| Election Name: | Thurrock Council election, 2016[1] |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Thurrock Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Thurrock Council election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 of the 49 seats to Thurrock Council |
| Majority Seats: | 25 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
| Party1: | UKIP |
| Seats1: | 6 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Seats After1: | 17 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 17 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats3: | 11 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 14 |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | No overall control |
| Leader2: | Rob Gledhill |
| Leader3: | John Kent |
| Leader1: | Graham Snell |
| Image3: | Councillor John Kent.png |
The 2016 Thurrock Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The council remained under no overall control. The Labour leader of the council, John Kent, resigned at the subsequent annual meeting of the council. The leader of the Conservative group, Rob Gledhill, was elected leader of the council instead.[3]
At the previous election the composition of the council was:
| 18 | 17 | 13 | 1 | |
| Labour | Conservative | UKIP | I |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 17 | 17 | 14 | 1 | |
| UKIP | Conservative | Labour | I |
All 17 UKIP councillors left the party in January 2018 to form Thurrock Independents.[4]