Danny has been a councillor for Billericay West since 2012. He is currently Chairman of the Licensing Committee and sits on the People Scrutiny Committee.

He is also a Basildon Council representative on Basildon Heritage.

Danny has served as Deputy Mayor of Basildon under three Mayors: from 2013 to 2014 under Mayor Larkin, from 2015 to 2016 under Mayor Morris and from 2018 to 2019 under Mayor Dadds. He lives in Billericay and has a long standing commitment to community involvement, including local radio, and was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to community radio. He is also a director of Motivated Minds, a local mental health charity, patron of Basildon Hospital Radio and Maru Karate Kai and a trustee of Basildon Heritage, La Danse Fantastique, St Luke's Hospice and the Lord Petre Puckle Charity Trust.

If you are a resident of Billericay West and would like to contact Danny, please email daniel.lawrence@members.basildon.gov.uk.

Billericay councillors hold a resident surgery on the last Saturday of the month (except December) between 10:30am and 12 noon in Billericay Library, High Street, Billericay. No appointment is necessary.

You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

His ward colleagues are Cllrs Anthony Hedley and Phil Turner.

Billericay West falls within the Billericay & Burstead Division of Essex County Council. Danny works closely alongside the local county councillors, Anthony Hedley and Richard Moore, on county issues such as highways.