Local Councillors

Following the local elections on 4th May, the following are now your local councillors:

PARISH COUNCIL – John Lawton, Colin Haines and Harvey Porrett

BRAINTREE DISTRICT COUNCIL – James Abbott and Bob wright

Braintree District Council Election 2023

Details of candidates for District Councillors of Braintree District Council representing Cressing:

Braintree District Council

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll
Election of District Councillors
The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as a District Councillor for
Silver End and Cressing
Name of Candidate Home Address Description (if any) Name of Proposer Reason why no longer nominated*
ABBOTT
James Edward
1 Waterfall Cottages, Park Road, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex, CM8 3PR Green Party Candidate Wright Robert J
BAYFORD
Jack
112 Oak Road, Rivenhall, Witham, CM8 3HG The Conservative Party Candidate Hammond Darrin
BENNISON
Steven John
(address in Braintree District) Labour Party Casey Jacqueline C
GRIFFIN
Ann
(address in Braintree District) Labour Party Casey Jacqueline C
HAMMOND
Darrin Robert
Lakeside Cottage, Park Road, Rivenhall, Essex, CM8 3PR The Conservative Party Candidate Bowers Kevin J
HAWKINS
Annetta Elaine
(address in Braintree District) Independent Hawkins Annetta E
PAGE
Andrew Francis
(address in Braintree District) Heritage Party Page Andrew F
WRIGHT
Bob
(address in Braintree District) Green Party Candidate Wright Anne E
*Decision of the Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated.
The persons above against whose name no entry is made in the last column have been and stand validly nominated.
A poll will be taken on Thursday 4 May 2023 between the hours of 7:00 am and 10:00 pm.
Where contested this poll is taken together with the election of Parish Councillors

Notice of uncontested election

NOTICE OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION

Election of Parish Councillors for Cressing on Thursday 4 May 2023

I, Dan Gascoyne, being the Returning Officer for the  Parish of CRESSING  report that the latest time for delivery of notices of withdrawal of candidature, namely Tuesday 4 April 2023, having passed, the persons whose names appear in the accompanying list stood validly nominated and therefore duly elected without a contest.

Name of Candidate

HAINES

Colin

(address in Braintree District)

LAWTON

John William

Monymusk, The Street, Cressing, CM77 8DQ

PORRETT

Anthony Harvey

(address in Braintree District)

 

BROADBAND WORKS INFORMATION

  • GIGACLEAR will be hosting a Residents Online event on the 18th April at 6.30pm and the meeting can be accessed from the link below. It will be recorded and available for six months to listen to again.

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmUzNDI3OWUtMGFmZi00NGM0LWIzODgtOWUwNjdhMjU1Yzk4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7B%22Tid%22%3A%22573dc697-9952-45d5-92c5-51116e7191e4%22%2C%22Oid%22%3A%227d3d4bb8-5c83-4cd3-8e1b-d385e1895ba2%22%2C%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3Atrue%2C%22role%22%3A%22a%22%7D&btype=a&role=a

  • Drop-In Sessions will also be arranged, dates to be advised.

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Sports & Social Club

The playground with the pavilion/Cressing Sports & Social Club in the background.

Jeffreys Road
Tye Green
Cressing
Braintree, Essex
CM77 8JJ

Phone: 07944 082035