Category: BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
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Review of 2019
29th December 2019The year 2019 is coming to a close with an almost mirror image of the end of 2018. In 2018, I entered the year as an Opposition backbencher on Basildon Council, with a Labour-led alliance in power, only for the Conservative Group to regain administration in May and the new Leader of the Council, Cllr…
- 'Basildon Borough Alliance' (Labour-led coalition)
- Advice Store, The
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead & fmr Leader of Basildon Council)
- BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon & Billericay (constituency)
- Basildon & Billericay Conservative Assoc
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon Business Group
- Billericay (town)
- Billericay Community Cinema (BillericayCine)
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay High Street
- Billericay Swimming Pool
- Brexit
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Economic Development & Growth Cttee. (now disbanded)
- Essex Chambers of Commerce
- Essex County Council
- Essex Police
- European Union
- FRANCOIS, Rt Hon Mark, MP (Con, Rayleigh & Wickford)
- General Election
- Gypsies & Trevellers
- Infrastructure & Inclusive Growth Committee (now disbanded)
- Innovation Warehouse
- JAVID, Rt Hon Sajid, MP (Con, Bromsgrove)
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Con, Uxbridge & South Ruislip - Prime Minister)
- Labour Party
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa (Lady), MP (Con, Maidenhead & fmr Tory PM)
- METCALFE, Stephen, MP (Con, South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- National Health Service
- Office of Budget Responsibility
- Palm oil
- Parliament, Houses of
- PATEL, Rt Hon Priti, MP (Con, Witham)
- Pride Teams (Basildon Council)
- SELEP (South East Local Enterprise Partnership)
- Uncategorised
- Unemployment
- Wat Tyler County Park (Pitsea)
- Withdrawal Agreement
- Zombie Parliament (2017-19)
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Why you should vote Conservative in the General Election
24th November 2019The most important General Election for a generation The Stakes could hardly be higher… We are having a General Election. I am assuming this has not escaped anyone’s attention. This is not an election the Conservative Party wanted. We wanted to deliver Brexit, fulfil the mandate of the British people expressed in the 2016…
- Anti-Semitism
- Article 50 (Brexit)
- BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon & Billericay (constituency)
- Benn Act (2019) (aka Surrender Act)
- Brexit
- British National Party
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Ind, Islington North & fmr Leader of the Opposition)
- European Union
- France
- General Election
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Con, Uxbridge & South Ruislip - Prime Minister)
- Labour Party
- Liberal Democrats
- Long Parliament (1640-53)
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa (Lady), MP (Con, Maidenhead & fmr Tory PM)
- Momentum (Corbynistas)
- National Health Service
- Northern Ireland
- Parliament, Houses of
- Referendum
- STURGEON, Rt Hon Nicola, MSP (SNP First Minister of Scotland)
- Uncategorised
- Unemployment
- Withdrawal Agreement
- Zombie Parliament (2017-19)
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Illegal Encampments
7th February 2018Once again, we find our community blighted by illegal encampments. On Monday 29th January a group of caravans pitched up at the car park on Hannakins Farm Community Centre in West Billericay. Billericay West councillors were immediately in touch with Basildon Council officers and the Essex Countywide Traveller Unit (ECTU) and kicked off the whole…
- ACPO (Assoc. of Chief Police Officers)
- BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Billericay (town)
- Billericay West (ward)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Criminal Justice & Public Order Act (1994)
- Dale Farm
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- Essex Countywide Traveller Unit
- Essex Police
- FRANCOIS, Rt Hon Mark, MP (Con, Rayleigh & Wickford)
- Government
- Gypsies & Trevellers
- Hannakins Farm
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- Hovefields (Wickford)
- Illegal Encampments
- Labour Party
- METCALFE, Stephen, MP (Con, South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- Planning Committee
- Policy & Resources Committee
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Why I'm backing Leadsom for PM
3rd July 2016I used my last blog to explain why I had taken the decision to vote Leave in the EU referendum on 23rd June and I just want to start this one by saying how delighted I was by the result. I always tend to treat voting in a rather theatrical manner but for this one…
- 1922 Committee
- BARLEY, Emily (Chair, Conservatives for Liberty)
- BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon, Borough of
- BLUNKETT, David, Lord, PC (Labour peer)
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Conservatives for Liberty
- CRABB, Rt Hon Stephen, MP (Con, Preseli Pembrokeshire)
- Data Retention Investigatory Powers Act (2014)
- European Arrest Warrant
- European Union
- FOX, Rt Hon Dr Liam, MP (Tory MP for North Somerset)
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Con, Surrey Heath)
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Con, Uxbridge & South Ruislip - Prime Minister)
- LEADSOM, Rt Hon Andrea, MP (Con, South Northamptonshire)
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa (Lady), MP (Con, Maidenhead & fmr Tory PM)
- Referendum
- WERRITTY, Adam
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Why I shall vote to Leave the EU
22nd June 2016I have thought long and hard about the momentous decision that faces our nation on Thursday. Not particularly about how I am going to vote, for I have known that with a fair degree of certainty for well over a decade. Rather, I have agonised over whether or not I wanted to blog on the…
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Elections 2015: The Aftermath
14th May 2015Believe it or not, it has taken me about a week to recover from Polling Day. I have never fought a General Election campaign before – in 2010, I stayed up with a friend and watched the result coming in on the telly – so to do so as an agent, running an MP’s re-election campaign,…
- AKER, Tim (fmr UKIP Thurrock cllr & MEP)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BALL, Cllr Tony (Cty Cllr for Wickford Crouch and fmr. Leader of Basildon Council)
- BARNES, Andy (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon Sporting Village
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- BOBBIN, Ald. Keith (fmr. Labour cllr for Pitsea NW)
- BUCKLEY, Christopher
- BUCKLEY, Cllr Malcolm (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- BUCKLEY, Sylvia (late Tory cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BURTON-SAMPSON, Cllr David (Lab, St Martin's & Mayor of Basildon)
- BUXTON, Andrew (fmr. Lab cllr for St Martin's)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- CARRION, Jose (fmr UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- COKER, Mark (Tory candidate)
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- DOYLE-PRICE, Jackie, MP (Tory MP for Thurrock)
- DWYER, Ian (Tory candidate)
- FRANCOIS, Rt Hon Mark, MP (Con, Rayleigh & Wickford)
- GORDON, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- GORDON, Lynda (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- HARRIS, Rebecca, MP (Con, Castle Point)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- HILLIER, Sandra (fmr. Tory cllr for Langdon Hills)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- HORGAN, Stephen (late Tory cllr for Billericay West)
- HYDE, Jilly (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- JENKINS, Phil (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)
- Le GRESLEY, Nigel, JP (fmr. UKIP cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- LUDER, Ian, CBE (UKIP PPC for South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- MAJOR, Rt Hon Sir John, KG CH (fmr. Tory PM)
- McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)
- METCALFE, Stephen, MP (Con, South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- MOWE, Michael (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford North)
- MUNYAMBU, Daniel (fmr. Ind cllr for Vange)
- Post-election analysis
- QUINCE, Will, MP (Con, Colchester)
- RACKLEY, Pat (fmr. Ind Labour cllr for St Martin's)
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- RUSSELL, Sir Bob (fmr. Lib Dem MP for Colchester)
- SMITH, Ald. Nigel, JP (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- STEPHENS, Nicole (Tory candidate)
- TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- WATERS, Anne Marie (UKIP candidate)
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Elections 2015
7th May 2015It is now officially Polling Day and chronic insomnia allows me this opportunity to make some election night predictions and speak briefly about the elections before us – not just the General Election to Parliament but also our own local borough council elections. Every politician says at every election that it is “the most important…
- ABRAHALL, David (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ANSELL, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Pitsea SE)
- ARCHIBALD, William (late Labour cllr for Fryerns)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BALL, Cllr Tony (Cty Cllr for Wickford Crouch and fmr. Leader of Basildon Council)
- BARNES, Andy (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon Borough Council
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BLAKE, Ann (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- BOBBIN, Ald. Keith (fmr. Labour cllr for Pitsea NW)
- BUCKLEY, Sylvia (late Tory cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BURTON-SAMPSON, Cllr David (Lab, St Martin's & Mayor of Basildon)
- BUXTON, Andrew (fmr. Lab cllr for St Martin's)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- CLANCY, Cllr Imelda (Ind, Langdon Hills)
- CLEGG, Rt Hon Sir Nick (fmr. Lib Dem leader)
- COKER, Mark (Tory candidate)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- DORNAN, John (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- DOWNES, Paul (UKIP candidate)
- DWYER, Ian (Tory candidate)
- ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)
- FRANCOIS, Rt Hon Mark, MP (Con, Rayleigh & Wickford)
- GANDY, Kim
- GANDY, Terry (UKIP candidate)
- General Election
- GILLAN, Stephen (Labour candidate)
- GORDON, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- GRANT, Colin (Lib Dem candidate)
- GRANT, Liz (Lib Dem candidate)
- HAMILTON, Neil, AM (UKIP member of the Welsh Assembly)
- HEDLEY-BARNES, Stephanie (Tory candidate)
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HILLIER, Sandra (fmr. Tory cllr for Langdon Hills)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- HORN, Nigel (Lib Dem candidate)
- HOWARD, Martin (Lib Dem candidate)
- HOWARD, Vivien (Lib Dem candidate)
- HYDE, Jilly (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- JAMES, John (UKIP candidate)
- JENKINS, Phil (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- KETTLE, Cllr Pauline (Ind, Nethermayne)
- KIRKMAN, Cllr David (Lab, Fryerns)
- KIRKMAN, Paul (fmr. Labour Leader of Basildon Council)
- KONSTANTINIDIS, George (UKIP PPC for Basildon & Billericay)
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)
- Le GRESLEY, Nigel, JP (fmr. UKIP cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- LE-SURF, Mike (Labour PPC for South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- LIVESEY, Ron (late Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- Local Elections
- LOW, Tony (fmr. Tory candidate, now Ind)
- LUDER, Ian, CBE (UKIP PPC for South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- MAY, Michael (UKIP candidate)
- McCAFFERY, Susan (UKIP candidate)
- McCREA, John
- McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- METCALFE, Stephen, MP (Con, South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- MOWE, Michael (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford North)
- MUNYAMBU, Daniel (fmr. Ind cllr for Vange)
- NICE, Steve (Lib Dem candidate)
- RACKLEY, Pat (fmr. Ind Labour cllr for St Martin's)
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- REID, Cllr Patricia (Lab, Pitsea North-West)
- RICHARDS, Alan
- Runners & Riders
- SCAROLA, Cllr John (Lab, Laindon Park)
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- SMITH of BASILDON, Angela, Baroness (Labour peer)
- SMITH, Ald. Nigel, JP (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- STEPHENS, Nicole (Tory candidate)
- TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)
- TAYLOR, Jenefer (Labour candidate)
- THOMPSON, Martin
- TOMLIN, Cllr Frank (Billericay town cllr)
- WARD, Stephen (fmr. UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- WATERS, Anne Marie (UKIP candidate)
- WEBB, John (UKIP candidate)
- 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)