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The Chairman and Vice-Chairman

The Chairman is the civic and ceremonial head of Essex County Council. A historic list of former Essex County Council Chairmen is available online.

The Chairman’s role is to:

  • preside over Full Council meetings;
  • represent the County Council at civic and ceremonial events;
  • promote the County;
  • encourage greater partnership working;
  • act as an ambassador and champion for Essex.
  • uphold and promote the principles and purposes of the Essex County Council Constitution.  


For the two-year period of his/her office the Chairman is politically neutral.

We also have a Vice-Chairman who acts on the Chairman’s behalf when the Chairman is unavailable.

The current Chairman of the Council is Councillor Rodney Bass. 

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Rodney Bass
Heybridge and Tollesbury (56)

chairman.ecc@essex.gov.uk or
cllr.rodney.bass@essex.gov.uk

The current Vice-Chairman of the Council is Councillor Kay Twitchen
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Kay Twitchen OBE
Billericay and Burstead (2)

cllr.kay.twitchen@essex.gov.uk


All invitations to the Chairman, whether in the role of Chairman or as an ordinary Member of the County Council, should be sent to chairman.ecc@essex.gov.uk