THURROCK Council is poised to make a decision on whether to ask the government to cancel May 2025’s planned ‘all-in’ elections reports Thurrock Nub News.
There were not supposed to be elections in the borough in the coming year but as part of its remit to reorganise the council in the wake of its financial collapse and intervention from central government, the authority was ordered to arrange elections in all wards, for all councillors, in a bid to establish some continuity.
At present councillors are elected in ‘thirds’, meaning there are elections in three of every four years and the political balance of the council can change with a degree of frequency that brings instability and creates difficulty in long term planning.
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