1982 Thurrock Borough Council election

The 1982 Thurrock Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Thurrock Borough Council in Essex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Labour regained control of the council from No overall control.

1982 Thurrock Borough Council election[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	1	61.5	13	21	53.8	11,606	44.8	–4.4
	Conservative	3	1	23.1	7	10	25.6	8,379	32.3	+0.2
	Independent	0	1	0.0	4	4	10.3	1,127	4.3	–4.3
	Independent Labour	1		7.7	1	2	5.1	730	2.8	N/A
	Alliance	1	1	7.7	0	1	2.6	3,105	12.0	+8.2
	Residents	0		0.0	1	1	2.6	815	3.1	–2.6
	New Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	165	0.6	N/A

Seat changes are compared to the last election when that specific seat was up for election and does not take into account by-elections or defections.

Aveley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Clark*	906	52.2	–6.9
	Conservative	F. Beasley	539	31.1	–4.7
	Alliance	J. Norris	289	16.7	+11.6
Majority			367	21.2	–2.1
Turnout			1,734	27.9	–7.2
Registered electors			6,216
	Labour hold		Swing	1.1

Belhus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Davis*	1,075	73.0	–1.8
	Conservative	C. Clark	398	27.0	+1.8
Majority			677	46.0	N/A
Turnout			1,473	23.7	+1.4
Registered electors			6,221
	Labour hold		Swing	1.8

Chadwell St Mary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Millane	1,261	52.0	+8.2
	Independent	R. Hill	526	21.7	–22.2
	Conservative	G. Law	330	13.6	+3.3
	Alliance	S. Senior	307	12.7	+10.7
Majority			735	30.3	N/A
Turnout			2,424	30.4	–6.1
Registered electors			7,968
	Labour hold		Swing	15.2

Corringham & Fobbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Rowan	1,577	55.4	–2.4
	Conservative	G. Basson	1,270	44.6	+10.2
Majority			307	10.8	–12.6
Turnout			2,847	30.6	–6.5
Registered electors			9,317
	Labour hold		Swing	6.3

Grays Thurrock (Town)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Nunn	980	40.0	–1.0
	Residents	B. Taylor	815	33.3	–6.4
	Conservative	G. Riches	464	19.0	+2.0
	Alliance	A. Fielder	189	7.7	+5.4
Majority			165	6.7	+5.4
Turnout			2,448	36.5	+0.3
Registered electors			6,699
	Labour hold		Swing	2.7

Little Thurrock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Dimond	1,432	46.9	–7.4
	Labour	T. Codley	912	29.9	–7.9
	Alliance	G. Rice	708	23.2	+17.8
Majority			520	17.0	+0.5
Turnout			3,052	39.1	+0.6
Registered electors			7,814
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

Ockendon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Gay	1,300	65.2	–3.5
	Conservative	J. Stone	695	34.8	+3.5
Majority			605	30.3	–7.0
Turnout			1,995	29.5	–1.2
Registered electors			6,774
	Labour hold		Swing	3.5

Orsett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Beardwell*	1,008	74.0	+3.9
	Labour	G. Miles	354	26.0	–3.9
Majority			654	48.0	N/A
Turnout			1,362	36.7	–40.5
Registered electors			3,716
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.9

Stanford-le-Hope

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Thompson*	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,810
	Labour hold

Stifford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Lott*	1,224	42.4	–9.5
	Labour	D. Scully	1,160	40.1	–5.6
	Alliance	E. Ward	506	17.5	N/A
Majority			64	2.3	–3.9
Turnout			2,890	44.3	–7.1
Registered electors			6,527
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

The Homesteads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	G. O'Brien	876	38.0	+24.2
	Conservative	L. Povey*	760	32.9	–9.8
	Labour	Z. Chaudhri	671	29.1	–14.5
Majority			116	5.0	N/A
Turnout			2,307	40.6	+1.3
Registered electors			5,681
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	17.0

Tilbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Rimmell	1,042	49.0	+17.9
	Independent	A. Bragg*	601	28.3	–38.1
	Alliance	M. Bamford	230	10.8	+8.3
	Conservative	L. Moir	141	6.6	N/A
	New Britain	D. March	112	5.3	N/A
Majority			441	20.7	N/A
Turnout			2,126	26.5	–5.5
Registered electors			8,019
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	28.0

West Thurrock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	E. May*	730	57.5	+10.8
	Labour	N. Hawes	368	29.0	+3.0
	Conservative	J. Reekie	118	9.3	–8.0
	New Britain	B. Slade	53	4.2	N/A
Majority			362	28.5	N/A
Turnout			1,269	31.1	–43.2
Registered electors			4,080
	Independent Labour hold		Swing	3.9