Welcome to our web site
Being selected as your prospective Conservative Member of Parliament was the proudest day of my life and since then I have been fighting Colchester’s corner both nationally and locally. I think Colchester is a great place to live and work but often think how much better it could be. I am working hard to tackle anti-social behaviour, fight over development and to hold the Liberal/Labour run Colchester Borough Council to account.
I hope you enjoy browsing through the site where you will be able to find out about our candidates, our campaigns and our vision for a better Colchester.
All my details are on my contacts page so please contact me if you have any issues, no matter how large or small.
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County Council Elections: 10 reasons to vote Conservative
Below are ten reasons to vote Conservative at the Council Elections on 4th June 2009. Colchester Conservatives are fielding candidates in all wards of Colchester for the County Council Elections. If you would like to know about your candidates, please click here.
Council Tax: Conservatives deliver lower taxes. We will save £200m by cutting bureaucracy and keep Council Tax low
Planning: We will fight to give local communities the right to decide how much housing they need.
Elderly Care: We have developed excellent Adult Social Care Services enabling more people to stay in their own home as they grow older.
Environment: 400,000 trees planted across the County. We are helping Districts and Boroughs to recycle 20% more within 3 years.
Congestion Busting: 12 congestion busting schemes delivered across Essex.
Roads & paths: Highway maintenance and pot hole repairs in Essex are now recognised as amongst the UK’s best.
Public Transport: We will give every young person aged 14-19 in full-time education concessionary fares on all local buses.
Post Offices: We took a stand against the Government’s Post Office closure programme by re-opening Essex Post Offices.
Help in Tough Times: We have delivered £100 Council Tax relief to 30,000 of the County’s most vulnerable families. We will also establish a Bank of Essex to support local small businesses through the credit crunch.
Fighting Crime: We helped put more PCSOs on local streets, which has assisted in reducing priority crimes by almost 20%. We are committed to making Essex the safest county in the country in 4 years and are currently working with Essex Police on ten targeted operations to reduce crime.
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Christopher Arnold»
Christopher writes:
I was urged to stand for the Essex County Council seat of Parsons Heath and East Gates by friends in St. Johns ward, who showed me accounts in their local councillors’ newsletters of long drawn-out battles to get things done. Could it really be that difficult, they asked?
For me, getting good service for residents [...]
Brian Jarvis»
Dear resident,
I am determined to continue the fight to deliver lower Council Tax in these difficult economic times, safer streets and a real crack down on anti-social behaviour which is blighting some peoples lives.
I have listened to your concerns, expressed in our recent residents’ survey, that there should be no more major developments in north [...]
Roger Buston»
Dear Elector,
I have listened to and taken aboard your concerns, expressed in our residents survey, and these are reflected in my pledges to you. With your very committed Conservative Borough Councillors, Pauline Hazell in Shrub End and Terry Sutton in Berechurch, I am already working and helping many residents. Together we work for you as [...]
Eugene Kraft»
The Wivenhoe St. Andrews Division of the County Council is divided into three completely distinct parts: Wivenhoe, Greenstead and the University. Each of these three parts has its own special interests and needs and I like to think that I am well qualified to serve all parts of the division.
Wivenhoe: It was my [...]
Darius Laws»
Darius G Laws (26), a local Broadcast Producer and Video Journalist, has been selected to stand as the Conservative Candidate for Abbey Division at the Essex County Council Elections on Thursday 4th June.
Darius said, “Colchester is steeped with history and full of potential but I think we can do more to make the town a [...]
Jeremy Lucas»
For the past eight years Drury Division has had a County Councillor who:
lives in Drury Division,
works in Drury Division,
works for Drury Division.
You can keep it that way. Re-elect Jeremy Lucas.
In Drury Division, Jeremy:
Helped create, open and keep tidy the Westlands Country Park in Prettygate;
Helped provide the Straight Road Community Centre and protect the future [...]
Colchester Conservative Future: Launch Dinner»
LAUNCH DINNER
Ask Restaurant, North Hill, Colchester
Friday 8th May 2009
Dear supporter,
For some time now I have been thinking about forming a Conservative Future branch in Colchester. There is already a branch at Essex University along with a number of branches in other Essex towns as well as hundreds across the UK. I have already been able [...]
Your chance to meet David Cameron - in Colchester!»
David Cameron in Colchester - your chance to meet him and ask questions.
Conservative Party Leader David Cameron is inviting residents in Colchester to quiz him face to face at his Cameron Direct event on Monday 27th April 2009. The event is a chance for local residents to put their concerns to him direct, live and [...]
Will Quince demands public money back from failed Lib Dem Councillor»
Cllr Paul Smith, who was sacked as Liberal Finance chief, proposed that all Cabinet Members should be on performance related pay, with himself as “guinea pig.” Now Smith has been sacked Will has written to him asking whether this was just another false story from the Lib Dems to get their name in print, or an idea [...]
Will Quince challenges Colchester’s MP over double standards»
Will Quince challenges MP over double standards
Will Quince has today written to the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Colchester demanding urgent clarification over what he views as blatent double standards. The letter seeks answers to concerns about the phone mast application at Norman Way, Lexden.
In 2007, Colchester’s Member of Parliament strongly criticised the [...]
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Chancellor Needs Tax “Advice”»
Over the last week or so, ministers across all parties have been grilled by the Telegraph for their expenditures and claims. Now it has emerged that nine cabinet ministers, hired accountants to help them with their tax returns.
One of these ministers was our Chancellor, Alistair Darling, who’s accountancy bill came to £1,400 over a two [...]
Bob Russell MP wants a return to Conservative administration in Westminster»
In a recent House of Commons debate, our glorified local councillor (on ten times the salary!) indicated he would be happy with a return to the pre-1997 Conservative administration:
Both my hon. Friend and I were leaders of local councils before we came to this place. Does he agree that, after 12 years of a new labour Government, [...]
When Labour is a dirty word»
When Labour is a dirty word
In the 1997 general election, the people elected the New Labour Party. We believed that we had elected a socially responsible Government; a Government that would focus on the NHS, Crime and Justice, Foreign Affairs, and more importantly, Education Education Education.
What we got was an entirely different story.
We got [...]
There are those that are born leaders…»
And others that are not…..
LEXDEN COUNCILLORS FIGHTING TO KEEP THE SPORTS PAVILION OPEN ON KING GEORGE V PLAYING FIELD»
LEXDEN COUNCILLORS FIGHTING TO KEEP THE SPORTS PAVILION OPEN ON KING GEORGE V PLAYING FIELD.
At a recent Finance and Audit Committee, Colchester Borough Council, debated the details of the Leisure services £100k cuts. This was the first time that these details have been made available. Not only have the Liberal / Labour Council slashed [...]
Sound of Silence - part 2»
What makes life so joyous, is that reality far exceeds fiction in the unexpected scenarios that it throws up. Who would have thought that a LibDem MP could unleash my inner Simon and Garfunkel? For several days, I have been humming “The Sound of Silence” practically on a loop.
As my colleague, Alan Drew [...]
Is the High Street to close?»
£700,000 has been earmarked to change the layout of Colchester High Street. Could this mean pedestrianisation? I just hope that the Lib Dems don’t make the same mistake as they did on the shrubs and ‘forget’ to ask the people of Colchester what they think. I have always found residents split on the issue:
We need a town [...]
Our MP against Colchester - here we go again!»
So we finally have the plans for the new magistrates court and guess what….the MP does not like them. We finally get some investment in our town centre with a revamped Lion Walk, after the Lib Dems pulled out of our new shopping centre at Vineyard Gate, and guess what….the MP does not like them. [...]
New homes for Colchester»
Despite the Lib Dem claims that they would curb housing expansion, they have welcomed a £12m package to create 13,510 new homes by 2021. Lib Dem Councillors were elected on the promise that the area would not have to cope with more housing and yet they have opened up land from Mile End to the [...]
Graffiti be gone!»
In Prettygate we have had a crack down on graffiti - on a ward tour I found 45 sites which have all been reported to Colchester Borough Council. One fence that the Council would not tackle, we did ourselves! Some of the ‘artwork’ was quite entertaining and had been there for at least 10 years [...]
