Category: BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
-
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 (Ab Ind, 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 & Mayor of Basildon)
- BUXTON, Andrew (fmr. Lab cllr for St Martin's)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- 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 & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- FELLOWES, Cllr Derrick (N'Mayne Ind, Nethermayne)
- Fryerns (ward)
- GODDARD, David (Labour candidate)
- Government
- Green Party
- GREEN, Cllr Hazel (Ind, 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)
- Independent Group (Smithites)
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- JENKINS, Phil (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- KETTLE, Cllr Pauline (Ind, Nethermayne)
- Labour Party
- Laindon (town)
- Laindon Park (ward)
- Laindon Park & Fryerns (county division)
- Langdon Hills (ward)
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- 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)
-
THE RESULTS – Basildon Borough Council Elections 2018
8th May 2018Thursday was an exceptionally good night for the Conservatives (much better than 2016). We held the five seats we were defending (Billericay East, Billericay West, Burstead, Crouch and Wickford North) and, in addition, won five more (Laindon Park, two seats in Pitsea South-East, Wickford Castledon and Wickford Park). UKIP, who were the second largest party…
- ABRAHALL, David (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- ADENIRAN, Cllr Kayode (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- ADESHILE, Yetunde (Tory candidate)
- ALLEN, Chris (Tory candidate)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ANSELL, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Pitsea SE)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead & fmr Leader of Basildon Council)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BARNES, Andy (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon, Borough of
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BENNETT, Santa (Labour candidate)
- Billericay (town)
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay West (ward)
- BLAKE, Ann (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BREEDON, Simon (fmr. UKIP candidate, now Ind)
- BROCKMAN, Cllr Eunice (WInd, Wickford North)
- BUCKLEY, Cllr Malcolm (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- Burstead (ward)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- CATLING, Louise (Labour candidate)
- CLANCY, Cllr Imelda (Ind, Langdon Hills)
- CONROY, Mark (UKIP candidate)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Ind, Islington North & fmr Leader of the Opposition)
- Crouch (ward)
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- Democrats and Veterans Party
- EACERSALL, David (DVP candidate, formerly UKIP)
- ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)
- FERGUSON, Cllr Jack (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- FERGUSON, Frank (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Fryerns (ward)
- GIBBS, Dr Phillip (UKIP candidate)
- GORDON, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- Green Belt
- GREEN, Cllr Hazel (Ind, Laindon Park)
- HANNON, Loren (UKIP candidate)
- HARRISON, Alex (Labour candidate)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HARRISON, Derek (Wickford Independents candidate)
- HARVEY, Steve (DVP candidate)
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- HENRY, Cllr Jeff (Con, Laindon Park)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Ab Ind, Wickford North)
- HOUGHTON, David (UKIP candidate)
- Independent Group (Smithites)
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- JEFFERY, Cllr George (Con, Wickford Park)
- KETTLE, Cllr Pauline (Ind, Nethermayne)
- KIRKMAN, Cllr David (Lab, Fryerns)
- KIRKMAN, Paul (fmr. Labour Leader of Basildon Council)
- Labour Party
- Laindon (town)
- Laindon Park (ward)
- Laindon Park & Fryerns (county division)
- Langdon Hills (ward)
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- Lee Chapel North (ward)
- Liberal Democrats
- MACKENZIE, Cllr Luke (Con, Pitsea SE)
- MAYLIN, Gary (Tory candidate)
- McCAFFERY, Susan (UKIP candidate)
- McDONALD, Cllr Elaine (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- Momentum (Corbynistas)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- MORRIS, Richard (UKIP candidate)
- MUYLDERS, Sally (Labour candidate)
- Nethermayne (ward)
- PETCHEY, Richard (UKIP candidate)
- PIPER, Kevin (UKIP candidate)
- Pitsea (town)
- Pitsea North-West (ward)
- Pitsea South-East (ward)
- Post-election analysis
- REID, Cllr Patricia (Lab, Pitsea North-West)
- REID, Malcolm (Labour candidate/agent)
- RICHES, Lorna (UKIP candidate)
- RIMMER, Cllr Craig (Con, Pitsea SE)
- SAGGERS, Norma (UKIP candidate)
- SANDHU, Sandeep (Tory candidate)
- SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)
- SCANLAN, Thomas (Labour candidate)
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Uncategorised
- Vange (ward)
- WALLACE, Naomi (Labour candidate)
- WARD, Stephen (fmr. UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- WARNER, Spencer (Tory candidate)
- Westley Heights (county division)
- Wickford (town)
- Wickford Castledon (ward)
- Wickford Crouch (county division)
- Wickford Independents
- Wickford North (ward)
- Wickford Park (ward)
- WINGFIELD, Kevin (Tory candidate)
- ZWENGUNDE, Clarence (Labour candidate)
-
Local Elections 2018: Runners & Riders
9th April 2018BASILDON LOCAL ELECTIONS 2018 It’s that time of the year again and local elections are upon us. We have fifteen seats on Basildon Borough Council up for grabs to determine who will take charge of the Council, which has been in No Overall Control since 2014. The Council is presently led by a coalition of…
- ABRAHALL, David (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- ADENIRAN, Cllr Kayode (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- ALLEN, Chris (Tory candidate)
- 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)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead & fmr Leader of Basildon Council)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BALL, Cllr Tony (Cty Cllr for Wickford Crouch and fmr. Leader of Basildon Council)
- BARNES, Andy (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- Basildon Borough Council
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Billericay (town)
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay West (ward)
- BROCKMAN, Cllr Eunice (WInd, Wickford North)
- BROWN, Cllr Adele (Lab, Fryerns)
- BUCKLEY, Cllr Malcolm (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- Burstead (ward)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- CAMPBELL, Alistair
- CLANCY, Cllr Imelda (Ind, Langdon Hills)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Crouch (ward)
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- DORNAN, John (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)
- FERGUSON, Cllr Jack (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- FERGUSON, Frank (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Fryerns (ward)
- GIBBS, Dr Phillip (UKIP candidate)
- GREEN, Cllr Hazel (Ind, Laindon Park)
- HARRISON, Alex (Labour candidate)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- 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)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Ab Ind, Wickford North)
- Independent Group (Smithites)
- JEFFERY, Cllr George (Con, Wickford Park)
- KIRKMAN, Cllr David (Lab, Fryerns)
- KIRKMAN, Paul (fmr. Labour Leader of Basildon Council)
- Labour Party
- Laindon (town)
- Laindon Park (ward)
- Langdon Hills (ward)
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- Lee Chapel North (ward)
- Liberal Democrats
- Local Plan
- MACKENZIE, Cllr Luke (Con, Pitsea SE)
- McDONALD, Cllr Elaine (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- MUYLDERS, Sally (Labour candidate)
- Nethermayne (ward)
- PIPER, Kevin (UKIP candidate)
- Pitsea (town)
- Pitsea North-West (ward)
- Pitsea South-East (ward)
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- REID, Cllr Patricia (Lab, Pitsea North-West)
- REID, Malcolm (Labour candidate/agent)
- RICHES, Lorna (UKIP candidate)
- RIMMER, Cllr Craig (Con, Pitsea SE)
- Runners & Riders
- SAGGERS, Norma (UKIP candidate)
- SANDHU, Sandeep (Tory candidate)
- SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)
- SCANLAN, Thomas (Labour candidate)
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- WALLACE, Naomi (Labour candidate)
- WARD, Stephen (fmr. UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- Wickford (town)
- Wickford Castledon (ward)
- Wickford Independents
- Wickford North (ward)
- Wickford Park (ward)
- Wickford UKIP (now defunct)
- WILLIAMS, Ben, OBE (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- WILLIAMS, Geoff, MBE (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- WINGFIELD, Kevin (Tory candidate)
- ZWENGUNDE, Clarence (Labour candidate)
-
Solar Farm permission extended by six years!
7th December 2017Regular readers will recall that I was vehemently opposed to the 2014 application to build a solar farm covering over 26 hectares on Green Belt land off Outwood Farm Road in Billericay. This was granted permission by the Planning Committee, despite an officer recommendation to refuse and opposition from Billericay Town Council, Chelmsford City Council…
- ALLEN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Crouch)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- Basildon Borough Council
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Billericay (town)
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay Town Council
- Chelmsford City Council
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- FERGUSON, Frank (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Government
- Green Belt
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- Labour Party
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- Planning Committee
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- Solar farm
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Uncategorised
-
Full Council – 06.10.16
10th October 2016I start with my customary apology. I have not had time to blog for a while and I never got around to writing up the July meeting of Full Council but I want to write up the meeting of Full Council held Thursday night. MAX WHITLOCK The evening started with tributes being paid to Olympic…
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead & fmr Leader of Basildon Council)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Billericay School
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- Brexit
- BROWNE, Lorraine (fmr Basildon Council officer)
- BURTON-SAMPSON, Cllr David (Lab, St Martin's & Mayor of Basildon)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Crime
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)
- Essex County Council
- Essex Countywide Traveller Unit
- Freedom of the Borough
- Gambling Act (2003)
- Government
- Gypsies & Trevellers
- Harlow Borough Council
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HIRST, Roger (Essex Police Commissioner)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Ab Ind, Wickford North)
- Housing & Growth Scrutiny Committee (now disbanded)
- Illegal Encampments
- Infrastructure & Community Scrutiny Committee (now disbanded)
- Joint Standards Committee
- KANE, Chf Insp Shaun (Essex Police)
- Labour Party
- LAZARUS, Roland (Billericay resident)
- Local Plan
- Localism Act (2011)
- Members' Question Time
- MOORE, Cllr Dr Richard (Con, Burstead)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- Police & Crime Plan
- Public Question Time
- SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- SULLIVAN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Billericay East)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Veolia Environmental Trust
- Veolia North Thames Trust
- Veolia UK
- WARD, Stephen (fmr. UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- WHITLOCK, Max, MBE (Freeman of the Borough)
- Wickford Independents
-
THE RESULTS – Basildon Borough Council Elections 2016
6th May 2016Well, that is all she wrote. It is 3:30am on Friday 6th May and I have just got back from the Count after what was a mixed night for the Conservatives. Heaven only knows why I am typing this up now but it is all swimming around in my head. Ultimately, the Tories won six…
- ADENIRAN, Cllr Kayode (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- ALLEN, Chris (Tory candidate)
- ALLEN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Crouch)
- ALLPORT, Leslie (UKIP candidate)
- 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 Borough Council
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BLAKE, Ann (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BLANEY, Lewis (Labour candidate)
- BLOCK, Kayte (fmr. Lab cllr for Vange)
- BROCKMAN, Cllr Eunice (WInd, Wickford North)
- BROWN, Cllr Adele (Lab, Fryerns)
- BURTON-SAMPSON, Cllr David (Lab, St Martin's & Mayor of Basildon)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- CARRION, Jose (fmr UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- DRUMMOND, John (Green candidate)
- DWYER, Ian (Tory candidate)
- FELLOWES, Cllr Derrick (N'Mayne Ind, Nethermayne)
- FERGUSON, Cllr Jack (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- General Election
- GIBBS, Dr Phillip (UKIP candidate)
- GORDON, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- GORDON, Lynda (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Government
- GRANT, Liz (Lib Dem candidate)
- GREEN, Cllr Hazel (Ind, Laindon Park)
- HALL, Dean (Green candidate)
- HAMMANS, Cliff (UKIP candidate)
- HARRISON, Alex (Labour candidate)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HENRY, Cllr Jeff (Con, Laindon Park)
- HERBING, Graham (Labour candidate)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Ab Ind, Wickford North)
- Independent Group (Smithites)
- Independent Labour Group (now defunct)
- JAMES, John (UKIP candidate)
- KETTLE, Cllr Pauline (Ind, Nethermayne)
- KIRKMAN, Cllr David (Lab, Fryerns)
- Labour Party
- LATCHFORD, Terry (UKIP candidate)
- Le GRESLEY, Nigel, JP (fmr. UKIP cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- Liberal Democrat and Green Group (now defunct)
- Liberal Democrats
- LOW, Tony (fmr. Tory candidate, now Ind)
- MALSBURY, Trevor (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- MAYLIN, Gary (Tory candidate)
- McCAFFERY, Susan (UKIP candidate)
- McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)
- McGURRAN, Dolores (Labour candidate)
- MOORE, Cllr Dr Richard (Con, Burstead)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- MUYLDERS, Sally (Labour candidate)
- PETCHEY, Richard (UKIP candidate)
- PIPER, Kevin (UKIP candidate)
- Post-election analysis
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- RADLEY, David
- RAINFORD, Tamara (Tory cadidate)
- REGAN, Michelle (UKIP candidate)
- REID, Cllr Patricia (Lab, Pitsea North-West)
- RICHARDS, Alan
- SCAROLA, Cllr John (Lab, Laindon Park)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- STEPHENS, Nicole (Tory candidate)
- SULLIVAN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Billericay East)
- TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- WAINE, Rhyan (UKIP candidate)
- WATERS, Anne Marie (UKIP candidate)
- Wickford Independents
- WILLIAMS, Ben, OBE (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- YATES, Stephen (Tory candidate)
- ZWENGUNDE, Clarence (Labour candidate)
-
Local Elections 2016
30th April 2016Firstly, an apology. I never wrote up the last meeting of Full Council, which I think is a first. I decided to wait for the audio recording to go on the website, as it makes it much easier for me to do the write-up but, low and behold, the Council’s audio-recording system failed again and,…
- ADENIRAN, Cllr Kayode (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- ALLEN, Chris (Tory candidate)
- ALLEN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Crouch)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ALLPORT, Leslie (UKIP candidate)
- 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)
- Basildon Borough Council
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay Town Council
- BLAKE, Ann (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- BLANEY, Lewis (Labour candidate)
- BLOCK, Kayte (fmr. Lab cllr for Vange)
- BOBBIN, Ald. Keith (fmr. Labour cllr for Pitsea NW)
- BROCKMAN, Cllr Eunice (WInd, Wickford North)
- BROWN, Cllr Adele (Lab, Fryerns)
- 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)
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- CARRION, Jose (fmr UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- CLANCY, Cllr Imelda (Ind, Langdon Hills)
- CLEGG, Rt Hon Sir Nick (fmr. Lib Dem leader)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- DRUMMOND, John (Green candidate)
- DWYER, Ian (Tory candidate)
- FELLOWES, Cllr Derrick (N'Mayne Ind, Nethermayne)
- FERGUSON, Cllr Jack (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- General Election
- GIBBS, Dr Phillip (UKIP candidate)
- GORDON, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- GORDON, Lynda (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- GRANT, Liz (Lib Dem candidate)
- GREEN, Cllr Hazel (Ind, Laindon Park)
- HALL, Dean (Green candidate)
- HAMMANS, Cliff (UKIP candidate)
- HARRISON, Alex (Labour candidate)
- HENRY, Cllr Jeff (Con, Laindon Park)
- HERBING, Graham (Labour candidate)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HILLIER, Sandra (fmr. Tory cllr for Langdon Hills)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- Independent Group (Smithites)
- Independent Labour Group (now defunct)
- 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)
- Labour Party
- LATCHFORD, Terry (UKIP candidate)
- Liberal Democrat and Green Group (now defunct)
- Liberal Democrats
- Local Budget
- Local Elections
- LOW, Tony (fmr. Tory candidate, now Ind)
- MACKENZIE, Cllr Luke (Con, Pitsea SE)
- MALSBURY, Trevor (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- MAYLIN, Gary (Tory candidate)
- McCAFFERY, Susan (UKIP candidate)
- McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- McGURRAN, Dolores (Labour candidate)
- MOORE, Cllr Dr Richard (Con, Burstead)
- MORRIS, Andrew (UKIP candidate)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- MOWE, Michael (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford North)
- MUYLDERS, Sally (Labour candidate)
- PETCHEY, Richard (UKIP candidate)
- PIPER, Kevin (UKIP candidate)
- RACKLEY, Pat (fmr. Ind Labour cllr for St Martin's)
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- RADLEY, David
- RAINFORD, Tamara (Tory cadidate)
- REGAN, Michelle (UKIP candidate)
- REID, Cllr Patricia (Lab, Pitsea North-West)
- REID, Malcolm (Labour candidate/agent)
- RICHARDS, Alan
- Runners & Riders
- SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)
- SCAROLA, Cllr John (Lab, Laindon Park)
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- STEPHENS, Nicole (Tory candidate)
- SULLIVAN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Billericay East)
- TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)
- TOMLIN, Cllr Frank (Billericay town cllr)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- WAINE, Rhyan (UKIP candidate)
- WATERS, Anne Marie (UKIP candidate)
- Wickford Independents
- Wickford UKIP (now defunct)
- 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)
- YATES, Stephen (Tory candidate)
- ZWENGUNDE, Clarence (Labour candidate)
-
Bridging Blog!
20th February 2016This blog should start with an apology, as I realise it is my first one since November of last year. Happy belated New Year to you all and I hope you all had lovely Christmases. It means I did not write up the meeting of Full Council in December or January. I am not sure…
- ALLEN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Crouch)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead & fmr Leader of Basildon Council)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon Community Safety Partnership
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- BUXTON, Andrew (fmr. Lab cllr for St Martin's)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- Felmores Bail Hostel
- Grammar Schools
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Ab Ind, Wickford North)
- Illegal Encampments
- Independent Remuneration Panel
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- Joint Standards Committee
- Justice, Ministry of
- Labour Party
- Living Wage
- Localised Council Tax Support Scheme
- LOWMAN, Ven David (fmr Archdeacon of Chelmsford)
- MALSBURY, Trevor (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- MAYLIN, Gary (Tory candidate)
- Members' Remuneration Scheme
- MOORE, Cllr Dr Richard (Con, Burstead)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- National Probation Service
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- Overview & Scrutiny Commission (now disbanded)
- Pitsea Regeneration
- Planning Committee
- Public Question Time
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)
- SCAROLA, Cllr John (Lab, Laindon Park)
- Sempra Homes
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Wickford Independents
-
Full Council – 15.10.15
19th October 2015As I come to write up last Thursday’s meeting of Full Council, I would just ask readers to bear with me, as this was a mammoth SEVEN-HOUR meeting that went on until two o’clock in the morning. The meeting started at 7pm, earlier than usual, with a special Extraordinary Meeting to consider two nominations for…
- ALLEN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Crouch)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead & fmr Leader of Basildon Council)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BALL, Cllr Tony (Cty Cllr for Wickford Crouch and fmr. Leader of Basildon Council)
- Basildon Borough Council
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Ind, Islington North & fmr Leader of the Opposition)
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- Dry Street
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Ab Ind, Wickford North)
- Independent Group (Smithites)
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- Labour Party
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- LAZARUS, Roland (Billericay resident)
- Liberal Democrat and Green Group (now defunct)
- LOVEY, Danny (fmr. Tory cllr)
- MAHENDRAN, Bala (fmr Chf. Exec., Basildon Council)
- MALSBURY, Trevor (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- MOORE, Cllr Dr Richard (Con, Burstead)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- Planning Committee
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- SCHOFIELD, John (fmr. Tory cty cllr for Westley Heights)
- SMITH of BASILDON, Angela, Baroness (Labour peer)
- SMITH, Ald. Nigel, JP (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Wickford UKIP (now defunct)
- WILLIAMS, Geoff, MBE (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- WILLIAMS, Linda (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
-
Planning Meeting – 30.06.15
6th July 2015As regular readers will know, I do not generally write up meetings of Basildon Council’s Planning Committee, but last week’s meeting held on Tuesday 30th June turned out to be an unusually controversial affair. Firstly, a bit of background on the new enlarged committee, which now has ten members: four Tories – Cllrs Carole Morris…
- ALLEN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Crouch)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BROWN, Cllr Adele (Lab, Fryerns)
- ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)
- Environment Agency
- Essex County Council
- Green Belt
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- Planning Committee
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- Solar farm