LABOUR has won the Thurrock elections with 24 councillors to the Conservative's 22.
Labour gained two seats and held seven.
The Tories held four and gained two.
Elected councillors for each ward:
Aveley and Uplands
Maureen Pearce- Conservative (CON HOLD)
Belhus
Charles Curtis- Labour (LAB HOLD)
Chadwell St Mary
Anthony Fish- Labour (LAB HOLD)
Chafford and North Stifford
Simon Wootton - Conservative (CON HOLD)
Corringham and Fobbing
Mark Coxshall- Conservative (CON GAIN)
East Tilbury
John Purkiss- Independent (IND HOLD)
Grays RiversideValerie Morris Cook - Labour (LAB HOLD)
Grays ThurrockCatherine Kent- Labour (LAB HOLD)
Little Thurrock Rectory
Tom Kelly- Conservative (CON GAIN)
Ockendon
Aaron Kiely- Labour (LAB GAIN)
Stanford-le-Hope East and Corringham Town
Phil Smith- Labour (LAB HOLD)
Stanford-le-Hope West
Shane Hebb - Conservative (CON HOLD)
Stifford Clays
Diana Hale - Labour (LAB HOLD)
The Homesteads
Pauline Tolson - Conservative (CON HOLD)
Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park
Clare Baldwin Labour (LAB GAIN)
West Thurrock and South Stifford
Victoria Holloway- Labour (LAB HOLD)
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