Thurrock has 49 Councillors, who are each elected for 4 years at a time. Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their Councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.You can find out more about your local Councillor, including contact details and information on advice surgeries below.
Chadwell St Mary
Labour
Stanford East and Corringham Town
Labour
Chadwell St Mary
Labour
Grays Riverside
Labour
Little Thurrock Blackshots
Labour
West Thurrock and South Stifford
Labour
Chafford and North Stifford
Labour
Chafford and North Stifford
Labour
The Homesteads
Labour
Belhus
Labour
Stifford Clays
Labour
Belhus
Labour
Grays Thurrock
Labour
Grays Thurrock
Labour
Grays Riverside
Labour
Tilbury St Chads
Labour
Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park
Labour
Grays Riverside
Labour
Chadwell St Mary
Labour
Aveley and Uplands
Labour
Ockendon
Labour
Tilbury St Chads
Labour
South Chafford
Labour
Aveley and Uplands
Labour
South Chafford
Labour
West Thurrock and South Stifford
Labour
Grays Thurrock
Labour
West Thurrock and South Stifford
Conservative
Corringham and Fobbing
Conservative
Ockendon
Conservative
Belhus
Conservative
Orsett
Conservative
Little Thurrock Rectory
Conservative
The Homesteads
Conservative
Ockendon
Conservative
Orsett
Conservative
Little Thurrock Rectory
Conservative
Little Thurrock Blackshots
Conservative
Aveley and Uplands
Conservative
Stifford Clays
Conservative
The Homesteads
Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors
Stanford-le-Hope West
Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors
Corringham and Fobbing
Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors
Stanford East and Corringham Town
Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors
East Tilbury
Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors
East Tilbury
Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors
Stanford-le-Hope West
Non-Political Alliance of Independent Councillors
Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park
Independent
Stanford East and Corringham Town
Reform UK