Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
Councillors stand for election for a political party. Once they are elected, for the purposes of Council business, they may join political groups within the Council.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details can found by clicking onto the indiviudal Members below.
To find your councillor please use the below links:
| Councillor | Role | Political party | Ward |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01206 820769 Home mobile: 07977 642303 |
Chairman of the Council; Leader of the Liberal Democrats Group | Liberal Democrats (Liberal Democrats) |
Alresford & Elmstead |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01206 825153 Home mobile: 07977 642519 |
Vice-Chairman of the Licensing & Registration Committee; Vice-Chairman of the Standards Committee; Deputy Leader of Liberal Democrats Group | Liberal Democrats (Liberal Democrats) |
Alresford & Elmstead |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07957 860820 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Ardleigh & Little Bromley | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01255 850659 Home mobile: 07977 642506 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Bluehouse | |
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18 Jaywick Lane,, Clacton-on-Sea,, Essex, CO16 8BD Work mobile: 07977 642346 Home mobile: 07729 688679 |
Independent (Tendring Independents) |
Bluehouse | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642454 |
Portfolio Holder for Leisure & Public Realm | Independent (Independent Group) |
Brightlingsea |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642463 |
Chairman of the Human Resources & Council Tax Committee; Leader of the Independents Group | Independent (Independent Group) |
Brightlingsea |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642457 |
Chairman of the Community Leadership Overview & Scrutiny Committee; Vice-Chairman of the Audit Committee; Deputy Leader of the Independents Group | Independent (Independent Group) |
Brightlingsea |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01255 224984 Home mobile: 07977 642450 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Burrsville | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01255 818207 Home mobile: 07977 635410 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Burrsville | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642518 |
Portfolio Holder for Partnerships | Independent (Tendring Independents) |
Cann Hall |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642523 |
Chairman of the Audit Committee | Independent (Tendring Independents) |
Cann Hall |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642306 |
Portfolio Holder for Assets; Deputy Leader of the Labour Group | Labour Party (The Labour Group) |
Coppins |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642310 |
Independent (Tendring Independents) |
Coppins | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07761 343771 |
Chairman of the Planning Committee | Labour Party (The Labour Group) |
Dovercourt All Saints |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 635334 |
Chairman of the Licensing & Registration Committee and the Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee | Labour Party (The Labour Group) |
Dovercourt All Saints |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01255 551940 |
Vice-Chairman of the Human Resources & Council Tax Committee | Labour Party (The Labour Group) |
Dovercourt Bay |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01255 240381 |
Labour Party (The Labour Group) |
Dovercourt Tollgate | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642480 |
Labour Party (The Labour Group) |
Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston | |
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Marigold, 82 Dulwich Road, Holland-on-Sea, CO15 5LZ Home mobile: 07773 008077 |
Portfolio Holder for Housing & Planning; Deputy Leader of the Tendring Independents Group | Independent (Tendring Independents) |
Eastcliff |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642475 |
Independent (Tendring Residents' Alliance) |
Frinton | |
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The Wallet, 2 Second Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, CO13 9ER Home: 01255 678876 Home mobile: 07977 642462 |
Independent | Frinton | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 635321 |
Deputy Leader of the Council; Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth, Regeneration & Tourism; Leader of the Labour Group | Labour Party (The Labour Group) |
Harwich & Kingsway |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Homelands | |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642308 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Kirby Cross | |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642465 |
Vice-Chairman of the Resources and Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee | Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 635402 |
Vice-Chairman of the Community Leadership Overview & Scrutiny Committee | Liberal Democrats (Liberal Democrats) |
Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 635412 |
Liberal Democrats (Liberal Democrats) |
Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01206 616072 Home mobile: 07977 642305 |
Chairman of the Planning Policy & Local Plan Committee; Leader of the Conservative Group | Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, ESsex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07505 158117 |
Leader of the Tendring Residents' Alliance Group | Independent (Tendring Residents' Alliance) |
Little Clacton |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642466 |
Chairman of the Resources and Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee; Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group | Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Pier |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642311 |
Independent (Tendring Independents) |
St Bartholomew's | |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977642524 |
Vice-Chairman of the Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee | Independent (Tendring Independents) |
St Bartholomew's |
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c/o Clacton Constituency Conservative Association, 84 Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SP Home: 01255 719789 Home mobile: 07977 642345 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
St James | |
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30 West Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1AG Home: 01255 422152 Home mobile: 07977 635355 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
St James | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 635405 |
Independent (Tendring Independents) |
St John's | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642456 |
Leader of the Council; Portfolio Holder for Finance & Governance; Leader of the Tendring Independents Group | Independent (Tendring Independents) |
St John's |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01255 820796 Home mobile: 07977 642301 |
Chairman of the Standards Committee | Independent (Independent Group) |
St Osyth |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01255 820577 Home mobile: 07977 635315 |
Vice-Chairman of the Planning Committee | Independent (Independent Group) |
St Osyth |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642537 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
St Paul's | |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642342 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Stour Valley | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home: 01206 617981 Home mobile: 07917 521079 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
The Bentleys & Frating | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642541 |
Portfolio Holder for Environment; Vice-Chairman of the Planning Policy & Local Plan Committee and the TCB Garden Community Joint Committee | Independent (Tendring Independents) |
The Oakleys & Wix |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07590 034305 |
Conservative and Unionist Party (The Conservative Group) |
Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland | |
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C/O Town hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE |
Tendring Independents (Tendring Independents) |
Walton | |
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Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642464 |
Deputy Leader of the Tendring Residents' Alliance Group | Independent (Tendring Residents' Alliance) |
Weeley & Tendring |
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95 Park Square East, Jaywick, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 2NR Home: 01255 475535 Home mobile: 07977 642309 |
Vice-Chairman of the Council | Independent | West Clacton & Jaywick Sands |
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C/O Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE Home mobile: 07977 642299 |
Independent (Tendring Independents) |
West Clacton & Jaywick Sands |