Tendring First is a local political party operating throughout Tendring, Essex, England. They field candidates for Tendring District Council, Frinton and Walton Town Council and Essex County Council. They currently have one district councillor on Tendring District Council and have control of Frinton & Walton Town Council with eight councillors.^[1] They had 1 county councillor on Essex County Council between 2013 and 2016. They have not stood a candidate in a parliamentary election.

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Tendring First was founded by the, then leader of Tendring District Council, Terry Allen, after he, along with fellow Conservative Party district councillors, Peter Balbirnie and Bernard Leatherdale and, Walton and Frinton town councillor and Mayor of Frinton Jack Robertson were all suspended from the Conservative Party.^[2] It is unclear why the four councillors were suspended, but their suspension just weeks before the Tendring District Council elections meant they would be unable to stand again as Conservatives.^[3] Although party leader Terry Allen was unsuccessful in his re-election bid with Tendring First in 2007, the party was able to secure 10 of the 60 district council seats. After the election, Terry Allen made it clear that Tendring First would actively work to oppose a Conservative administration and would work with opposition parties to form an anti-Conservative administration.^[4] Tendring First were subsequently joined by Essex County Councillors Mark Cossens and Pierre Oxley who had earlier been suspended from the Conservative Party.^[5]