MPs remember Sir David Amess on anniversary of his murder

The Prime Minister Liz Truss and Labour person Sir Keir Starmer person led tributes to Sir David Amess connected the archetypal day of his murder.

Sir David, who was an MP for astir 40 years, was stabbed during a constituency country successful Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, connected 15 October 2021.

He is survived by his woman Lady Julia Amess and their 3 children.

The premier curate tweeted a statement on with Sir David's parliamentary representation connected Saturday morning.

Southend-on-Sea Council besides planted a histrion successful the metropolis successful representation of the seasoned Conservative MP, who represented Southend West.

The premier curate wrote: "On the day of Sir David Amess' death, we cherish his representation and retrieve his tremendous publication to politics, to the radical of Southend and to the country.

"My thoughts contiguous are with his woman Julia, the Amess household and to each those who knew and loved him."

Labour person Sir Keir wrote connected Twitter: "Remembering our person & workfellow David Amess, connected the 1st day of his senseless death.

"David's committedness to nationalist service, carried retired with inherent, accordant kindness, volition everlastingly beryllium admired.

"Thinking of his woman & children, hoping memories of him bring comfort."

Compost made from flowers near crossed the country successful the days and weeks pursuing the MP's decease was utilized successful the tree-planting ceremonial astatine Chalkwell Park.

Southend mayor, Councillor Kevin Robinson, made a code connected behalf of the section community, and an ensemble from the Southend Band performed.

Stephen George, person of the council, said: "A benignant household man, Sir David was devoted to his section constituency of Southend West and was the top champion of Southend-on-Sea and section area.

"He is greatly missed and we anticipation that we tin retrieve him successful an due mode by planting a memorial histrion astatine 1 of his favourite section parks."

Mr Robinson said: "Whilst we bespeak connected the atrocious and tragic events of October 15, 2021, we indispensable besides beryllium thankful for the beingness that Sir David lived and the galore lives that helium touched and changed some locally and beyond.

"Southend-on-Sea would not beryllium a metropolis without the continued committedness of Sir David to marque it happen, and arsenic the archetypal freeman of the metropolis of Southend-on-Sea, helium volition ever beryllium the astir important portion of our past arsenic a city."

The 69-year-old, who had campaigned to marque Southend-on-Sea a metropolis and was posthumously made the archetypal freeman of the caller city, had served Southend West since 1997, and Basildon earlier that since 1983.

Ali Harbi Ali, 26, who claimed helium targeted the MP implicit his ballot for airstrikes connected Syria, was handed a whole-life situation word successful April aft a proceedings astatine the Old Bailey.