By Rachel Charman 13.50pm: Conservative Sally Carr takes St Luke’s from Labour with 1197. In second place was Paul Van Looy, independent, with 1164, and in third, Labour’s Mike Royston, with 1051. Lib Dem Brian Ayling took 601; the BNP’s Fenton Bowley took 300; Len Lierens of UKIP took 229; and The Green party’s...
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By Rachel Charman Residents in the Kursaal ward have signed a petition for a targeted campaign against aggressive, intimidating and destructive behaviour in their ward. The petition has been organised by Conservative council candidate Louise Burdett (left), who is aiming to be elected on 6th May. Ms Burdett has personal experience of dealing with...
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By Rachel Charman A Stop Airport Extension Now spokesperson has denied that the group distributed letters that are under Police investigation. The letters break election law as they are by an anonymous author, which is illegal during purdah. The letters also make claims about council candidates and councillors which senior Council conservatives have called...
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By Rachel Charman The Independent candidate for Milton ward Julian Lowes has created a three-minute election broadcast, published on YouTube. Mr Lowes will run against Adie Stanley (BNP), Maria Caunce (Con), Bob Howes (Lib Dem), Wayne Mearns (UKIP), and Simon Morley (Lab). In this video, Mr Lowes talks about the things he would like...
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By Rachel Charman Councilbust.com will publish live updates from both the General Election count on 6th May and the Local Election count on 7th May. Updates will be posted on this site, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Election news from the Councilbust.com team will also appear on our partner site, Longpier.com. You can sign up...
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By Rachel Charman Southend’s Conservative councillors have accused the Independents of conspiring with the Liberal Democrats in order to break up the Conservative majority. Conservative councillors have claimed that the Independents are not truly independent due to their alleged support of the Liberal Democrats. This comes as this morning the Council released the notice...
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By Rachel Charman Dr Jason Luty, former Conservative councillor for Eastwood Park, has reneged on plans to stand as an Independent candidate in Westborough. Dr Luty (left), whose ongoing row with the Residents Association of Westborough (RAW) and Independent leader Martin Terry has been well-publicised on Councilbust.com, had previously announced plans to run as...
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By Rachel Charman Local councillors who will stand in this year’s local elections have spoken to Councilbust.com about the challenge presented by the British National Party. The BNP will stand candidates in every Southend ward in the local elections in May. There are 17 wards in Southend, each with three councillors. There are currently...
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By Rachel Charman The British National Party in Southend has announced that it will stand candidates in every Southend ward in the local elections in May. There are 17 wards in Southend, each with three councillors. There are currently 25 Conservative councillors, 11 Liberal Democrat councillors, seven Independent councillors, six Labour councillors, and one...
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