Before (end of 1995) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 32 · Conservative 4 · Other 3 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1996) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 38 · Conservative 1 · Liberal Democrats 0 · Other 0
Ward results
Grays Thurrock (North)1 seat
| Y. Gupta | Labour | 605 ✓ |
| D. Cole | Conservative | 318 |
Grays Thurrock (Town)1 seat
| J. Kent | Labour | 1,531 ✓ |
| J. Carter | Conservative | 396 |
Little Thurrock1 seat
| A. Bennett | Labour | 1,426 ✓ |
| D Sutton | Conservative | 803 |
| A. Catty | Liberal Democrats | 236 |
Ockendon1 seat
| B. Lawrence | Labour | 1,365 ✓ |
| J Rollinson | Conservative | 293 |
Stanford-Le-Hope1 seat
| M. Meen | Labour | 1,543 ✓ |
| L. Lewis | Conservative | 473 |
| S Martine | Liberal Democrats | 274 |
The Homesteads1 seat
| I. Archibald | Labour | 1,145 ✓ |
| M Levey | Conservative | 647 |