'Brutal' night forecast for Labour in Thurrock
Labour's John Kent discusses the day's events with independent candidate James Woollard at the count at the Backstage Centre on Purfleet.
SPECULATION at Purfleet's Backstage Centre is that Conservative Jackie Doyle-Price could have a majority of around 11,000 - after winning the seat in 2017 by just 345 votes.
Labour, who fielded local candidate John Kent again, believe their share of the vote has held up, but with no Brexit candidate in the ward the 10,112 votes polled by UKIP's Tim Aker two years ago appear to have all migrated to the Tories.
A Labour spokesperson said: "It looks brutal for us. Not a very good night."
Across the borough it seems that East Thurrock and South Basildon Tory Stephen Metcalfe will massively increase his 2017 majority of 11,490.
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