Archive for Month: April 2019
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Local Elections 2019
10th April 2019BASILDON LOCAL ELECTIONS 2019 Well, here we are once again. The wheel has turned and I am sitting down to write my annual ‘Runners & Riders’ blog for our seemingly ceaseless cycle of elections. Normally the main problem is ‘voter fatigue’ and apathy but this year’s local elections will be like none we have witnessed…
- ADENIRAN, Cllr Kayode (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- ADESHILE, Yetunde (Tory candidate)
- ALLEN, Chris (Tory candidate)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BARNES, Andy (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- Basildon (New Town)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon, Borough of
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BIDDLE, Cllr Mark (Shotgate parish cllr)
- Billericay (town)
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay West (ward)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Con, Burstead)
- BLOCK, Kayte (fmr. Lab cllr for Vange)
- BREEDON, Simon (fmr. UKIP candidate, now Ind)
- Brexit
- BROCKMAN, Cllr Eunice (WInd, Wickford North)
- Burstead (ward)
- BURTON-SAMPSON, Cllr David (Lab, St Martin's)
- BUXTON, Andrew (fmr. Lab cllr for St Martin's)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- CARRION, Jose (fmr UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- CATLING, Louise (Labour candidate)
- CHANDLER, Michael (Lib Dem candidate)
- CLEGG, Rt Hon Sir Nick (fmr. Lib Dem leader)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East)
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- FELLOWES, Cllr Derrick (N'Mayne Ind, Nethermayne)
- Fryerns (ward)
- GODDARD, David (Labour candidate)
- Government
- Green Party
- GREEN, Cllr Hazel (UKIP, Laindon Park)
- HARRISON, Alex (Labour candidate)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HEDLEY-BARNES, Stephanie (Tory candidate)
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- HENRY, Cllr Jeff (Con, Laindon Park)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HILLIER, Sandra (fmr. Tory cllr for Langdon Hills)
- HILTON, Tracey (Labour candidate)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- HOWARD, Martin (Lib Dem candidate)
- HOWARD, Vivien (Lib Dem candidate)
- Independence from EU Group
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- JENKINS, Phil (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- KETTLE, Cllr Pauline (Ind, Nethermayne)
- Labour Party
- Laindon
- Laindon Park (ward)
- Laindon Park & Fryerns (county division)
- Langdon Hills (ward)
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)
- Lee Chapel North (ward)
- LOW, Tony (fmr. Tory candidate, now Ind)
- MANTERFIELD, Karen (Lib Dem candidate)
- McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- Momentum (Corbynistas)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- MOWE, Michael (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford North)
- Nethermayne (ward)
- Nethermayne Independents
- NICE, Clare (Lib Dem candidate)
- NICE, Steve (Lib Dem candidate)
- PALMER, Gillian (Labour candidate)
- Pitsea (county division)
- Pitsea (town)
- Pitsea North-West (ward)
- Pitsea South-East (ward)
- READ, Sarah (Green candidate)
- REID, Cllr Patricia (Lab, Pitsea North-West)
- REID, Malcolm (Labour candidate/agent)
- RIMMER, Cllr Craig (Con, Pitsea SE)
- Runners & Riders
- SAINSBURY, Edward (Lib Dem candidate)
- SANDHU, Sandeep (Tory candidate)
- SCAROLA, Cllr John (Lab, Laindon Park)
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- St Martin's (ward)
- TAYLOR, Perry (Tory candidate)
- TOWLER, Peter (Labour candidate)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Vange (ward)
- Westley Heights (county division)
- Wickford (town)
- Wickford Castledon (ward)
- Wickford Independents
- Wickford North (ward)
- Wickford Park (ward)
- WILLIAMS, Ben, OBE (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- WILLIAMS, Geoff, MBE (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- WILLIAMS, Linda (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- YAQUB, Cllr Maryam (Lab, St Martin's)
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Military Persecutions
9th April 2019At the February meeting of Full Council, the Leader of Basildon Council, Cllr Andrew Baggott (Con, Burstead), moved the following motion: “Council notes its strong association with the armed forces through the Civil Military Partnership Board and having awarded Freedom of the Borough to the Royal Anglian Regiment. Council deplores the persecution of any Basildon…
- Afghanistan
- Armed Forces
- Armed Forces Covenant
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Civil Military Partnership Board
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Daily Mail
- FRANCOIS, Rt Hon Mark, MP (Tory MP for Rayleigh & Wickford)
- Good Friday Agreement
- Government
- GRIFFIN, David (Chelsea pensioner)
- IRA (Irish Republican Army)
- Iraq
- Labour Party
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa, MP (Prime Minister)
- Northern Ireland
- PMQs
- Royal Anglian Regiment
- WILLIAMSON, Rt Hon Gavin, CBE MP (fmr. Defence Secretary)
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Basildon Budget 2019/20
9th April 2019I already posted a ‘vlog’ on my Facebook page back on 15th February about the February meeting of Full Council and the passing of the 2019/20 Conservative Budget but I thought it would be worth uploading my budget speech on this website. You can also watch the webcast of the meeting here. “Thank-you, Mr. Mayor.…
- Advice Store, The
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon, Borough of
- Budget
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Council Tax
- Digi Hub
- Economic Development & Growth Cttee. (now disbanded)
- Future High Streets Fund
- George Hurd Centre
- Innovation Warehouse
- SELEP (South East Local Enterprise Partnership)
- South Essex Construction Hub
- SULLIVAN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Billericay East)
- Uncategorised
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Palm Oil
5th April 2019At the Full Council meeting in December last year, Cllr Kerry Smith (Ind, Nethermayne) moved a motion with cross-party support seeking to promote a borough-wide ban on products containing palm oil. Never one to miss a passing bandwagon, Councillor Smith was quick to seize on the publicity surrounding the Christmas advert for Iceland, which sought…
- Basildon Borough Council
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- Deforestation
- European Union
- Iceland (company)
- Indonesia
- Kellogg's
- Malaysia
- Orangutans
- Palm oil
- PepsiCo
- Policy Oversight & Strategy Committee
- RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- THOMPSON, Dame Emma, DBE
- Uncategorised
- Unilever