BASILDON's residents will go to the polls this week in the local elections.

Every ward in the borough has candidates standing for a seat on the council.

The elections were delayed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

But with restrictions easing and the rollout of the vaccination programme, the elections are going ahead on May 6 this year.

READ MORE:

Below is a list of all candidates running in Southend, and links for further information on registering and voting in the election.

The election candidates for the borough:

Billericay East Ward

  • Tracey Hilton - Labour
  • Karen Manterfield - Lib Dems
  • Susan McCaffery - UKIP
  • Stuart Sullivan - Conservative

Billericay West

  • David Goddard - Labour
  • Edward Sainsbury - Lib Dems
  • Philip Turner - Conservative

Burstead

  • Laura Clark - Lib Dem
  • Richard Moore - Conservative
  • Malcolm Reid - Labour

Crouch

  • Stuart Allen - Conservative
  • Sean Barlow - Independent
  • Mark Burton-Sampson - Labour
  • Neil Huntley - Reform UK

Fryerns

  • Adele Brown - Labour
  • Jim Howard - Basildon Community Residents Party
  • Vivien Howard - Lib Dems
  • Sandeep Sandhu - Conservative
  • Max Woodrow - Reform UK

Laindon Park

  • Christopher Bateman - The For Britain Movement
  • Mark Dale - Basildon Community Residents Party
  • Tony Low - Independent
  • Stephen McCarthy - Lib Dems
  • Fred Southgate - UKIP
  • Angela Stanbrook - Labour
  • Kevin Wingfield - Conservative

Langdon Hills

  • Christopher Allen - Conservative
  • Walt Brown - Independent
  • Derrick Fellowes - Independent
  • Clarence Machipisa - Labour
  • Timothy Nicklin - Lib Dems
  • Val Robbins - Independent
  • Charlie Sansom - Conservative

Lee Chapel North

  • Michael Chandler - Lib Dems
  • Lewis Fripp - Reform UK
  • Alex Harrison - Labour
  • Kay Quested - Basildon Community Residents Party
  • Deepak Shukla - Conservative

Nethermayne

  • Michael Baker - Labour
  • Mark Cottrell - Conservative
  • Hazel Green - Independent
  • Norman Saggers - Reform UK
  • Lauren Whitwell - Basildon Community Residents Party

Pitsea North West

  • Stuart Terson - Conservative
  • Gavin Callaghan - Labour
  • Jake Hogg - Basildon Community Residents Party
  • Martin Howard - Lib Dems

Pitsea South East

  • Andrew Ansell - Labour
  • Simon Breedon - Independent
  • Gary Cranham - Conservative
  • Peter Lancaster - Lib Dems
  • Daniel Tooley - Reform UK

St Martin`s

  • Davida Ademuyiwa - Conservative
  • David Burton-Sampson - Labour
  • Philip Jenkins - Lib Dems
  • Pat Rackley - Basildon Community Residents Party

Vange

  • Yetunde Adeshile - Conservative
  • Aidan McGurran - Labour
  • Phil Rackley - Basildon Community Residents Party
  • Peter Smith - Lib Dems

Wickford North

  • Alan Ball - Wickford Independents
  • Nicola Hoad - Lib Dems
  • Carole Morris - Conservative
  • Gillian Palmer - Labour