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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2024 Thurrock Council election
| country = Essex
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2023 Thurrock Council election
| previous_year = 2023
| election_date = {{Start date|2024|5|2|df=y}}
| next_election = 2025 Thurrock Council election
| next_year = 2025
| seats_for_election = 17 out of 49 seats to [[Thurrock Council]]
| majority_seats = 25
<!-- Conservatives -->
| image1 = Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg
| leader1 = Andrew Jefferies
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| last_election1 = 26 seats, 32.4%
| leaders_seat1 = [[South Ockendon|Ockendon]]
| seats_before1 = 23
<!-- Labour -->
| image2 = Councillor John Kent.png
| leader2 = John Kent
| party2 = Labour Party (UK)
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 = [[Grays Thurrock]]
| last_election2 = 19 seats, 45.1%
| seats_before2 = 19
<!-- NPAIC -->
| image4 = Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg
| leader4 = Neil Speight
| party4 = [[Political group|Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors]]
| leaders_seat4 = [[Stanford-le-Hope|Stanford-le-Hope West]]
| last_election4 = ''New group''
| seats_before4 = 5
<!-- Non-affiliated independents -->
| image5 = <div style="width:112.5px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Independent politician}}; font-size:38px;"> '''Ind'''</span></div>
| leader5 = ''N/A''
| party5 = Independent politician
| leaders_seat5 = ''N/A''
| last_election5 = 3 seats, 10.0%
| seats_before5 = 2
| map_image = Thurrock UK ward map 2010 (blank).svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Wards of Thurrock Council
| title = [[Leader of the council|Leader]]
| posttitle = Leader after election
| before_election = Andrew Jefferies
| before_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| after_election = ''TBD''
}}
The '''2024 Thurrock Council election''' is due to be held on 2 May 2024 to elect a third of the members of [[Thurrock Council]] in [[Essex]], England. It will be held on the same day as other [[2024 United Kingdom local elections|local elections]] across England.
== Background ==
At the [[2023 Thurrock Council election|previous council election]] in May 2023, the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] opposition led by John Kent made gains against the incumbent [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] administration led by Mark Coxshall.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitehouse |first=Ellis |date=5 May 2023 |title=Local Elections 2023: Thurrock Council leader loses seat as Conservatives take heavy losses |url=https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/local-elections-2023-thurrock-council-8415061 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=EssexLive}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=5 May 2023 |title=Labour resurgence in Thurrock but Tories hang on to overall control despite losing leader |url=https://thurrock.nub.news/news/loca...cision-on-who-their-councillor-will-be-182819 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Nub News}}</ref> Labour gained five seats, increasing its total share of seats in the council to 19. The Conservatives, now having 26 seats, retained control of the council but saw their majority reduced to three. The [[Thurrock Independents]] lost two seats but held one, leaving them with a single councillor. The election also returned three [[Independent politician|independents]] not affiliated to any party.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boakye |first=Kwame |date=5 May 2023 |title=Thurrock leader loses seat but Tories retain control |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/go...es-seat-but-tories-retain-control-05-05-2023/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Local Government Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sexton |first=Christine |date=5 May 2023 |title=Thurrock elections 2023: Conservatives hold despite Labour success |url=https://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/n...23-conservatives-hold-despite-labour-success/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Gazette}}</ref> Coxshall lost his seat in the election, and later in the month the council elected Conservative Andrew Jefferies as the new leader of the council.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 May 2023 |title=Sue confirmed as mayor and new leader is voted in |url=https://thurrock.nub.news/news/local-news/sue-confirmed-as-mayor-and-new-leader-is-voted-in-185447 |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Nub News}}</ref>
In July 2023, Conservative councillor Sue Sammons left her party to become an independent in protest of its decision to cut local bus services. This action left the Conservatives with a majority of two on the council.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |date=13 July 2023 |title=Bus decision is final straw for Tory councillor and she quits Tories |url=https://thurrock.nub.news/news/loca...straw-for-tory-councilor-and-she-quits-191804 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Nub News}}</ref> In the same month, the Thurrock Independents de-registered as a political party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thurrock Independents [De-registered 26/07/23] |url=https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP6707 |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=Electoral Commission}}</ref> The make-up of the council now consisted of five seats being held by independents, 19 held by Labour and 25 held by the Conservatives.<ref name=":12" /> The independents in the council later organised themselves into a single group, the Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors (NPAIC),<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |last=Boakye |first=Kwame |date=4 March 2024 |title=Conservatives lose overall control of Thurrock |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/go...-lose-overall-control-of-thurrock-04-03-2024/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Local Government Chronicle}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite news |date=29 February 2024 |title=Tory rebels are ousted following defiance over budget |url=https://thurrock.nub.news/news/loca...-ousted-following-defiance-over-budget-222437 |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Nub News}}</ref> with councillor Neil Speight as their spokesman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2024 |title=Agenda and minutes: Council – Wednesday, 31st January, 2024 7.00 pm |url=https://democracy.thurrock.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=134&MId=6351&Ver=4 |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=Thurrock Council}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sexton |first=Christine |last2=Speight |first2=Neil |date=22 March 2024 |title=Thurrock Tories accused of 'weaponising racism' for political gain after leader's address to chamber |url=https://thurrock.nub.news/news/loca...-gain-after-leaders-address-to-chamber-224809 |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Nub News}}</ref>
In February 2024, it was revealed that the Conservative administration was considering an increase in [[Council Tax|council tax]] of 7.99% from April to present a [[balanced budget]] for 2024–2025.<ref name=":42">{{Cite news |last=Sexton |first=Christine |date=12 February 2024 |title=Thurrock Council aiming to raise council tax 7.99 per cent |url=https://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/n...uncil-aiming-raise-council-tax-7-99-per-cent/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Gazette}}</ref> Council tax had already been increased by 10% the previous year as a condition for additional financial support from the government to help reduce the council's £636 million deficit.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dedman |first=Simon |date=7 February 2024 |title=Bankrupt authority considers 8% council tax rise |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4n3jll1p17o |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> The administration also planned to make savings of £18.2 million over the next two years. It had already introduced several measures to cut spending, which included a 7.7% increase in rent for [[council housing]] and an introduction of charges for [[school transport]] among other measures.<ref name=":42" />
The Conservative administration put forward its economic proposals in its budget for 2024–2025, which was voted on by councillors in March 2024. Conservative councillors were [[Whip (politics)|whipped]] to vote in favour of the budget.<ref name=":32" /> Labour abstained from the vote, allowing the budget to pass.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dedman |first=Simon |date=29 February 2024 |title=In-debt council approves 8% tax rise and cuts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd18xd5ez5go |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Two Conservative councillors, Jack Duffin and Alex Anderson, rebelled against the party leadership and voted against the budget with three NPAIC councillors. Duffin and Anderson were subsequently suspended from the Conservative group as a disciplinary measure and became independents, resulting in the Conservatives losing their majority and the council falling under [[no overall control]].<ref name=":52">{{Cite news |last=Dedman |first=Simon |date=1 March 2024 |title=Tories lose control of council after budget fallout |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4n6gg1x146o |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name=":22" /> Following their suspension, the Conservatives have continued to run the council in a [[minority administration]].<ref name=":52" />
== Election ==
The election is due to be held on 2 May 2024, the same day as other [[2024 United Kingdom local elections|local elections across England]].<ref name=":52" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stephenson |first=Wesley |date=26 March 2024 |title=Local elections 2024: Is there an election in my area? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8v36l6d54do |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Under its current electoral system, elections to the council are held annually every three in four years, with a third of its 49 councillors elected to represent one of its 20 [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]] for a term of four years at each election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Thurrock Council Best Value Inspection Report |url=https://assets.publishing.service.g..._Best_Value_Inspection_report_19_May_2023.pdf |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=Essex County Council |pages=16, 34}}</ref> This will be the last election held under this system, as all 49 seats will be contested in each election from May 2025 onwards following reforms implemented by the government as part of its ongoing intervention in the council after its effective bankruptcy in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Elections and election results: Election dates |url=https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/elections-and-election-results/election-dates |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=Thurrock Council}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Boakye |first=Kwame |date=6 October 2023 |title=Essex CC stood down as Thurrock's commissioner |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/go...od-down-as-thurrocks-commissioner-06-10-2023/ |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=Local Government Chronicle}}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Essex elections}}
{{2024 United Kingdom local elections}}
[[Category:Thurrock Council elections]]
[[Category:2024 English local elections|Thurrock]]
[[Category:2020s in Essex]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2024 Thurrock Council election
| country = Essex
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2023 Thurrock Council election
| previous_year = 2023
| election_date = {{Start date|2024|5|2|df=y}}
| next_election = 2025 Thurrock Council election
| next_year = 2025
| seats_for_election = 17 out of 49 seats to [[Thurrock Council]]
| majority_seats = 25
<!-- Conservatives -->
| image1 = Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg
| leader1 = Andrew Jefferies
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| last_election1 = 26 seats, 32.4%
| leaders_seat1 = [[South Ockendon|Ockendon]]
| seats_before1 = 23
<!-- Labour -->
| image2 = Councillor John Kent.png
| leader2 = John Kent
| party2 = Labour Party (UK)
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 = [[Grays Thurrock]]
| last_election2 = 19 seats, 45.1%
| seats_before2 = 19
<!-- NPAIC -->
| image4 = Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg
| leader4 = Neil Speight
| party4 = [[Political group|Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors]]
| leaders_seat4 = [[Stanford-le-Hope|Stanford-le-Hope West]]
| last_election4 = ''New group''
| seats_before4 = 5
<!-- Non-affiliated independents -->
| image5 = <div style="width:112.5px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Independent politician}}; font-size:38px;"> '''Ind'''</span></div>
| leader5 = ''N/A''
| party5 = Independent politician
| leaders_seat5 = ''N/A''
| last_election5 = 3 seats, 10.0%
| seats_before5 = 2
| map_image = Thurrock UK ward map 2010 (blank).svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Wards of Thurrock Council
| title = [[Leader of the council|Leader]]
| posttitle = Leader after election
| before_election = Andrew Jefferies
| before_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| after_election = ''TBD''
}}
The '''2024 Thurrock Council election''' is due to be held on 2 May 2024 to elect a third of the members of [[Thurrock Council]] in [[Essex]], England. It will be held on the same day as other [[2024 United Kingdom local elections|local elections]] across England.
== Background ==
At the [[2023 Thurrock Council election|previous council election]] in May 2023, the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] opposition led by John Kent made gains against the incumbent [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] administration led by Mark Coxshall.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whitehouse |first=Ellis |date=5 May 2023 |title=Local Elections 2023: Thurrock Council leader loses seat as Conservatives take heavy losses |url=https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/local-elections-2023-thurrock-council-8415061 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=EssexLive}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=5 May 2023 |title=Labour resurgence in Thurrock but Tories hang on to overall control despite losing leader |url=https://thurrock.nub.news/news/loca...cision-on-who-their-councillor-will-be-182819 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Nub News}}</ref> Labour gained five seats, increasing its total share of seats in the council to 19. The Conservatives, now having 26 seats, retained control of the council but saw their majority reduced to three. The [[Thurrock Independents]] lost two seats but held one, leaving them with a single councillor. The election also returned three [[Independent politician|independents]] not affiliated to any party.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boakye |first=Kwame |date=5 May 2023 |title=Thurrock leader loses seat but Tories retain control |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/go...es-seat-but-tories-retain-control-05-05-2023/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Local Government Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sexton |first=Christine |date=5 May 2023 |title=Thurrock elections 2023: Conservatives hold despite Labour success |url=https://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/n...23-conservatives-hold-despite-labour-success/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Gazette}}</ref> Coxshall lost his seat in the election, and later in the month the council elected Conservative Andrew Jefferies as the new leader of the council.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 May 2023 |title=Sue confirmed as mayor and new leader is voted in |url=https://thurrock.nub.news/news/local-news/sue-confirmed-as-mayor-and-new-leader-is-voted-in-185447 |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Nub News}}</ref>
In July 2023, Conservative councillor Sue Sammons left her party to become an independent in protest of its decision to cut local bus services. This action left the Conservatives with a majority of two on the council.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |date=13 July 2023 |title=Bus decision is final straw for Tory councillor and she quits Tories |url=https://thurrock.nub.news/news/loca...straw-for-tory-councilor-and-she-quits-191804 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Nub News}}</ref> In the same month, the Thurrock Independents de-registered as a political party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thurrock Independents [De-registered 26/07/23] |url=https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP6707 |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=Electoral Commission}}</ref> The make-up of the council now consisted of five seats being held by independents, 19 held by Labour and 25 held by the Conservatives.<ref name=":12" /> The independents in the council later organised themselves into a single group, the Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors (NPAIC),<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |last=Boakye |first=Kwame |date=4 March 2024 |title=Conservatives lose overall control of Thurrock |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/go...-lose-overall-control-of-thurrock-04-03-2024/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Local Government Chronicle}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite news |date=29 February 2024 |title=Tory rebels are ousted following defiance over budget |url=https://thurrock.nub.news/news/loca...-ousted-following-defiance-over-budget-222437 |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Nub News}}</ref> with councillor Neil Speight as their spokesman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2024 |title=Agenda and minutes: Council – Wednesday, 31st January, 2024 7.00 pm |url=https://democracy.thurrock.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=134&MId=6351&Ver=4 |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=Thurrock Council}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sexton |first=Christine |last2=Speight |first2=Neil |date=22 March 2024 |title=Thurrock Tories accused of 'weaponising racism' for political gain after leader's address to chamber |url=https://thurrock.nub.news/news/loca...-gain-after-leaders-address-to-chamber-224809 |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Nub News}}</ref>
In February 2024, it was revealed that the Conservative administration was considering an increase in [[Council Tax|council tax]] of 7.99% from April to present a [[balanced budget]] for 2024–2025.<ref name=":42">{{Cite news |last=Sexton |first=Christine |date=12 February 2024 |title=Thurrock Council aiming to raise council tax 7.99 per cent |url=https://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/n...uncil-aiming-raise-council-tax-7-99-per-cent/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Thurrock Gazette}}</ref> Council tax had already been increased by 10% the previous year as a condition for additional financial support from the government to help reduce the council's £636 million deficit.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dedman |first=Simon |date=7 February 2024 |title=Bankrupt authority considers 8% council tax rise |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4n3jll1p17o |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> The administration also planned to make savings of £18.2 million over the next two years. It had already introduced several measures to cut spending, which included a 7.7% increase in rent for [[council housing]] and an introduction of charges for [[school transport]] among other measures.<ref name=":42" />
The Conservative administration put forward its economic proposals in its budget for 2024–2025, which was voted on by councillors in March 2024. Conservative councillors were [[Whip (politics)|whipped]] to vote in favour of the budget.<ref name=":32" /> Labour abstained from the vote, allowing the budget to pass.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dedman |first=Simon |date=29 February 2024 |title=In-debt council approves 8% tax rise and cuts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd18xd5ez5go |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Two Conservative councillors, Jack Duffin and Alex Anderson, rebelled against the party leadership and voted against the budget with three NPAIC councillors. Duffin and Anderson were subsequently suspended from the Conservative group as a disciplinary measure and became independents, resulting in the Conservatives losing their majority and the council falling under [[no overall control]].<ref name=":52">{{Cite news |last=Dedman |first=Simon |date=1 March 2024 |title=Tories lose control of council after budget fallout |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4n6gg1x146o |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name=":22" /> Following their suspension, the Conservatives have continued to run the council in a [[minority administration]].<ref name=":52" />
== Election ==
The election is due to be held on 2 May 2024, the same day as other [[2024 United Kingdom local elections|local elections across England]].<ref name=":52" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stephenson |first=Wesley |date=26 March 2024 |title=Local elections 2024: Is there an election in my area? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8v36l6d54do |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Under its current electoral system, elections to the council are held annually every three in four years, with a third of its 49 councillors elected to represent one of its 20 [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]] for a term of four years at each election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Thurrock Council Best Value Inspection Report |url=https://assets.publishing.service.g..._Best_Value_Inspection_report_19_May_2023.pdf |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=Essex County Council |pages=16, 34}}</ref> This will be the last election held under this system, as all 49 seats will be contested in each election from May 2025 onwards following reforms implemented by the government as part of its ongoing intervention in the council after its effective bankruptcy in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Elections and election results: Election dates |url=https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/elections-and-election-results/election-dates |access-date=28 March 2024 |website=Thurrock Council}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Boakye |first=Kwame |date=6 October 2023 |title=Essex CC stood down as Thurrock's commissioner |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/go...od-down-as-thurrocks-commissioner-06-10-2023/ |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=Local Government Chronicle}}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Essex elections}}
{{2024 United Kingdom local elections}}
[[Category:Thurrock Council elections]]
[[Category:2024 English local elections|Thurrock]]
[[Category:2020s in Essex]]
Okumaya devam et...