ACROSS Thurrock this morning (Thursday, 7 May, polling booths were being made ready for an all-out election to find 49 councillors to run the borough council.

Voting was due to begin at 7am and polling stations will be open until 10am tonight.

The count of votes will not take place until tomorrow, when Thurrock Nub News will be reporting from the Civic hall in Grays as papers are counted and results recorded.

A full list of polling stations can be found via this link. There will be an opportunity to vote for two or three separate candidates depending on the size of the ward.

Remember to take photographic ID to the polling station.

Your guide to the wards and candidates

Aveley (3 seats)

Colin Leslie Adams - Conservative

Ollie Beck - Green Party

Anthony John Coyle - Conservative

Mo Amin Hoique - Labour Party

Chris Irvine - Reform UK

George Monk - Reform UK

Srikanth Panjala* - Labour Party

Maureen Carol Pearce - Conservative

Aiden Prince - Reform UK

Cathy Sisterson* - Labour

Belhus (3 seats)

Benjamin Agyeman - Labour

Linda Benson - Reform UK

Sophie Louise Corcoran - Independent

Fahima Danishmal - Labour

Bogdan Enache - Reform UK

Imole-Sontan Oluwatoyin - Conservative

Rosalyn Joyce Jenkins - Conservative

Tom Kelly* Reform UK

Shamim Miah - Conservative

Lalitha Panjala - Labour

Geraldine Jane Roche - Green Party

Chadwell St Mary (3 seats)

Abbie Akinbohun - Conservative

Ngozi Christa Alike* - Labour

Daniel Chukwu* - Labour

Jack Thomas Wilfred Fuller - Reform UK

Matt Lake - Reform UK

James William Mackintosh - Reform UK

Elizabeth Onibokun - Conservative

Melissa Perry - Conservative

Jo Potter - Labour

Yogesh Jagdish Taylor - Green Party

Chafford Hundred East (2 seats)

Jessica Bartlett-Hyde - Green Party

Adam Carter - Conservative

Peggy Davies - Reform UK

Stephen Davies - Reform UK

Peter David Eates - Conservative

Julie Eke-Lawrence - Labour

Vikki Hartstean* - Labour

Chafford Hundred West (2 seats)

Oscar Ellis - Reform UK

Caitlin Elizabeth Fallows - Green Party

Wilmer Luna - Conservative

Jason Mitchell - Reform UK

Tunde Ojetola - Conservative

Susan Shinnick* - Labour

Gary Watson* - Labour

Corringham & Fobbing (3 seats)

Holly Eleanor Bennett - Reform UK

John Cecil* - Labour

Ian Croom - Reform UK

Sam Flatt - Conservative

Kamlesh Rani Kumar - Labour

Anita Nuss - Labour

Gbenga Olajugbagbe - Green Party

Sara Lisa Poyntz - Reform UK

Shane Ralph - Conservative

Jimmy Thandi - Conservative

East Tilbury, Linford & West Tilbury (2 seats)

Jon Bowler - Liberal Democrats

Adam Breese - Labour

Michelle Louise Burton - Reform UK

Alastair Michael Craft - Labour

Sandra Anne Elliott - Green Party

Kevin Eric Lawrence - Reform UK

Lesley Maney - Conservative

Alan Reilly - Conservative

Grays Riverside (3 seats)

Funmi Ademilua - Labour

Chloe Anderson - Green Party

Darren Dennis - Reform UK

Kimberley Zoe Dennis - Green Party

Catalin-Daniel Farcas - Reform UK

Tony Fish* - Labour

Mark Wayne Hurrell* - Labour

Claudia Luna - Conservative

Paul Ryan Parfitt - Green Party

Rakhi Rashmi - Conservative

Joe Soper - Reform UK

Adeleke Abidemi Taiwo - Conservative

Grays Town (3 seats)

Michael Okon Antai - Conservative

Milena Bingley - Reform UK

Zoe Anne Durba - Green Party

Lynda Hilary Heath* - Labour

Simon Lancaster - Liberal Democrats

Gurkiran Kaur Maan - Conservative

Cici Manwa* - Labour

Harold Ogunfemi - Conservative

Michael Kevin Shakespeare - Reform UK

Howard James Simmons - Green Party

Marc Stanley - Reform UK

Lynn Worrall* - Labour

Little Thurrock Blackshots (2 seats)

Abidemi Agidee-Adekunle - Labour

Mike Fletcher* - Labour

Laura Perrett - Green Party

Steven Pester - Reform UK

Joglur Rahman - Conservative

Lizzie Rigby* - Conservative

Robert Percy Willoughby - Reform UK

Little Thurrock Rectory (2 seats)

Marcel Abaneke - Labour

Marion Cherry - Reform UK

Sanjit Das - Labour

Jay Hayers - Independent

Allen Mayes - Conservative

David Morgan - Conservative

Eddie Stringer - Reform UK

Davina Ann Wager - Green Party

Ockendon (3 seats)

Alan Benson* - Reform UK

Russ Cherry* - Reform UK

Leo Roderick Drege - Conservative

Rory Hildick - Green Party

Sue Johnson - Conservative

Kameel Mohammed - Independent

Jayden O'Brien - Labour

Peter Singh - Labour

Graham Snell - Conservative

Prince Samuel Tico Samuel - Labour

Jay Daniel Varley - Reform UK

Orsett, Horndon & Bulphan (2 seats)

Bill Cook - Reform UK

David Day* - Conservative

Carlos Diaz - Labour

Daniel David Fallows - Green Party

Barry William Johnson* - Conservative

Martin Kerin* - Labour

Jack Speight - Independent

Steve Taylor - Reform UK

Purfleet-on-Thames (2 seats)

David John Beesley - Green Party

Angela Bolesworth - Conservative

Aaron James Green* - Labour

Michelle Louise Heal - Reform UK

Cornell Olive Heiser - Conservative

Danny Reynolds - Reform UK

Lee Watson* - Labour

Stanford-le-Hope South (3 seats)

Alex Anderson* - Reform UK

Michelle Brownscombe-Adu - Green Party

Andrea Ekong - Conservative

Suraj Lohia - Labour

Teresa O'Keefe - Labour

Bunmi Ojetola - Conservative

James Richard Poyntz - Reform UK

Phil Smith - Labour

Neil Speight* - Independent

Mark Turner - Reform UK

Mitchell Uncle - Conservative

Steven James Woolrich - Green Party

Stifford

Richard Audubon Bingley - Reform UK

Mark Anthony Hooper* - Labour

Alex Howell - Conservative

Bill Mumford - Reform UK

Kevin Rankin - Green Party

Joy Redsell - Conservative

Sam Thomas - Labour

The Homesteads & Stanford-le-Hope North (3 seats)

Esther Ajilore - Conservative

Eric Alfred Bevan - Green Party

Gary James Byrne* - Independent

Gary Collins - Conservative

Mark Bland Kimpton - Labour

Pam McCabe - Reform UK

Joanne Lisa Quirk - Reform UK

James Peter Scarsbrook - Reform UK

Hanna Uwakwe-Mangse - Conservative

Gena Lynn White - Labour

Brian Whitten - Labour

Tilbury Riverside (2 seats)

Emmanuel Andrews - Green Party

Christina Dallyn - Labour

David Hollenbach - Reform UK

Mina Begum Hoque - Labour

Michelle Macadangdang - Conservative

Dennis Maney - Conservative

Harley Pyman-Brickwood - Reform UK

Tilbury St Chads (2 seats)

Clare Baldwin - Labour

Shirley Bartlett - Reform UK

Steve Liddiard* - Labour

Devante Likando - Conservative

Ben Maney* - Conservative

Alfie Jay Rees - Green Party

Baily Terry Scott - Reform UK

West Thurrock & South Stifford (2 seats)

Qaisar Abbas* - Conservative

Shalini Bhatt - Labour

Vincent Ronald Hamish Bye - Reform UK

Chris Gilbody - Green Party

Ron Green - Labour

John Pearson - Reform UK

Elena Pelin - Conservative

*= Current councillors.