MP Jackie Doyle Price was especially pleased that Prime Minister, David Cameron name-checked Thurrock in his speech at the Tory party conference in Birmingham last week.
The PM referred to the constituency as one of the seats that the Tories had not won in decades. Indeed, many felt the tide had turned after Mr Cameron’s Palmer’s College rally.
YourThurrock caught up with Jackie as she toured Chafford Hundred Campus as part of it’s open morning to reflect on the mood and conference and the challenges ahead, especially with the spending review just nine days away.