1980 Thurrock Borough Council election

1980 Thurrock Borough Council election
15 out of 39 seats to Thurrock Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
Registered	84,432
Turnout	36.0% (38.6%)
	Winner of each seat at the 1980 Thurrock Borough Council election.
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

Registered84,432

Turnout36.0% (

38.6%)

The 1980 Thurrock Borough Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Thurrock Borough Council in Essex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

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1980 Thurrock Borough Council election^[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	1	53.3	11	19	48.7	16,646	49.2	+3.3
	Conservative	4	2	26.7	9	13	33.3	10,857	32.1	–9.5
	Independent	2	1	13.3	2	4	10.3	2,912	8.6	+2.7
	Independent Labour	0		0.0	2	2	5.1	N/A	N/A	–1.6
	Residents	1		6.7	0	1	2.6	1,939	5.7	+3.9
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,301	3.8	+0.6
	Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	156	0.5	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. May	1,263	59.1	+5.7
	Conservative	F. Beasley*	765	35.8	–10.8
	Liberal	J. Norris	108	5.1	N/A
Majority			498	23.3	N/A
Turnout			2,136	35.1	–39.3
Registered electors			6,091
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Aberdein	1,051	75.4
	Labour	R. Fall	1,050	75.3
	Conservative	A. Blows	354	25.4
	Conservative	J. Dobson	333	23.9
Turnout			~1,395	22.3
Registered electors			6,257
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Hemmings	1,221	43.9	*N/A*
	Labour	P. Bolger*	1,219	43.8	–13.4
	Conservative	G. Law	286	10.3	–20.8
	Liberal	M. Haynes	55	2.0	–9.7
Majority			2	0.1	N/A
Turnout			2,781	36.5	–38.9
Registered electors			7,615
	Independent gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Price*	1,964	57.8	+7.8
	Conservative	B. Price	1,169	34.4	–15.6
	Liberal	C. Bowler	266	7.8	N/A
Majority			795	23.4	N/A
Turnout			3,399	37.1	–39.4
Registered electors			9,169
	Labour hold		Swing	11.7

1980 Thurrock Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Aveley

Belhus

Chadwell St Mary

Corringham & Fobbing

East Tilbury

Grays Thurrock (North)

Grays Thurrock (Town)

Little Thurrock

Ockendon

Stanford-le-Hope

Stifford

The Homesteads

Tilbury

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	D. Allchin*	988	58.2	+13.5
	Labour	B. Legrys	435	25.6	–6.6
	Conservative	P. Hartlebury	249	14.7	–8.4
	Liberal	G. Merchant	25	1.5	N/A
Majority			553	32.6	N/A
Turnout			1,697	41.7	–36.3
Registered electors			4,067
	Residents hold		Swing	10.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Thomas*	681	60.5	+0.1
	Labour	B. Newsome	445	39.5	–0.1
Majority			236	21.0	+0.2
Turnout			1,126	43.9	–33.8
Registered electors			2,565
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Evans*	981	41.0	+5.4
	Residents	B. Taylor	951	39.7	+11.2
	Conservative	G. Riches	407	17.0	–6.2
	Liberal	A. Senior	56	2.3	–10.4
Majority			30	1.3	N/A
Turnout			2,395	36.2	–37.2
Registered electors			6,624
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Edwards*	1,586	54.3	–8.6
	Labour	T. Codley	1,103	37.8	+0.7
	Liberal	S. Senior	158	5.4	N/A
	Ecology	A. Metcalfe	74	2.5	N/A
Majority			483	16.5	N/A
Turnout			2,921	38.5	–38.8
Registered electors			7,578
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Abel*	1,449	68.7	+8.5
	Conservative	J. Stone	659	31.3	–8.5
Majority			790	37.5	N/A
Turnout			2,108	30.7	–42.5
Registered electors			6,874
	Labour hold		Swing	8.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Meen*	1,510	63.7	+14.1
	Conservative	A. McCartney	860	36.3	–14.1
Majority			650	27.4	N/A
Turnout			2,370	31.0	–44.2
Registered electors			7,643
	Labour hold		Swing	14.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Turner*	1,735	51.9	–1.6
	Labour	P. Rice	1,529	45.7	–0.8
	Ecology	M. Crowson	82	2.5	N/A
Majority			206	6.2	N/A
Turnout			3,346	51.4	–27.0
Registered electors			6,512
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Clarke	937	44.7
	Conservative	P. Povey	918	43.8
	Labour	M. Bonfield	917	43.7
	Conservative	L. Green	855	40.8
	Liberal	C. Farrand	296	14.1
	Liberal	G. Basson	273	13.0
Turnout			~2,149	39.3
Registered electors			5,468
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Kendal*	1,691	66.4	+2.6
	Labour	A. Fitzmaurice	793	31.1	+6.7
	Liberal	M. Bamford	64	2.5	–2.7
Majority			898	35.2	N/A
Turnout			2,548	32.0	–36.3
Registered electors			7,969
	Independent hold		Swing	2.1

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