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Thurrock's first unitary council was elected on 1 May 1997. It was the first election under the new arrangements put forward by the Local Government Commission, increasing the number of Wards to 20 and the number of Councillors to 49.

Thurrock has the following elected councillors

25 Labour
21 Conservative
2 Independent
1 UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Councillor Name Ward Represented Party
Councillor Phil Anderson [Leader of the Opposition] Stanford East and Corringham Town Conservative
Councillor Clare Baldwin Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park Labour
Councillor Lynn Carr Ockendon Conservative
Councillor Mark Coxshall Corringham and Fobbing Conservative
Councillor Charles Curtis Belhus Labour
Councillor Wendy Curtis Belhus Labour
Councillor Anthony Fish [Deputy Mayor] Chadwell St Mary Labour
Councillor Angie Gaywood Stifford Clays Labour
Councillor Oliver Gerrish West Thurrock and South Stifford Labour
Councillor Robert Gledhill [Deputy Leader of the Opposition] Little Thurrock Rectory Conservative
Councillor Sue Gray Belhus Labour
Councillor Yash Gupta [Mayor] Grays Thurrock Labour
Councillor Garry Hague Chafford and North Stifford Conservative
Councillor James Halden The Homesteads Conservative
Councillor Diana Hale Stifford Clays Labour
Councillor Martin Healy Grays Riverside Labour
Councillor Shane Hebb Stanford-le-Hope West Conservative
Councillor Wendy Herd Aveley and Uplands Conservative
Councillor Terence Hipsey Stanford-le-Hope West Labour
Councillor Victoria Holloway West Thurrock and South Stifford Labour
Councillor Barry Johnson Ockendon Conservative
Councillor Tom Kelly Little Thurrock Rectory Conservative
Councillor Mrs Catherine Kent Grays Thurrock Labour
Councillor John Kent [Leader of the Council] Grays Riverside Labour
Councillor Charlie Key South Chafford Conservative
Councillor Aaron Kiely Ockendon Labour
Councillor Steve Liddiard Tilbury St Chads Labour
Councillor Susan Little Orsett Conservative
Councillor Suzanne MacPherson The Homesteads Conservative
Councillor Benjamin Maney Little Thurrock Blackshots Conservative
Councillor Val Morris-Cook [Deputy Leader of the Council] Grays Riverside Labour
Councillor Tunde Ojetola South Chafford Conservative
Councillor Bukky Okunade Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park Labour
Councillor Barry Palmer [Leader of the Independent Group] East Tilbury Independent
Councillor Maureen Pearce Aveley and Uplands Conservative
Councillor John Purkiss [Deputy Leader of the Independent Group] East Tilbury Independent
Councillor Robert Ray Aveley and Uplands UKIP
Councillor Joycelyn Redsell Little Thurrock Blackshots Conservative
Councillor Michael Revell Orsett Conservative
Councillor Barbara Rice Chadwell St Mary Labour
Councillor Gerard Rice Chadwell St Mary Labour
Councillor Andrew Roast Corringham and Fobbing Conservative
Councillor Andrew Smith West Thurrock and South Stifford Labour
Councillor Philip Smith Stanford East and Corringham Town Labour
Councillor Richard Speight Stanford East and Corringham Town Labour
Councillor Michael Stone Grays Thurrock Labour
Councillor Pauline Tolson The Homesteads Conservative
Councillor Simon Wootton Chafford and North Stifford Conservative
Councillor Lynn Worrall Tilbury St Chads Labour

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Summary of all 49 councillors and wards
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Annual Council, 23 May 2012 (PDF 226.2kB)

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