The successor to Sir David Amess says Southend should seek City of Culture status in his honour.
who was elected as MP for Southend West in February"Civic pride is important and it's given everybody a focus because what we all want to do now is to make the city of Southend the city that he would have been proud of," said the 56-year-old.
"You don't see everything that's actually come about through city status but in fact it is building," said Mr Lamb, 74.He said that Southend "is changing and for the good reasons". Sir David, from east London, was a Conservative MP for 38 years, first as an MP for Basildon from 1983, and for Southend West from 1997.
The court heard that 60-year-old Ms Cushion, who now works for Sir David's successor, made the first 999 call from the scene.Julie Cushion was at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea when Sir David Amess was murdered
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