Essex Conservatives

The Conservative Leader of Essex County Council, Cllr Kevin Bentley, has confirmed that he, and the local Conservative Group, fully support Essex’s elections going ahead in 2026. ✅🗳️

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗙𝗗𝗖 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗟 ⬇️

🚨𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 🚨 Epping Forest District Council has launched legal action in the High Court to close the Bell Hotel in Epping and stop it from being used to house asylum seekers. 1/2

Today @Essex_CC backed a Conservative motion calling for urgent Gov action on economic growth, jobs & skills.. amid rising costs, red tape & Labour’s scrapping of the A12 upgrade. 🖊️ Sign the petition to reinstate the A12 upgrade: tinyurl.com/WidenA12 #BackEssexBusiness

📢 HANDS OFF ESSEX’S GREEN BELT!🌳🏡 Our countryside is under threat from top-down Government housing targets & backdoor building plans. Essex Conservatives say: ❌ No to building on the Green Belt 🏘️ Homes where people want to live 🚧 The infrastructure people actually need

Back on the campaign trail in sunny Chelmsford for the City&County Council by-elections, where we were joined by Witham MP & Shadow Foreign Sec, @pritipatel Lots of positive conversations, drumming up support for our excellent candidates, @seena_shah & Dr Renga Subramanian.

It’s not going well for Reform here in Essex. Recently they ❌ lost the Stock county by-election, ❌ lost the Tiptree Colchester by-election & last week ❌ lost the Maldon North by-election where they finished 3rd. Real voters at real elections voting for the Conservatives 🗳️

Maldon North (Maldon) Council By-Election Result: 🌳 CON: 41.1% (+18.4) 🔶 LDM: 36.4% (-5.4) ➡️ RFM: 16.7% (New) 🌍 GRN: 4.6% (New) No IND (-21.3) or LAB (-14.1) as previous. Conservative HOLD. Changes w/ 2023.

A 3 min tour de force by @grahamstuart on the family farms tax⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Labour MP’s idiotic intervention shows they don’t get it. ❌ Conservatives will reverse APR and BPR when back in govt. These taxes on family businesses harm the very people who create Britain’s wealth.

Reform UK's Councillor @McivorJaymey has failed to attend the Essex County Council budget meeting this morning. He was due to present a petition on the postponement of elections. Could it be that yet again he is in arrears with his council tax?

✅ Protecting services | Keeping tax low | Investing in priorities I was proud to back a Conservative budget that delivers for residents. Meanwhile, our local Reform Councillor missed budget full council again… is there a reason why he can’t vote on the budget? 🤔

Congrats to the businesses,which were shortlisted or won their category at the Rochford Business Awards. Thanks for inviting me & I’m delighted to have presented an award. 😊 Also, good to catch up with @DeniseRossiter1, Essex Chamber of Commerce re: inward investments opps.

🚗 £12.3M Extra for Essex Highways! 🚧 We’re investing in better, safer roads in the 2025/26 budget: ✅ £8.5M for local road repairs ✅ £1.6M for road safety ✅ £1.3M for cycle paths ✅ £500K for sign repairs ✅ £400K for drainage & flood prevention

I’m running to be CCA Chairman to amplify councillors’ voices, rebuild our Party from the grassroots, and equip councillors to win, serve their communities, and navigate the future of local government. Read more about my vision in @ConHome : conservativehome.com/2025/01/23/hol… @CCACllrs

Great evening with @ECCConservative colleagues, members and friends for our annual dinner with the amazing guest speaker ( and near namesake 😊) @cmackinlay, who was both inspiring and insightful. Thank you for joining us 😊

Following an extraordinary council meeting held earlier today (10 January), Essex County Council, alongside Southend-on-Sea City Council and Thurrock Council, will write to the government to request inclusion on the government’s Priority Programme for devolution. The councils will now formally put a request to the Minister for Local Government to be part of the Programme, which includes a commitment to local government reorganisation. Essex County Council and Thurrock Council will also request the postponement of elections scheduled for May this year in their areas. Southend-on-Sea City Council has no planned elections for 2025. Leader of Essex County Council, Councillor Kevin Bentley, said: "Following today’s debate, we are one step closer in our ambition to bring devolution to Essex, and I want to express my gratitude to all the councillors who contributed. "Today's meeting showed that despite our differing political views, we all want to make Essex as great as it can be for our residents and businesses. "Devolution is key to making this happen. It presents us with an opportunity for growth and productivity across the county like no other. "I would also like to thank our partners in Southend-on-Sea City Council and Thurrock Council for their continued collaboration. Together, we are embarking on a journey that will transform Essex for the better.” The councils will now wait to hear from the government on whether Greater Essex has been accepted as part of the Priority Programme for Devolution. More details on Devolution can be found here: essex.gov.uk/about-council/…

NEW: The Conservatives HOLD Stock division on Essex County Council in a by-election. Susan Dobson won 1304 receiving 327 more votes than Reform UK candidate Michael Allison.

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𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝗖𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀! ✍️ essexconservatives.uk/campaigns/peti… We are urging the Government to direct these funds to repair Essex’s roads with a ringfenced tax for the County's Roads.