Thurrock Council

Thurrock Council
Third of council elected three years out of four
Coat of arms
Type
Type	Unitary authority council of Thurrock
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Preceded by	Thurrock Urban District Council
New session started	22 May 2013 (Municipal year 2013/2014)
Leadership
Leader	John Kent, Labour Since 22 May 2013
Mayor	Steve Lizziard Since 27 May 2015
Structure
Seats	49 councillors
Committees	6 Corporate parenting General services Health and wellbeing board Licensing Planning Standards and audit
Joint committees	East of England Local Government Association
UKIP	17 / 49
Conservatives	17 / 49
Labour	14 / 49
Independent Group	1 / 49
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	2012 (one third of councillors) 2014 (one third of councillors) 2015 (one third of councillors) 2016 (one third of councillors)
Next election	2018 (one third of councillors)
Motto
Secundum Tamesim Quovis Gentium
Meeting place
Civic Offices, New Road, Grays
Website
www.thurrock.gov.uk
Constitution
Constitution

Thurrock Council is the local council for the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. Since 1997, Thurrock is a unitary authority, combining the functions of a non-metropolitan county with that of a non-metropolitan district. The other such authority in Essex is Southend-on-Sea. One further Council of the 16 in the Thames Gateway development area enjoys unitary responsibility, Medway. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.

map of electoral wards

Councillors

Thurrock is divided into 20 wards and elects 49 councillors. The council comprises (as of 7 May 2016):^[1]

Affiliation		Councillors
	UKIP	17
	Conservative Party	17
	Labour Party	14
	Independent	1

Prior to the Thurrock Council election, 2015 the council was run by a Labour minority administration, after the Labour Party lost its small majority at the 2014 election. Thurrock had previously been a hung council for several years after the Conservatives lost control in 2007.^[2]

The Borough has electoral wards:

Aveley and Uplands, Belhus, Chadwell St Mary, Chafford and North Stifford, Corringham and Fobbing, East Tilbury, Grays: Riverside and Thurrock wards, Little Thurrock: Blackshots and Rectory wards, Ockendon, Orsett, South Chafford, Stifford Clays, Stanford East and Corringham Town, Stanford-le-Hope West, The Homesteads, Tilbury: Riverside and Thurrock Park, and St Chads wards, West Thurrock and South Stifford.

History

Thurrock District Council was first elected in 1973, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Thurrock District on 1 April 1974. It replaced Thurrock Urban District Council, which governed a slightly larger area including part of Basildon New Town and had been formed in 1936 as an amalgamation of Grays Thurrock Urban District Council, Purfleet Urban District Council, Tilbury Urban District Council, and Orsett Rural District Council including associated parish councils; a result of the Local Government Act 1929. The council received borough status, permitting the council to be known as Thurrock Borough Council. It was originally constituted as non-metropolitan district council in a two-tier arrangement, sharing service provision with Essex County Council. As a result of the 1992 Local Government Commission for England on 1 April 1998 Thurrock absorbed the powers of Essex County Council for its area, becoming a unitary authority. The planning function for large developments was exercised by the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation in the whole of the borough from 2003 to 2012. The development corporation was absorbed by the council on 1 April 2012.

Summary election results

Main article: Thurrock local elections

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[3]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1997–2004
	Conservative	2004–2007
	No overall control – Conservative-led administration	2007–2010
	No overall control – Labour-led administration	2010–2012
	Labour	2012 – 2014
	No overall control – Labour largest group	2014–2016
	No overall control – UKIP & Conservative largest groups	2016-present

References

↑ https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/current-councillors
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/councils/E06000034
↑ "Thurrock". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2009.

Thurrock

Traditional parishes in Thurrock	Aveley Bulphan Chadwell St Mary Corringham East Tilbury Fobbing Grays Horndon-on-the-Hill Langdon Hills Little Thurrock Mucking Orsett South Ockendon Stanford-le-Hope Stifford West Thurrock West Tilbury

Other places in Thurrock	Baker Street Biggin, Essex Bill Meroy Creek Chafford Gorges Nature Park Chafford Hundred Globe Pit Hangman's Wood High House, Purfleet Lower Horse Mardyke (river) Orsett Heath Purfleet Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve Shell Haven Terrel's Heath Thurrock Thameside Nature Park Tilbury Town

Historic Buildings in Thurrock	Baker Street Mill, Orsett Bata Factory Belmont Castle Coalhouse Fort The Dell High House, Purfleet Orsett Hall South Ockendon Windmill State Cinema Tilbury Fort

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local authorities in Essex

County council and unitary	Essex Southend-on-Sea Thurrock

District councils	Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Tendring Uttlesford

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Thurrock Council

Councillors

History

Summary election results

See also

References