (UK) H. Lott 2,463 51.8 +7.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Turner 2,420 50.9 +8.5 Labour Party (UK) P. Rice* 2,307 48.5 –8.8 Labour Party (UK) G. Watts* 2,287 48.1 –6.2 Labour Party (UK) A. Fitzmaurice* 2,131 44.8 –8.9 ~5,114 78.4 +33.7 6,523 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) The Homesteads The Homesteads (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Dalton 1,754 46.6 Conservative Party (UK) L. Povey 1,672 44.4 Conservative Party (UK) B. Fenner 1,661 44.1 Labour Party (UK) D. Clarke 1,257 33.4 Labour Party (UK) R. Clark 1,222 32.5 Labour Party (UK) M. Bonfield 1,146 30.4 Liberal Party (UK) C. Farrand 896 23.8 Liberal Party (UK) G. Basson 868 23.1 Liberal Party (UK) C. Bowler 820 21.8 ~4,217 78.1 5,399 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Tilbury Tilbury (3 seats) Independent politician M. Bibby* 3,646 72.7 +10.5 Independent politician A. Bragg* 2,963 59.1 +3.8 Independent politician T. Kendel* 2,910 58.0 +9.6 Labour Party (UK) T. Lockwood 1,392 27.7 –15.1 Labour Party (UK) T. O'Neill 1,319 26.3 –14.6 Labour Party (UK) E. Rimmell 1,112 22.2 –16.4 Conservative Party (UK) T. Lester 380 7.6 –4.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Windley 314 6.3 N/A Liberal Party (UK) M. Bamford 298 5.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D. Revell 288 5.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) A. Maynard 230 4.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK) J. Maynard 199 4.0 N/A ~5,665 68.3 +30.9 8,295 Independent politician Independent politician Independent politician West Thurrock West Thurrock (2 seats) Independent Labour E. Vellacott* 1,406 51.2 Independent Labour E. May 1,133 41.3 Labour Party (UK) L. Gay* 782 28.5 Labour Party (UK) M. Epsley 627 22.8 Conservative Party (UK) P. Budge 522 19.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Grant 477 17.4 Liberal Party (UK) K. Crowson 300 10.9 Liberal Party (UK) J. Norris 246 9.0 ~2,953 74.3 3,975 Independent Labour Labour Party (UK) Independent Labour Labour Party (UK) References Category:Thurrock Council elections Thurrock Category:May 1979 in the United Kingdom Category:1970s in Essex