By Rachel Charman Conservative candidates David Amess (Southend West) and James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East) have both held on to their seats with clear majorities. James Duddridge took 19,509 votes, out of a total of 41,631. Labour’s Kevin Bonavia came in second with 8,459, with Liberal Democrat Graham Longley in third place with...
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By Rachel Charman 6.30pm: Got a phone call from a Conservative volunteer who is working with Maria Caunce, Milton candidate, telling me that Caunce and her team were moved on from Westcliff Station by C2C staff. “I think he was having a bad day,” the volunteer says. Their team is heading to HQ to...
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Rachel Charman The Southend West BNP candidate Tony Gladwin has admitted to posting offensive comments on Facebook. The comments were found and exposed in a Councilbust.com report on Sunday evening. Shortly after this, Mr Gladwin’s profile, which had been publicly available, had disappeared from public view. Last night, Rochford and Southend East BNP candidate...
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By Rachel Charman Geoff Strobridge, the BNP candidate for Rochford and Southend East, has provided a statement on the Facebook profile associated with Southend West BNP candidate Tony Gladwin. The Facebook profile, which was named Tony Gladwin, and included images of the BNP candidate and comments from Facebook pages attributed to his friends and...
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By Rachel Charman and Shane Croucher Tony Gladwin, the British National Party Parliamentary candidate for Southend West, has made several references to drugs, binge drinking and violence on his profile on social networking site Facebook. Mr Gladwin (left), a single 26 year old builder, lives in Billericay with his mother. He is known to...
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By Rachel Charman A senior UKIP spokesperson has spoken out over Southend West UKIP candidate Garry Cockrill’s comments on homosexuality. The spokesperson said that Mr Cockrill’s views on this area were not the party’s view, and that he may be sent a copy of the party’s policy to clarify their position. Mr Cockrill said...
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In this video, Southend West candidates David Amess, Tom Flynn, Garry Cockrill and Peter Welch discuss the NHS and discipline in schools.
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The next installment of Councilbust.com’s hustings footage is now live. In this section, the candidates David Amess, Peter Welch, Garry Cockrill and Tom Flynn discuss issues put to them by members of the audience.
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