Southend and Rochford remain 'Blue' this morning, after Conservative candidates James Duddridge
(left) and David Amess (right) easily won their respective election battles.
As Longpier.com reported earlier, Rochford and Southend East was the first of our two
constituencies to declare results at 4.
Conservative candidate James Duddridge has won in Rochford & Southend East.
He polled 19,509 votes, beating Kevin Bonavia who polled 8,459. Liberal Democrat candidate Graham
Longley polled 8,084.
FULL RESULTS:
KEVIN BONAVIA - LABOUR - 8,459
ANTHONY CHYTRY - INDEPENDENT - 611
JAMES DUDDRIDGE - CONSERVATIVE - 19,509
GRAHAM LONGLEY - LIB DEM - 8,084
JAMES MOYIES - UKIP - 2,405
GEOFF STROBRIDGE - BNP - 1,856
ANDREW VAUGHAN - GREEN - 707
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Southend West and Rochford & Southend East. You will find out the results here FIRST - so bookmark
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0435 - Counting finished - results imminent
0428 - Mark Francois, CONSERVATIVE elected Rayleigh and Wickford MP
0420 - James Duddridge tells Stuart Byford of Longpier.
Longpier.com will be providing up to the minute, unrivalled coverage of this year's General and
Local elections. We'll be FIRST with the result - expected around 3am.
We'll be at the General Election count at Garon Park TONIGHT when all eyes will be on the results
from the constituencies of Rochford & Southend East and Southend West.
Longpier.com will be providing up to the minute, unrivalled coverage of this year's General and
Local elections.
First we'll be at the General Election count at Garon Park on Thursday night when all eyes will be
on the results from the constituencies of Rochford & Southend East and Southend West.
Did you know the tourist industry contributes £300m to the Southend economy? To mark British
Tourist Week, the borough's council will be outlining its plans for a fun-filled summer of sand,
sea and exciting events on Thursday (Mar 18).
Around 18% of the town's workforce is directly involved in tourism or tourism-related
industries, making it one of the borough's key business sectors.
Police in Southend are warning the public following a number of incidents where bogus callers,
pretending to be police officers, have duped mostly elderly householders into allowing them into
their homes and then stolen money from them.
Incidents were reported on March 4 in Rochford, Eastwood, Leigh and Westcliff where two white men,
aged between 28-50 claimed to be detectives investigating a nearby burglary and needing to check
the home to see if they had been burgled.
Longpier.com is delighted to announce the appointment of another team member. 18 year old Laura
Ward, from Benfleet, joins the site as she prepares to study Journalism and Public Relations at the
University of Greenwich in September.
Laura spends most of her time in Leigh and Southend and has a keen interest in the area.
More than half of all MPs, including the two that represent the Southend area, have been ordered to
pay back more than a total of £1.1m which they'd wrongly claimed in expenses.
David Amess MP (Con, Southend West right on pic) was told to pay back £1,100.06 in excessive
expenses, while James Duddridge (Con, Rochford & Southend East left on pic) had to pay back £480.
Longpier.com is proud to introduce our newest recruit - Charlotte
Searles. 21 year old Charlotte, who's lived in the Southend area all her life, joins our
reporting team and can't wait to get started. We're delighted to have her on board.
Nominations have opened for this year's 'Citizen of Southend' awards. It's time to recognise those
unsung heroes who perform selfless acts of kindness or make an outstanding contribution to the
community.
The awards cover two categories - Adult and Youth (under 19) – with nominations coming from
members of the public.
New controls for Southend Airport have been agreed by Southend and Rochford councils, after
residents voiced concerns about plans to increase the number of flights over the area. If proposed
expansion plans happen, then operators will be forced to cut the number of night flights by 87%
from a proposed 900 a month to just 120.
Hundreds of residents in Rochford are joining forces to campaign against plans to build 326 new
homes on green belt land.
Developers - the Colonnade Group - have put forward plans for the new builds on land at Coombes
Farm in Stambridge. On its website, Colonnade claim the
FC Santa Rosa U-16's opened the 2010 TTFF National Youth League Season with a bang, showing grit
and coming from behind to win 2-1 against Queen's Park CC at the Youth Training Centre, Arouca.
Santa Rosa dominated the 1st half but fell behind to a 35th. minute Queen's Park free-kick that
penetrated the home team's wall.
Quizá este Mundial Sub-20 no llama tanto de la atención de los mexicanos
porque nuestra Selección de esa categoría no logró calificar. Pero a los que nos gusta mucho el
fútbol, no ocupamos pretexto para no ver estos partidos, o al menos estar enterado de cómo van
las cosas.
As the country gears up for election day on May 6th, Longpier.com takes a look at the way the
residents of the Southend borough have voted in the past century.
Thanks to our friends at the Southend Timeline website, we've been able to trace back voting
preferences from 1918, to the last election - in 2005.
It's been announced that the General Election will be held on 6th May 2010. But who are the
candidates in our area? We have two constituencies here in Southend and surrounding areas. Here is
a guide to one of them - Rochford & Southend East. You can click here for the guide to
Southend West.
It's been announced that the General Election will be held on 6th May 2010. But who are the
candidates in our area? We have two constituencies here in Southend and surrounding areas. Here is
a guide to one of them - Southend West. You can click here for the guide to Rochford and
Southend East.
Numerous bands and revellers have hit out over the organisation of this weekend's SX Festival in
Rochford.
The two day event - held over 15th and 16th May - was meant to feature more than 80 bands over five
stages, but Longpier.com understands that several billed artists didn't turn up, due to what they
called, "poor organisation".
Barcelona lost. Lyon lost. Both defeats were put down, in part, to arduous journeys across
Europe by modes other than aeroplanes which sapped the energy of the players and left them
struggling through the first legs of their UEFA Champions League semi finals.
There is an element of truth in it but it is largely an excuse.
Within the last few minutes, it's been confirmed that the expansion of Southend Airport can go
ahead.
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government John Denham has said the plans, which
include extension of the runway to accomodate bigger planes, will not be referred to a public
inquiry and therefore work can begin.
It's emerged Southend Council is spending £70,000, over two years, to highlight and promote four
large road improvement schemes across the borough.
You may have seen the 'Better Southend' logos popping up since December on lampposts leading
to and from the roadwork sites at City Beach, Cuckoo Corner, Victoria Square and the Progress Road
junction with the A127.
A vivid splash of colour has sprung up along Southend's High Street, with an array of 40
eye-catching banners helping to highlight all the town has to offer.
The banners are part of a special initiative from the Southend Town Centre Partnership that aims to
promote a variety of themes, including 'Culture-on-Sea' and 'Shopping-on-Sea'.
Thanks to everyone who's been sending in photographs and videos of the snow. We've had scores of
pictures and we're keen for more, so please keep emailing them to longpier@gmail.com
and the best will appear on the site.
Celia Riley, from Thorpe Bay, is a rare breed. Passionate about her job, she works twice the amount
of hours she's contracted for. For 50+ hours a week, her pay is relatively paltry. Her commitment
to what she does is unfaltering despite the challenging nature of the work involved. Yet, Celia is
slowly but surely raising the profile of a charity that's been quietly helping younger people and
their families living with dementia.
