1986 Thurrock Borough Council election

1986 Thurrock Borough Council election
14 out of 39 seats to Thurrock Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
Registered	87,674
Turnout	27,052; 30.9% ( 1.3%)
	Winner of each seat at the 1986 Thurrock Borough Council election.
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; Labour

Registered87,674

Turnout27,052
30.9% (

1.3%)

The 1986 Thurrock Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986 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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1986 Thurrock Borough Council election^[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	1	71.4	19	29	74.4	15,222	52.5	–1.0
	Conservative	3		21.4	4	7	17.9	9,388	32.4	–1.8
	Independent Labour	1		7.1	1	2	5.1	866	3.0	N/A
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.6	584	2.0	–4.0
	Alliance	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	2,129	7.3	+1.4
	Residents	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	822	2.8	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Evans	1,311	67.8	+6.2
	Conservative	M. Higerty	623	32.2	+3.4
Majority			688	35.6	+2.8
Turnout			1,934	32.4	+3.5
Registered electors			6,054
	Labour hold		Swing	1.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Bellinger	1,159	66.6	–11.3
	Conservative	C. Clark	354	20.4	–1.7
	Independent Labour	S. Davis*	226	13.0	N/A
Majority			805	46.3	–9.6
Turnout			1,739	29.5	+5.3
Registered electors			5,960
	Labour hold		Swing	4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Millane*	1,484	77.2	+21.3
	Conservative	G. Law	438	22.8	+11.1
Majority			1,046	54.4	+25.5
Turnout			1,922	25.0	–2.1
Registered electors			7,838
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Barron	1,415	62.7
	Labour	A. Fitzmaurice	1,407	62.4
	Conservative	J. Hubbard	906	40.2
	Conservative	E. Randall	784	34.8
Turnout			~2,553	26.6
Registered electors			9,596
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1986 Thurrock Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Aveley

Belhus

Chadwell St Mary

Corringham & Fobbing

Grays Thurrock (Town)

Little Thurrock

Ockendon

Orsett

Stanford-le-Hope

Stifford

The Homesteads

Tilbury

West Thurrock

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Groombridge	1,030	51.6	+13.1
	Independent	D. Agassiz	584	29.3	N/A
	Conservative	E. Attewell	381	19.1	+1.0
Majority			446	22.4	+17.0
Turnout			1,995	30.0	–2.6
Registered electors			6,717
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Dimond*	1,293	42.7	–5.8
	Labour	C. Morris	1,291	42.6	+10.8
	Alliance	A. Scott	444	14.7	–5.1
Majority			2	0.1	N/A
Turnout			3,028	37.2	+8.4
Registered electors			8,268
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Aberdein	1,289	59.6	–8.8
	Alliance	V. Robinson	510	23.6	N/A
	Conservative	G. Riches	363	16.8	–11.5
Majority			779	36.0	–4.1
Turnout			2,162	33.0	+6.4
Registered electors			6,618
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Andrews	987	67.8	–3.4
	Labour	G. Rice	468	32.2	+3.4
Majority			519	35.7	–6.8
Turnout			1,455	39.8	+2.5
Registered electors			3,713
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Hunt	1,493	65.0	+0.9
	Conservative	G. Wood	804	35.0	–0.9
Majority			689	30.0	+1.9
Turnout			2,297	28.9	+0.5
Registered electors			8,088
	Labour hold		Swing	0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Smith	1,383	49.2	+3.5
	Conservative	H. Lott*	983	34.9	–8.9
	Alliance	V. Yeates	447	15.9	+5.5
Majority			400	14.2	N/A
Turnout			2,813	44.2	–4.7
Registered electors			6,448
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Green	1,100	60.2	+21.0
	Alliance	G. O'Brien*	728	39.8	N/A
Majority			372	20.4	N/A
Turnout			1,828	31.2	+0.2
Registered electors			5,862
	Conservative gain from Alliance

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Arnold	1,027	51.9	+1.1
	Residents	C. Spriggs	822	41.5	+5.7
	Conservative	W. McLaughlin	131	6.6	+0.4
Majority			205	10.4	–4.6
Turnout			1,980	25.0	+3.9
Registered electors			8,022
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	E. May*	640	47.5	–12.3
	Labour	N. Buttell	465	34.5	+4.0
	Conservative	R. Trangmar	241	17.9	+8.3
Majority			175	13.0	–16.3
Turnout			1,346	30.3	–8.3
Registered electors			4,490
	Independent Labour hold		Swing	8.2

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