Tendring District

Tendring District
Non-metropolitan district
Clacton-on-Sea, the administrative centre of the district
Motto(s):  Latin: Pro Bono Omnium, lit. 'For the good of all'
Tendring shown within Essex
Coordinates: 51°47′N 1°08′E / 51.783°N 1.133°E / 51.783; 1.133
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East of England
County	Essex
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named for	Tendring Hundred
Administrative HQ	Clacton-on-Sea
Government [1]
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Body	Tendring District Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Mark Stephenson (Ind.)
• Chair	Dan Casey
• MPs	Bernard Jenkin (C) Nigel Farage (R)
Area [2]
• Total	141 sq mi (366 km2)
• Land	130 sq mi (336 km2)
• Rank	110th
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	151,451
• Rank	145th
• Density	1,200/sq mi (450/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 96.2% White 1.6% Mixed 1.2% Asian 0.6% Black 0.4% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 49.3% Christianity 43.2% no religion 0.4% Islam 0.3% Buddhism 0.2% Hinduism 0.2% Judaism 0.0% Sikhism 0.5% other 5.9% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	CO
Dialling codes	01255
GSS code	E07000076
Website	tendringdc.gov.uk

Tendring District Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district
Leadership
Chair	Dan Casey, Independent since 30 April 2024[5]
Leader	Mark Stephenson, Independent since 23 May 2023
Chief Executive	Ian Davidson since 1 December 2010[6]
Structure
Seats	48 councillors
Political groups	Administration (28)   Independent (16)   Labour (7)   Liberal Democrats (4)   Tendring First (1) Other parties (20)   Conservative (11)   Independent (5)   Reform UK (4)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 1SE
Website
www.tendringdc.gov.uk

Tendring District is a local government district in north-east Essex, England. Its council is based in Clacton-on-Sea, the largest town. Other towns are Brightlingsea, Harwich, Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze.

The district borders the City of Colchester to the west and the Babergh District of Suffolk, across the estuary of the River Stour, to the north. To the east and south, it faces the North Sea, with the estuary of the River Colne to the south-west. The area is sometimes referred to as the Tendring Peninsula.

The modern local government district was formed in 1974. The name Tendring comes from the ancient Tendring Hundred which was named after the small village of Tendring.