Luke has been a borough councillor for Pitsea South-East since 2018 and a county councillor for the Pitsea Division since 2021. As a borough councillor, Luke is currently the 7th Mayor of Basildon, having previously served as Deputy Mayor under his predecessor, Mayor Dadds. He also sits on the Audit and Risk Committee and is a Basildon Council representative on the Basildon Bus and Rail Forum.

At County Hall, Luke sits on the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee and the Development and Regulation Committee. He is also a County Council representative on the Essex Local Highways Panel for Basildon, the North East London Foundation NHS Trust and the Youth Strategy Group for Basildon.

He lives locally and works as a police and crime researcher for the Conservative Group on the London Assembly. Previously, he represented Vange from 2008 to 2012.

If you are a resident of Pitsea South-East or the Pitsea Division and would like to contact Luke, please email luke.mackenzie@members.basildon.gov.uk on borough matters or cllr.luke.mackenzie@essex.gov.uk for county matters. He can also be contacted at mayorsoffice@basildon.gov.uk regarding civic matters in his role as Mayor.

You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

His ward colleagues are Cllrs Gary Canham and Craig Rimmer.