Local issues in Southend West

We're collecting local issues in Southend West. Some of these have been turned into questions to put to the candidates standing at the 2010 general election in the form of a questionnaire.

Issues are no longer being turned into questions, but we still want them! A good local issue will be about a problem of local relevance, possibly suggesting how something should have been/be done.

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• Parking problems in side roads near the Southend Hospital and RBS Building Restricts access for Fire and ambulance vehicles report abuse
• Priory Crescent should be made a dual carriageway (source) report abuse
• Southend Airport should be expanded (source) report abuse
• York Road should remain a market, even if refurbishment costs money (source) report abuse
• Will Southend Borough Council fall foul of Judicial Review on the changes at Victoria Circus given Kensington issue with Royal National Institute for the Blind report abuse
• the runway at London Southend Airport should not be extended. (source) report abuse
• Street lighting should not be restricted to save money report abuse
• there will be no night flights over the Belfairs area now that the extension for the runway has the go-ahead. They could be in for a real shock, but this is what one candidate has stated in her elect report abuse
• A drug addict clinic should be allowed in Clarence Road (source) report abuse
• Priory Crescent should not be widened (source) report abuse
• Southend Airport should not be expanded report abuse
• South East Essex Homes should plough more money into housing needs not glossy magazines and stop blowing their own trumpet report abuse
• I saw a cockroach in Southend Hospital in the Triage Room of Accident and Emergency report abuse
• Priory Crescent should not be widened or altered report abuse
• Southend Borough Council should build more affordable housing report abuse
• Southend Borough Council did not grit pavements & carparks '4 fear of missing a bit & being sued'. Law was not dvlpd 2 this end. NHS took the £ brunt, so where was the £ saving to the UK? report abuse

Local questions for candidate questionnaire

These are the questions that have been made out of the local issues Demoracy Club volunteers have posted. They'll make up the 'local' section of a questionnaire that TheyWorkForYou is developing in conjunction with Demoracy Club. Below the question is the local issue it's derived from.

Do you agree that ... ?

• Street lighting should not be restricted to save money but should remain on at all times of darkness across the constituency.
  Based on issue: Street lighting should not be restricted to save money
• Southend Borough Council should build more affordable housing.
  Based on issue: Southend Borough Council should build more affordable housing
• Parking problems in side roads near the Southend Hospital and RBS Building should be dealt with, as it restricts emergency vehicle access.
  Based on issue: Parking problems in side roads near the Southend Hospital and RBS Building Restricts access for Fire and ambulance vehicles
• Priory Crescent should not be widened or altered.
  Based on issue: Priory Crescent should not be widened or altered
• York Road should remain a market, even if refurbishment costs money. (source)
  Based on issue: York Road should remain a market, even if refurbishment costs money (source)
• Southend Borough Council should grit pavements, in spite of legal fears.
  Based on issue: Southend Borough Council did not grit pavements & carparks '4 fear of missing a bit & being sued'. Law was not dvlpd 2 this end. NHS took the £ brunt, so where was the £ saving to the UK?
• A drug addict clinic should be allowed in Clarence Road. (source)
  Based on issue: A drug addict clinic should be allowed in Clarence Road (source)
• The runway at London Southend Airport should not be extended. (source)
  Based on issue: the runway at London Southend Airport should not be extended. (source)