ON Thursday, 22 May, there will be elections across Thurrock this year, in all but four wards local council seats will be contested as well as the European Union ballot.
Voters in Chafford and North Stifford, Corringham and Fobbing, East Tilbury, and Stanford-le-Hope West will only be able to vote in the European election.
Thurrock Council’s electoral services team is hosting a notification of candidates and agents briefing for the local election on Tuesday, 4 March at 4pm in Committee Room 4 of the Civic Offices in Grays.
The combination of European and local elections means there are some significant changes to the usual programme of events.
The aim of the briefing is to provide relevant details and documents to effectively begin campaigns. Packs will be issued which will include nomination papers and timetables, how to obtain Electoral Registers and absent vote lists, and an outline of the procedures for postal vote issue and opening, and the count itself.
Those who receive an invitation, or who would like to attend, should contact electoral services by email to electoral.services@thurrock.gov.uk or by calling 01375 652816.
Notes
On 22 May, local elections will be held in the following wards:
Aveley and Uplands
Belhus
Chadwell St Mary
Grays Riverside
Grays Thurrock
Little Thurrock Blackshots
Little Thurrock Rectory
Ockendon
Orsett
South Chafford
Stanford East and Corringham Town
Stifford Clays
The Homesteads
Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park
Tilbury St Chads
West Thurrock and South Stifford
There will be no local elections in Chafford and North Stifford, Corringham and Fobbing, East Tilbury, and Stanford -le-Hope West.
