Tendring First is a local political party operating throughout

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, England. They field candidates for

Tendring District Council Tendring is a village and civil parish in Essex. It gives its name to the Tendring District and before that the Tendring Hundred. Its name was given to the larger groupings because it was at the centre, not because it was larger than the other ...

Frinton and Walton Town Council and

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. They currently have 4 district councillors on

and hold 10 seats on Frinton & Walton Town Council. They had 1 county councillor on

between 2013 and 2016. They do not operate in parliamentary or European elections.

Background

The party was founded after Terry Allen, the then

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leader of the Tendring District Council, was suspended as a Conservative by his central office, along with two other members, and after appealing unsuccessfully against the decision resigned to set up a new political group. They were subsequently joined by

lors Mark Cossens and Pierre Oxley.

Election Results

Borough Council elections

County Council elections

Tendring First have been represented on

from its foundation to the 2009 election, where both sitting members lost their seats to

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. In

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Oxley regained his Clacton East seat before he resigned after given a suspended jail term for fraud.

References

Tendring Politics of Essex Locally based political parties in England {{UK-party-stub