1988 Thurrock Borough Council election

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5 May 1988 (1988-05-05)

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14 out of 39 seats to Thurrock Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

Registered

86,455

Turnout

29,280
33.9% (

1.6%)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Independent Labour
Seats won	12	2	0
Seats after	29	8	2
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	18,894	12,850	did not stand
Percentage	58.8%	40.0%	did not stand
Swing	16.0%	0.3%	2.9%

Winner of each seat at the 1988 Thurrock Borough Council election.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1988 Thurrock Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Thurrock Borough Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Summary

Election results

1988 Thurrock Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	12	1	85.7	17	29	74.4	18,894	58.8	+16.0
	Conservative	2	1	14.3	6	8	20.5	12,850	40.0	+0.3
	Independent Labour	0		0.0	2	2	5.1	N/A	N/A	–2.9
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	379	1.2	+0.4

Ward results

Aveley

Aveley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Lee*	1,321	65.2	+5.4
	Conservative	F. Beasley	706	34.8	–5.4
Majority			615	30.3	+10.8
Turnout			2,027	34.2	+1.2
Registered electors			5,933
	Labour hold		Swing	5.4

Belhus

Belhus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Aberdein*	1,226	69.7	+3.6
	Conservative	H. Cook	534	30.3	–3.6
Majority			692	39.3	+7.2
Turnout			1,760	30.6	+1.6
Registered electors			5,748
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Chadwell St Mary

Chadwell St Mary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Rice*	1,703	69.1	+5.6
	Conservative	G. Law	761	30.9	–5.6
Majority			942	38.2	+11.1
Turnout			2,464	32.1	+2.2
Registered electors			7,678
	Labour hold		Swing	5.6

Coringham & Fobbing

Corringham & Fobbing (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Price*	1,621	57.1
	Labour	C. Morris	1,442	50.8
	Conservative	I. Harrison	1,144	40.3
	Conservative	R. Hunter	1,096	38.6
	Independent	R. Chaplin	379	13.3
Turnout			~2,839	30.1
Registered electors			9,433
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

East Tilbury

East Tilbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Palmer*	1,153	60.3	–9.9
	Conservative	J. Grozdenovic Kennedy	758	39.7	+9.9
Majority			395	20.7	–19.6
Turnout			1,911	42.6	+6.5
Registered electors			4,484
	Labour hold		Swing	9.9

Grays Thurrock (North)

Grays Thurrock (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Hale	691	54.3	+14.1
	Conservative	L. Brown	582	45.7	+3.5
Majority			109	8.6	N/A
Turnout			1,273	43.6	–0.8
Registered electors			2,919
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.3

Grays Thurrock (Town)

Grays Thurrock (Town)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Pollard	1,337	59.3	+19.9
	Conservative	J. Carter	917	40.7	+11.3
Majority			420	18.6	–1.3
Turnout			2,254	31.1	–1.9
Registered electors			7,241
	Labour hold		Swing	8.6

Little Thurrock

Little Thurrock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Bennett*	1,755	55.3	+4.7
	Labour	B. Barton	1,421	44.7	+11.0
Majority			334	10.5	–6.4
Turnout			3,176	37.6	–7.2
Registered electors			8,449
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.2

Ockendon

Ockendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Lawrence	1,354	65.2	+17.5
	Conservative	A. Carter	723	34.8	+8.4
Majority			631	30.4	+9.1
Turnout			2,077	32.0	–3.6
Registered electors			6,495
	Labour hold		Swing	4.6

Stanford-le-Hope

Stanford-le-Hope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Meen*	1,593	60.4	+21.2
	Conservative	G. Wood	1,043	39.6	+1.7
Majority			550	20.9	+19.6
Turnout			2,636	33.5	–4.0
Registered electors			7,869
	Labour hold		Swing	9.8

Stifford

Stifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Scully*	1,400	52.8	+15.1
	Conservative	M. Kingsland	1,252	47.2	+3.4
Majority			148	5.6	N/A
Turnout			2,652	42.1	–5.5
Registered electors			6,304
	Labour hold		Swing	5.9

The Homesteads

The Homesteads
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Mallon	1,183	52.6	–11.1
	Labour	A. Clarke*	1,065	47.4	+11.1
Majority			118	5.2	–22.2
Turnout			2,248	38.1	–2.1
Registered electors			5,903
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	11.1

Tilbury

Tilbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Watts*	1,567	79.8	+26.0
	Conservative	M. Bamford-Burst	396	20.2	+7.1
Majority			1,171	59.7	+39.1
Turnout			1,963	24.5	–1.9
Registered electors			7,999
	Labour hold		Swing	9.5

References

"Thurrock Borough Council Election Results 1973-1996" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
"Council composition calculator". Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

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