The full list of candidates for the local Thurrock election on Thursday, May 5, has been announced.

Seventeen of the council’s 20 wards have elections this year and the three main local political parties – Labour, Conservative, and the UK Independence Party have candidates named in each.

Independent candidates are standing in The Homesteads and the Grays Thurrock wards.

The council, which has 49 seats divided into 20 wards, is elected “by thirds” with one third of members being elected every four years – next year is a “fallow” year with no local election scheduled.

The three wards with no local election in May are Little Thurrock Rectory, Stifford Clays, and Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park. Voters there will only be able to take part in the Police and Crime Commissioner election being held on the same day.

Currently on Thurrock Council the Labour Party has 18 seats, the Conservative Party has 17, the UK Independence Party 11 and there are three independent members.

Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm on 5 May and poll cards will give details of which polling station to attend. Voters do not need to take the poll card with them, but people must be on the register to vote.

Residents can apply to register to vote until midnight on Monday, 18 April by visiting gov.uk/register-to-vote or by calling 01375 652 816. They can also contact Thurrock Council’s electoral services by emailing electoral.services@thurrock.gov.uk People wishing for a postal vote must apply by 5pm on Tuesday, 19 April. Existing postal voters will receive their postal vote packs from Monday, 18 April.

Those who would like to apply for a proxy vote should contact the electoral services team by 5pm on Tuesday, 26 April.

The nominations are:

Aveley and Uplands

Georgette Polley – Conservative

Judith Pothecary – Labour

Luke Spillman – UKIP

Belhus

John Biddall – Conservative

Sue Gray – Labour

Angela Sheridan – UKIP

Chadwell St Mary

Lee Dove – Conservative

Gerard Rice– Labour

Matthew Torri – UKIP

Chafford and North Stifford

Garry Hague – Conservative

Umar Kankiya – Labour

James Mower – UKIP

Corringham and Fobbing

Vincent Offord – Labour

Neil Speight – UKIP

Aaron Watkins – Conservative

East Tilbury

Eleanor Lowe – Labour

Paul Polley – Conservative

Sue Sammonds – UKIP

Grays Riverside

Mike Carbery – UKIP

Tony Fish – Labour

Evelina Vulpe – Conservative

Grays Thurrock

Tom Davis - Independent

John Kent – Labour

Michelle Macadangdang – Conservative

Allen Mayes – UKIP

Little Thurrock Blackshots

Jennifer Coleman – UKIP

Jacqui Dobson – Labour

Joycelyn Redsell – Conservative

Ockendon

Barry Johnson – Conservative

Desmond Martins – Labour

David Potter – UKIP

Orsett

Peter Curtis – UKIP

Sue Little – Conservative

Carl Morris – Labour

South Chafford

Qaisar Abbas – Labour

Sue Macpherson – Conservative

Torren Snell - UKIP

Stanford East and Corringham Town

Jack Duffin – UKIP

Terry Hipsey – Labour

Stuart Smith – Conservative

Stanford-le-Hope West

David Hann – Labour

Lee Lloyd – UKIP

Terry Piccolo – Conservative

The Homesteads

Clive Broad – UKIP

Gary Byrne – Independent

Gary Collins – Conservative

Mike Fletcher - Labour

Tilbury St Chad’s

John Allen – UKIP

Adam Carter – Conservative

Lynn Worrall – Labour

West Thurrock & South Stifford

Tony Coughlin – Conservative

Oliver Gerrish – Labour

Jacqueline Stephens – UKIP

Full details are available on the council’s website - thurrock.gov.uk - by following the links to Council and democracy, Elections and voting, and Elections and election results.

There are no local elections in Little Thurrock Rectory, Stifford Clays, and Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park wards this May.