All change at Southend Council on Monday night. After a vote of no confidence in the Conservative leader Tony Cox was passed, I along with the majority of Councillors agreed to support a new joint administration led by Cllr Ian Gilbert, Labour leader, along with Cllr Ron Woodley (Independent leader) and Cllr Carole Mulroney (Liberal Democrat leader). This marks a change of direction for the Council and the new Cabinet is as follows:

The new cabinet is as follows:
Leader (Housing/Communities): Cllr Ian Gilbert (Labour)

Deputy Leader (Transport/Capital/Inward Investment): Cllr Ron Woodley (Independent)

Environment & Planning: Cllr Carole Mulroney (Liberal Democrat)

Business, Culture & Tourism: Cllr Kevin Robinson (Labour)

Children &Learning: Cllr Anne Jones (Labour)

Community Safety & Customer Contact: Cllr Martin Terry (Independent)

Healthy Communities & Wellbeing: Cllr Trevor Harp (Independent)

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