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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By Rachel Charman 1.45pm: On the phone to former Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East James Duddridge’s PAs, who are shouting on speakerphone whilst driving around. Busy bee indeed. I was told earlier that Duddridge would be down at Westcliff Station at 6pm with Tory candidate for Milton ward Maria Caunce. He won’t...
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By Rachel Charman 8.15am: Casting my vote at the Thorpe polling station in the scout hut opposite Southchurch park. It’s early but there has already been a reasonable flow of people. It may be early but a BNP supporter has already scribbled “BNP✓” across the wall of the booth. The tradition of putting an...
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By Rachel Charman Tom Flynn, the Labour candidate for Southend West, will meet the public at Chalkwell shelter on bank holiday Monday. The event will include a Punch and Judy show, and Mr Flynn will be available to listen to resident’s views from 11am until 2pm. Mr Flynn said: “Southend seafront is always a...
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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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By Rachel Charman Candidates for the Southend West seat will take part in a public hustings tonight at St Andrews Church in Tintern Avenue, Westcliff. Conservative David Amess, Liberal Democrat Peter Welch, Labour candidate Tom Flynn and UKIP candidate Garry Cockrill will take part in the event, which starts at 7.30pm. The hustings has...
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By Rachel Charman Former Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess will not take part in a debate at Chase High School with his opponents Peter Welch (Liberal Democrat) and Tom Flynn (Labour) on Wednesday this week. Mr Amess was invited to take part in the debate, but his office claimed he was too...
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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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