Wickford Town Council was formed on 16 May 2022.

The Basildon Borough (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2021.

Basildon Borough Council had recently made a Community Governance Reorganisation Order for the establishment of a new parish in Wickford and a council to be called Wickford Town Council. This followed a Community Governance Review being undertaken in response to a petition received from electors in the area.

The Town Council has 20 Town Councillors and a Town Clerk.

The Town Council electorate as at 1 May 2025 is 21,306

Notice of uncontested election
May 2022

Notice of uncontested election
October 2023

Notice of uncontested election
Notice of Elections 7 May 2026

Local councils are incorporated bodies, established by legislation. They have a range of specific statutory powers which they may exercise if and only if they wish to.
They have a statutory power to precept (tax) the local government electors in their area to finance the activities that flow from the exercise of their discretionary powers and subsequent legal obligations. The precept is a component of the council.
Most decisions about local council business are taken at formal meetings of the Council.

Councillor Responsibilities
A councillor is the holder of public office.
A councillor has no authority to make decisions about council business on their own.
The main job of a councillor is to participate in the collective decision-making processes of the Council.
A councillor’s financial and certain other interests in council business must be transparent.
A councillor is subject to obligations set out in the
Code of Conduct 2025 adopted by the Council.
Information about Councillors is available in the Council’s Publication Scheme 2026

A Councillor’s main responsibilities are:

raise matters that the Council can consider and formally decide to take action about at meetings
attend council meetings
make informed contributions which influence the debate on the business that needs to be decided at those meetings
participate in the Council’s decision-making process, which in itself is subject to strict rules, and
represent the Council externally

A list of Committee and Working Party membership along with representation on outside bodies can be found
Membership of Committees and Working Group 2026-27

Past Chair of the Town Council

2022-23 Councillor Derek Harrison
2023-24 Councillor Derek Harrison
2024-25 Councillor Derek Harrison
2025-26 Councillor Andrew Neil

Councillors

Committees

About The Council

Wards and
Boundaries

Council Documents

What do councillors do?

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How long does it take?

Can I stand for election?

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