THE list of candidates battling for a seat at the local elections on May 3 has been announced.

Aveley and Uplands (Con)

Colin Adams (Con)

Paul Burton (LibDem)

Alan Field (Ind)

Clifford Holloway (Lab)

Robert Ray (UKIP)

Belhus (Lab)

Chris Baker (UKIP)

Sue Gray (Lab)

John Livermore (LibDem)

David Morgan (Con)

Chadwell St Mary (Lab)

James Baker (UKIP)

Derek Beackon (National Front)

Dawn Evans (Con)

Gerard Rice (Lab)

Tracy Rowe (LibDem)

Chafford and North Stifford (Con)

Andre Anderson (Lab)

Alan Broad (UKIP)

James Donald (Lib Dem)

Garry Hague (Con)

Corringham and Fobbing (vacant, elected Con in 2008)

Peter Fox (UKIP)

Kevin McNamara (LibDem)

Andrew Roast (Con)

Theresa Wodehouse (Lab)

East Tilbury (Ind)

Jasvinder Jassel (Lab)

Barry Palmer (Ind)

Amanda Redsell (UKIP)

Robert Smillie (Con)

Luke Tyson (LibDem)

Grays Riverside (Lab)

Clive Broad (UKIP)

John Kent (Lab)

Thomas Mayhew (BNP)

Kevin Mulroue (Lib Dem)

Chris Scalise (Con)

Grays Thurrock (Lab)

Rita Ajidagba (Con)

Jagdev Singh Bal (UKIP)

Tom Davis (NF)

Yash Gupta (Lab)

William Jackson (LibDem)

Little Thurrock Blackshots (Con)

Claire Jones (LibDem)

Raj Mistry (UKIP)

Eileen O’Reilly (Lab)

Joycelyn Redsell (Con)

Ockendon (Con)

Barry Johnson (Con)

Martin Kerin (Lab)

Maggie O’Keeffe-Ray (UKIP)

David Shirley (LibDem)

Orsett (Con)

Roisin Hewitt (Lab)

Susan Little (Con)

Steven Mason (UKIP)

Ashley Snell (LibDem)

South Chafford (Con)

Lee Coppin (UKIP)

Charlie Key (Con))

Gus Nwanze (Lab))

Matthew Orbell (LibDem))

Stanford East and Corringham Town (Con))

Natalie Butcher (LibDem)

Ben Gadsby (Con)

Roy Jones (UKIP)

Thomas McGinn (NF)

Richard Speight (Lab)

Stanford-le-Hope West (Lab, elected Con in 2008)

Chris Greenaway (LibDem)

Eddie Hardiman (Con)

Terry Hipsey (Lab)

Terry Piccolo (Ind)

Stuart St Clair-Haslam (UKIP)

The Homesteads (Con)

Kirsty Beard (LibDem)

Sue MacPherson (Con)

Peter Prendergast (UKIP)

Liam Preston (Lab)

Tilbury St Chad’s (Lab)

Mick Griffin (NF)

Ian Holloway (Con)

Ela Vine (LibDem)

Lynn Worrall (Lab)

West Thurrock and South Stifford (Lab)

Letrois Bernard (Con)

Gareth Davies (Ind)

Oliver Gerrish (Lab)

Matthew Parker (LibDem)

Peter Smith (UKIP)