Grays is the largest town in the borough and unitary authority area of Thurrock,in the ceremonial county of Essex,England. The town,which is both a former civil parish and one of Thurrock's traditional Church of England parishes,is located on the north bank of the River Thames.
Angela Evans Smith,Baroness Smith of Basildon,,is a British politician and life peer serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Parties,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 to 2010.
Chafford Hundred is an area in the Borough of Thurrock in the ceremonial county of Essex,England. Chafford Hundred is north-west of Grays.
Cardiff South and Penarth is a constituency created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Stephen Doughty,a Labour Co-op MP. It was the largest constituency in Wales,with an electorate of 75,175 and one of the most ethnically diverse.
Basildon was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
South Suffolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Cartlidge,a Conservative.
Thurrock is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jen Craft of the Labour Party.
South Basildon and East Thurrock is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by James McMurdock of Reform UK.
The 2007 Thurrock Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
Stephen James Metcalfe HonFIET is a Conservative Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Basildon and East Thurrock from 2010 to 2024. He sat on the Science,Innovation and Technology Select Committee and served as chair.
Dame Jacqueline Doyle-Price is a British former Conservative Party politician and former civil servant who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock from 2010 to 2024. She was first elected as MP in the 2010 general election and was defeated in the 2024 general election.
Thurrock Council is the local authority for the borough of Thurrock in the ceremonial county of Essex,England. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association. The council is based in Grays.
Polly Billington is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament for East Thanet since 2024.
The Thurrock Independents,also known as the Thurrock Independents Party (TIP),was a localist and populist British political party based in Thurrock,Essex,England. It was formed in January 2018 when seventeen Thurrock councillors,including then-East of England MEP Tim Aker,broke-away from the UK Independence Party (UKIP) after claiming to have grown disillusioned with party politics. At its height in 2018,the party was Thurrock Council's official opposition group and had two members in the European Parliament. It declined after multiple defections and election defeats and was left with only one councillor after the 2023 elections. The party disbanded later that year.
Annalissa Firth is a British politician and former barrister who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southend West from 2022 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she was also a councillor on Sevenoaks District Council between 2011 and 2022.
The 2022 Thurrock Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect a third of the members of Thurrock Council in England. Sixteen of the council's 49 seats were contested in sixteen of Thurrock's twenty electoral wards. There are two or three seats in each ward depending on its population. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2024 Thurrock Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect a third of the members of Thurrock Council in Essex,England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across England,including the 2024 Essex police and crime commissioner election. The Labour Party led by John Kent won control of the council for the first time since 2014 from the Conservative Party,which had previously governed in a minority administration with no overall control.
The 1997 Thurrock Council election took place on 1 May 1997 to elect the members of Thurrock Council in Essex,England. It took place on the same day as the 1997 general election and other local elections across England.
Alexandra Baker is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot since 2024.
