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data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Amess" title="David Amess – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="David Amess" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3" title="دیوید ایمس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دیوید ایمس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Amess" title="David Amess – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="David Amess" data-language-autonym="Français" 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data-title="ديڤيد اميس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Amess" title="David Amess – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="David Amess" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B9" title="デイビッド・エイメス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デイビッド・エイメス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Amess" title="David Amess – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" 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class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Sir David Amess</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait photograph of Sir David Amess smiling" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess_MP_crop_2.jpg/220px-Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess_MP_crop_2.jpg/330px-Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess_MP_crop_2.jpg/440px-Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2020</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Southend_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)">Southend West</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 1 May 1997 – 15 October 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Channon" title="Paul Channon">Paul Channon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anna_Firth" title="Anna Firth">Anna Firth</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Basildon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)">Basildon</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Proctor" title="Harvey Proctor">Harvey Proctor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Smith,_Baroness_Smith_of_Basildon" title="Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon">Angela Smith</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Anthony Andrew Amess</div> (1952-03-26)26 March 1952 <a href="/wiki/Plaistow,_Essex" class="mw-redirect" title="Plaistow, Essex">Plaistow, Essex</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">15 October 2021(2021-10-15) (aged 69) <a href="/wiki/Leigh-on-Sea" title="Leigh-on-Sea">Leigh-on-Sea</a>, Essex, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_David_Amess" title="Murder of David Amess">Murder</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stab_wound" title="Stab wound">stab wounds</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Julia Arnold</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1983)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5, including <a href="/wiki/Katie_Amess" title="Katie Amess">Katie</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St_Bonaventure%27s_Grammar_School" class="mw-redirect" title="St Bonaventure's Grammar School">St Bonaventure's Grammar School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_University" title="Bournemouth University">Bournemouth University</a> (<a href="/wiki/BSc" class="mw-redirect" title="BSc">BSc</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Committees</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_and_Social_Care_Select_Committee" title="Health and Social Care Select Committee">Health</a> (1998–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panel_of_Chairs" title="Panel of Chairs">Panel of Chairs</a> (2001–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backbench_Business_Committee" title="Backbench Business Committee">Backbench Business</a> (2010–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administration_Committee" title="Administration Committee">Administration</a> (2015–2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">Knight Bachelor</a> (2015)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20091125140913/http://www.davidamess.co.uk/">Official website</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈeɪmɪs/</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">AY-miss</a>; 26 March 1952 – 15 October 2021) was a British politician who served as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Southend_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Southend West">Southend West</a> from 1997 until <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_David_Amess" title="Murder of David Amess">his murder</a> in 2021. He previously served as MP for <a href="/wiki/Basildon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)">Basildon</a> from 1983 to 1997. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, he was a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_England_and_Wales" title="Catholic Church in England and Wales">Catholic</a> with <a href="/wiki/Socially_conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Socially conservative">socially conservative</a> political views, and was in favour of <a href="/wiki/Britain_leaving_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Britain leaving the European Union">Britain leaving the European Union</a>. Born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, Amess studied economics and government at <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_University" title="Bournemouth University">Bournemouth University</a> and then had short careers as a primary school teacher, <a href="/wiki/Underwriter" class="mw-redirect" title="Underwriter">underwriter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Recruitment_consultant" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruitment consultant">recruitment consultant</a>. He was elected a Conservative councillor for <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Redbridge" title="London Borough of Redbridge">Redbridge</a> in 1982 and MP for Basildon at the <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a>. His position was seen as a <a href="/wiki/Bellwether#United_Kingdom" title="Bellwether">bellwether seat</a>, exemplifying the enthusiasm of the "<a href="/wiki/Essex_man" title="Essex man">Essex man</a>" for the government of <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>. He held the seat in the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">election of 1992</a>, but moved to the safer seat of Southend West at the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a> and served the constituency as MP until his death. In government, his highest position was as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_private_secretary" title="Parliamentary private secretary">parliamentary private secretary</a> to <a href="/wiki/Michael_Portillo" title="Michael Portillo">Michael Portillo</a> for twelve years. He was more prominent as a <a href="/wiki/Backbencher" title="Backbencher">backbencher</a>, serving on many <a href="/wiki/Select_committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Select committee (United Kingdom)">select committees</a> and sponsoring several pieces of legislation, including the <a href="#Protection_against_Cruel_Tethering_Act_1988">Protection against Cruel Tethering Act 1988</a> and the <a href="#Warm_Homes_and_Energy_Conservation_Act_2000">Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000</a>. The causes for which he campaigned included <a href="/wiki/Animal_welfare" title="Animal welfare">animal welfare</a>, awarding <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a> to <a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea" title="Southend-on-Sea">Southend-on-Sea</a>, the honouring of <a href="/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg" title="Raoul Wallenberg">Raoul Wallenberg</a>, and support for those suffering from <a href="/wiki/Endometriosis" title="Endometriosis">endometriosis</a>. Amess was <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2015_New_Year_Honours" title="2015 New Year Honours">2015 New Year Honours</a> for political and public service. On 15 October 2021, Amess was murdered at a <a href="/wiki/Constituency_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency surgery">constituency surgery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leigh-on-Sea" title="Leigh-on-Sea">Leigh-on-Sea</a> by <a href="/wiki/Ali_Harbi_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Harbi Ali">Ali Harbi Ali</a>. Southend was granted city status as a memorial to Amess in 2022.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career">edit</a>]</div> David Anthony Andrew Amess was born on 26 March 1952 in <a href="/wiki/Plaistow,_Newham" title="Plaistow, Newham">Plaistow</a>, Essex (now part of <a href="/wiki/Newham" class="mw-redirect" title="Newham">Newham</a>, London).<a href="#cite_note-Tele_obit-1">[1]</a> From a working-class background, he was the son of James Amess, an electrician, and his wife Maud Martin, a dressmaker.<a href="#cite_note-Tele_obit-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-Times_obit-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> Amess was raised <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a>, like his mother.<a href="#cite_note-newstate-4">[4]</a> Maud died on 12 October 2016 at the age of 104.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Amess attended St Anthony's Junior and Infant School, then St Bonaventure's Grammar School (now <a href="/wiki/St_Bonaventure%27s_Catholic_School" class="mw-redirect" title="St Bonaventure's Catholic School">St Bonaventure's Catholic School</a>) on Boleyn Road in <a href="/wiki/Forest_Gate" title="Forest Gate">Forest Gate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> He said later in life that his political interests stemmed from his time at St Bonaventure's,<a href="#cite_note-Times_obit-2">[2]</a> where he stood for the Revolutionist Party, whose key demands were for minimum pocket money and the abolition of homework;<a href="#cite_note-Guardian_obit-7">[7]</a> by the time he became an adult, he was a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian_obit-7">[7]</a> As a child he had a <a href="/wiki/Stammer" class="mw-redirect" title="Stammer">stammer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Speech_therapy" class="mw-redirect" title="Speech therapy">speech therapy</a> to correct this resulted in the loss of his natural <a href="/wiki/Cockney" title="Cockney">Cockney</a> accent.<a href="#cite_note-Tele_obit-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-Times_obit-2">[2]</a> Amess went on to Bournemouth College of Technology (now Faculty of Science and Technology of <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_University" title="Bournemouth University">Bournemouth University</a>), where he earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> (<a href="/wiki/BSc" class="mw-redirect" title="BSc">BSc</a> Econ Hons 2.2) in economics and government.<a href="#cite_note-ukwhoswho-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-davidamess.co.uk-9">[9]</a> Amess taught disabled children at St John the Baptist Primary School in <a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green" title="Bethnal Green">Bethnal Green</a> for a year (1970–71), and then spent a short time as an <a href="/wiki/Underwriter" class="mw-redirect" title="Underwriter">underwriter</a> (1974–76) before becoming a <a href="/wiki/Recruitment_consultant" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruitment consultant">recruitment consultant</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian_obit-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-davidamess.co.uk-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career">edit</a>]</div> He unsuccessfully stood as the Conservative candidate for <a href="/wiki/Newham_North_West_(electoral_division)" title="Newham North West (electoral division)">Newham North West</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1977_Greater_London_Council_election" title="1977 Greater London Council election">1977 Greater London Council election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> He contested the <a href="/wiki/Safe_seat" title="Safe seat">safe</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> seat of <a href="/wiki/Newham_North_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Newham North West">Newham North West</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979 general election</a>. The seat was retained by Labour's MP <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lewis_(British_politician)" title="Arthur Lewis (British politician)">Arthur Lewis</a>. In 1982, Amess was elected as a Conservative councillor to the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Redbridge" title="London Borough of Redbridge">London Borough of Redbridge</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mayfield_(ward)" title="Mayfield (ward)">Mayfield</a> ward, with his party forming the majority administration.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> He served as vice chairman of the Housing Committee from 1982 until 1985 and stood down for the <a href="/wiki/1986_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1986 United Kingdom local elections">1986 local elections</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> The incumbent Conservative MP for <a href="/wiki/Basildon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)">Basildon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Proctor" title="Harvey Proctor">Harvey Proctor</a>, moved to <a href="/wiki/Billericay_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)">Billericay</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a>; Amess was selected to replace him and was elected <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for Basildon on 9 June 1983.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> He exemplified the new demographic of "<a href="/wiki/Essex_man" title="Essex man">Essex man</a>" who supported <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> enthusiastically. <a href="/wiki/Campaign_(magazine)" title="Campaign (magazine)">Campaign</a> described him as "representative of new Essex man, working class, father electrician, right wing, keen hanger, noisily rambunctious, no subtlety".<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a>] Amess continued serving as an MP and a local councillor until 1986, when he stood down from Redbridge Borough Council to concentrate on his <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Westminster seat</a>. He held his Basildon seat narrowly at the <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987 general election</a>, partly by developing a significant personal following. After the election, Amess was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_private_secretary" title="Parliamentary private secretary">parliamentary private secretary</a> to <a href="/wiki/Michael_Portillo" title="Michael Portillo">Michael Portillo</a>, a position he held for ten years throughout Portillo's ministerial career. Amess held his seat again at the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>, which was the first sign that the Conservatives would unexpectedly win that election; the Basildon constituency was viewed as the make-or-break milestone.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Prior to the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, there was a <a href="/wiki/Boundary_review" class="mw-redirect" title="Boundary review">boundary review</a> which divided the Basildon seat into two parts, which were added into two neighbouring seats. At the time, Amess remarked that the <a href="/wiki/Boundary_commissions_(United_Kingdom)" title="Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)">Boundary Commission</a> "had raped the town of Basildon" by adding an extra seat there.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> Given his small majority, the new Basildon constituency was almost certainly going to be gained by Labour. Amess thus decided to seek re-election elsewhere. In June 1995, Amess was selected for <a href="/wiki/Southend_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Southend West">Southend West</a> after the retirement of former Cabinet minister <a href="/wiki/Paul_Channon" title="Paul Channon">Paul Channon</a>. He was consequently returned to Westminster again in the 1997 general election. <a href="/wiki/Angela_Evans_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Angela Evans Smith">Angela Evans Smith</a> won the newly-drawn Basildon seat for Labour in 1997 by over 13,000 votes.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southend_city_status">Southend city status</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Southend city status">edit</a>]</div> Amess was known for being at the centre of a long-running campaign to make <a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea" title="Southend-on-Sea">Southend-on-Sea</a>, the main town of his constituency, a city.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> On 18 October 2021, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> had agreed to grant Southend <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a> in his honour.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> On 1 March 2022, <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles, Prince of Wales">Charles, Prince of Wales</a>, presented the <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a> on behalf of the Queen in the <a href="/wiki/Council_chamber" class="mw-redirect" title="Council chamber">council chamber</a> at <a href="/wiki/Southend_Civic_Centre" title="Southend Civic Centre">Southend Civic Centre</a>, officially granting the town city status.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Involvement_in_legislation">Involvement in legislation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Involvement in legislation">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Amess_MP_(7486282778).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/David_Amess_MP_%287486282778%29.jpg/220px-David_Amess_MP_%287486282778%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/David_Amess_MP_%287486282778%29.jpg/330px-David_Amess_MP_%287486282778%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/David_Amess_MP_%287486282778%29.jpg/440px-David_Amess_MP_%287486282778%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>Amess in 2012, for <a href="/wiki/Horticulture_Week" title="Horticulture Week">Horticulture Week</a></figcaption></figure> Amess sponsored many bills in Parliament,<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> including the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Protection_against_Cruel_Tethering_Act_1988&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Protection against Cruel Tethering Act 1988 (page does not exist)">Protection against Cruel Tethering Act 1988</a>,<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Warm_Homes_and_Energy_Conservation_Act_2000&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 (page does not exist)">Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In 2014, he helped to pass the <a href="/wiki/Specialist_Printing_Equipment_and_Materials_(Offences)_Act_2015" title="Specialist Printing Equipment and Materials (Offences) Act 2015">Security Printing (Specialist) Materials Bill</a>. This bill ended a loophole which allowed companies who supplied specialist printing equipment to counterfeiters to evade prosecution.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> In 2016, he helped to pass the <a href="/wiki/Driving_Instructors_(Registration)_Act_2016" title="Driving Instructors (Registration) Act 2016">Driving Instructors (Registration) Bill</a>. This statute streamlined the process whereby instructors whose registration has lapsed can apply to return to the register. It also allowed instructors who wish to leave the register for personal reasons to do so without being penalised. Driving school owners and motoring organisations supported the bill.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Protection_against_Cruel_Tethering_Act_1988">Protection against Cruel Tethering Act 1988</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Protection against Cruel Tethering Act 1988">edit</a>]</div> The Protection against Cruel Tethering Act came about as a result of Amess's long-standing concern for <a href="/wiki/Animal_welfare" title="Animal welfare">animal welfare</a>, supported by the <a href="/wiki/National_Farmers%27_Union_of_England_and_Wales" title="National Farmers' Union of England and Wales">National Farmers' Union</a>. Amess stated in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> that the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Minute_Rule" title="Ten Minute Rule">Ten Minute Rule</a> bill was "inspired by the Essex Horse and Pony Protection Society".<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> The bill stated:<blockquote>In section 1 of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 there shall be added in subsection (1) the following words after paragraph (e) "or (f) shall tether any horse, ass or mule under such conditions or in such manner as to cause that animal unnecessary suffering …<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Warm_Homes_and_Energy_Conservation_Act_2000">Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Amess.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/David_Amess.jpg/170px-David_Amess.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/David_Amess.jpg/255px-David_Amess.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/David_Amess.jpg/340px-David_Amess.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Amess in 2015</figcaption></figure> Amess's most publicised legislative success came in 2000 with the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act. According to a speech in the House of Commons made by Amess, the Act came to fruition after he was drawn out of the Private Members Ballot.<a href="#cite_note-api.parliament.uk-31">[31]</a> He met with Martyn Williams, a campaigner from <a href="/wiki/Friends_of_the_Earth" title="Friends of the Earth">Friends of the Earth</a>, who convinced him of the need for the Act following on from the death of a constituent in a cold house.<a href="#cite_note-api.parliament.uk-31">[31]</a> The Act required the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom)" title="Secretary of State (United Kingdom)">Secretary of State</a> to "publish and implement a strategy for reducing <a href="/wiki/Fuel_poverty" class="mw-redirect" title="Fuel poverty">fuel poverty</a>".<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> This Act was widely credited with a significant change in both attitude and policy towards fuel poverty within the UK.<a href="#cite_note-jrf.org.uk-33">[33]</a> The scale of fuel poverty in England fell from 5.1 million households to 1.2 million households between 1996 and 2004, indicating the impact of the Act.<a href="#cite_note-jrf.org.uk-33">[33]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_committees">Parliamentary committees</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Parliamentary committees">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Health_Select_Committee">Health Select Committee</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Health Select Committee">edit</a>]</div> Amess served on the <a href="/wiki/Health_Select_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Health Select Committee">Health Select Committee</a> from 1998 until 2007. Due to his role on the Health Select Committee, he became Chair of the Conservative Party Backbench Committee for Health in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> He campaigned on various health issues since. While a member of the Committee, Amess played a prominent role in holding an inquiry into the state of <a href="/wiki/Obesity_in_the_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Obesity in the UK">obesity in the UK</a>, leading to the publication of a report in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> The report found that two-thirds of the population of England are overweight or obese and went on to discuss the causes of obesity, as well as making various recommendations to combat the problem. He maintained an interest in the issue, tabling a series of Parliamentary Questions in July 2013.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Panel_of_Chairs">Panel of Chairs</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Panel of Chairs">edit</a>]</div> Amess was also a member of the <a href="/wiki/Panel_of_Chairs" title="Panel of Chairs">Panel of Chairs</a>,<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> which comprises the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_Ways_and_Means" title="Chairman of Ways and Means">chairman</a> and two deputy chairmen of <a href="/wiki/Ways_and_Means" class="mw-redirect" title="Ways and Means">Ways and Means</a>, as well as ten members nominated at the start of each session by the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> Amess was last appointed on 26 May 2010, but had been on the Panel since 2001. As a member of the Panel, Amess was responsible for chairing <a href="/wiki/Public_bill_committee" title="Public bill committee">public bill committees</a>, chairing <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Hall_debate" class="mw-redirect" title="Westminster Hall debate">Westminster Hall debates</a>, and at times, for chairing committees of the whole House.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Backbench_Business_Committee">Backbench Business Committee</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Backbench Business Committee">edit</a>]</div> Amess was elected onto the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Backbench_Business_Committee" title="Backbench Business Committee">Backbench Business Committee</a> in 2010; he stood down in 2015.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-40">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Administration_Committee">Administration Committee</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Administration Committee">edit</a>]</div> Amess became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Administration_Committee" title="Administration Committee">Administration Committee</a> in 2015. This committee is responsible for overseeing the running of the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Estate" title="Parliamentary Estate">Parliamentary Estate</a> and its services. He stepped down from the committee following the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Raoul_Wallenberg">Raoul Wallenberg</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Raoul Wallenberg">edit</a>]</div> Amess campaigned for many years to have a statue erected in honour of <a href="/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg" title="Raoul Wallenberg">Raoul Wallenberg</a>, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews in <a href="/wiki/Nazi-occupied_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi-occupied Hungary">Nazi-occupied Hungary</a>, an endeavour for which Wallenberg eventually lost his life. Amess began asking <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_questions" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary questions">parliamentary questions</a> in the late 1980s<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> regarding Wallenberg, campaigning for him to be awarded honorary British nationality. Amess had previously attempted to push through a Raoul Wallenberg (Memorial) Bill in the 1989–90 session.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> He held an <a href="/wiki/Adjournment_debate" title="Adjournment debate">adjournment debate</a> in Wallenberg's honour in 1996.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> The resultant <a href="/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg_Monument,_London" title="Raoul Wallenberg Monument, London">memorial</a> created by sculptor <a href="/wiki/Philip_Jackson_(sculptor)" title="Philip Jackson (sculptor)">Philip Jackson</a> was installed in London, at <a href="/wiki/Great_Cumberland_Place" title="Great Cumberland Place">Great Cumberland Place</a>, outside the <a href="/wiki/Western_Marble_Arch_Synagogue" title="Western Marble Arch Synagogue">Western Marble Arch Synagogue</a> and unveiled in 1997.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-party_parliamentary_group_on_endometriosis">All-party parliamentary group on endometriosis</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: All-party parliamentary group on endometriosis">edit</a>]</div> In March 2018, Amess launched an <a href="/wiki/All-party_parliamentary_group" title="All-party parliamentary group">all-party parliamentary group</a> on <a href="/wiki/Endometriosis" title="Endometriosis">endometriosis</a> to raise awareness of the condition and to investigate how those who have endometriosis can get the support that they need. Amess chaired the group, with <a href="/wiki/Emma_Hardy" title="Emma Hardy">Emma Hardy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Doyle-Price" title="Jackie Doyle-Price">Jackie Doyle-Price</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Bardell" title="Hannah Bardell">Hannah Bardell</a> as vice-chairs.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry_and_Parliament_Trust">Industry and Parliament Trust</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Industry and Parliament Trust">edit</a>]</div> Amess became a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Industry_and_Parliament_Trust" title="Industry and Parliament Trust">Industry and Parliament Trust</a> in 1994. Amess completed an IPT Post-Graduate Fellowship I in 2012, specialising in the Cultural and Creative Industries at <a href="/wiki/BRIT_School" title="BRIT School">BRIT School</a>, <a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">ITN</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Opera House">Royal Opera House</a>. Amess became chairman of the board of trustees in 2014 and stood down at the end of his term in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comments_about_Weinstein_scandal">Comments about Weinstein scandal</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Comments about Weinstein scandal">edit</a>]</div> In October 2017, following the <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein_sexual_misconduct_allegations" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct allegations">Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct allegations</a>, a statement was issued in the name of Amess which described the allegations against Weinstein as "dubious to say the least" and quoted Amess as having said that the "sudden flurry of alleged inappropriate advances beggars belief". Amess later retracted the statement and apologised "for any upset", saying that his staff had issued the statement without his authorisation.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_and_publications">Media and publications</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Media and publications">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Publications">Publications</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Publications">edit</a>]</div> Amess wrote a pamphlet about his 1992 re-election to the Basildon constituency, Basildon—Against all Odds (2012).<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> It was launched in the House of Commons at an event to mark the 20th anniversary of the election and was attended by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> and Conservative Party activists.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Amess compiled a pamphlet titled Party of Opportunity with the Renewal Group, containing thirteen short biographical accounts of Conservative MPs who identify as working class or from a working-class background. The pamphlet, which was launched in the House of Commons in April 2014,<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> included contributions from four government ministers, including <a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Francois" title="Mark Francois">Mark Francois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Penning" title="Mike Penning">Mike Penning</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> The second edition of Party of Opportunity was launched in January 2015, sponsored by the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Conservative_Clubs" title="Association of Conservative Clubs">Association of Conservative Clubs</a> and included contributions from 29 Conservative MPs.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Ayes & Ears: A Survivor's Guide to Westminster was published by Luath Press in December 2020. The book includes sketches of colleagues, memorable speeches, scandals, and descriptions of major events in Parliament from an insider's viewpoint. In February 2021, it was announced that the book had been shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards in the Memoir/Biography category.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brass_Eye">Brass Eye</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Brass Eye">edit</a>]</div> Amess appeared in the February 1997 "Drugs" episode of the spoof current affairs television programme <a href="/wiki/Brass_Eye" title="Brass Eye">Brass Eye</a>, and was fooled into filming an elaborate warning against the dangers of a fictional Eastern European drug called "cake".<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> Amess later asked a question about "cake" in Parliament, alongside real substances <a href="/wiki/Khat" title="Khat">khat</a> and <a href="/wiki/GHB" class="mw-redirect" title="GHB">GHB</a>. In response, the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> minister incorrectly replied that "cake" was a name "we understand refers to <a href="/wiki/3,4-methylenedioxy-N-benzylamphetamine" class="mw-redirect" title="3,4-methylenedioxy-N-benzylamphetamine">3,4-methylenedioxy-N-benzylamphetamine</a>",<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> a real drug. In 2001, when Brass Eye was repeated and released on DVD, a disclaimer was added to the "Drugs" episode at Amess's request reiterating his disapproval of <a href="/wiki/Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use">recreational drug use</a>.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_views">Political views</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Political views">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess.jpg/170px-Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess.jpg/255px-Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess.jpg/340px-Official_portrait_of_Sir_David_Amess.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3797" data-file-height="5315" /></a><figcaption>Parliamentary portrait by <a href="/wiki/Chris_McAndrew" title="Chris McAndrew">Chris McAndrew</a>, 2017</figcaption></figure> Amess normally adhered to Conservative party policy when voting in the Commons.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">non-primary source needed</a>] He voted for the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a> but was afterwards critical of the Labour government's failure to find the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="Iraq and weapons of mass destruction">weapons of mass destruction</a> with which they justified the action at the time. On foreign policy, he was also a leading member of <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Friends_of_Israel" title="Conservative Friends of Israel">Conservative Friends of Israel</a> (CFI). He was one of the few Conservative MPs to support the campaign to <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_motion_to_impeach_Tony_Blair" title="Parliamentary motion to impeach Tony Blair">impeach Tony Blair</a>.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> Amess was one of 30 Conservatives who voted against military action in Syria in August 2013. He later commented that he felt the way he and his colleagues voted "made a difference" and if he had previously voted against the war in Iraq "things might be different" there as well.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Amess supported the reintroduction of <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Capital punishment in the United Kingdom">capital punishment</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bbc_profile-61">[61]</a> He was a critic of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Iran" title="Government of Iran">government of Iran</a>, and advocated for the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Resistance_of_Iran" title="National Council of Resistance of Iran">National Council of Resistance of Iran</a>; he publicly endorsed <a href="/wiki/Maryam_Rajavi" title="Maryam Rajavi">Maryam Rajavi</a>'s 10-point manifesto.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> Amess was supportive of refugees and <a href="/wiki/Asylum_seeker" title="Asylum seeker">asylum seekers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Amess opposed abortion.<a href="#cite_note-bbc_profile-61">[61]</a> In June 2005, Amess supported the Prohibition of Abortion (England and Wales) Bill introduced by <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Robertson" title="Laurence Robertson">Laurence Robertson</a> that sought to almost entirely ban abortion.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> After entering the House of Commons, Amess generally opposed bills furthering <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United Kingdom">LGBT rights</a>, including equal <a href="/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Age of consent reform in the United Kingdom">age of consent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">same-sex marriage</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> Amess campaigned for improvements in animal welfare and <a href="/wiki/Husbandry" class="mw-redirect" title="Husbandry">husbandry</a>. He consistently voted to <a href="/wiki/Legislation_on_hunting_with_dogs" title="Legislation on hunting with dogs">ban foxhunting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hare_coursing" title="Hare coursing">hare coursing</a>. He was a patron of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Animal_Welfare_Foundation" title="Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation">Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Amess supported many campaigns, including banning cages for game birds, <a href="/wiki/Animal_testing" title="Animal testing">animal testing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puppy_farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Puppy farming">puppy farming</a> and smuggling, and ending the transport of live animals for export.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> In September 2011, Amess accused the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> of being biased regarding its reporting of events in Israel, which he said was covered in a "highly disproportionate manner", showing the state in a "poor light".<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Amess was a <a href="/wiki/Euroscepticism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom">Eurosceptic</a> and came out in support of <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> prior to the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">EU referendum</a>,<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-thespectatorwhichtorympsbackbrexit-78">[78]</a> in which he said it was "dangerous" and a "huge mistake" to vote "remain". He described the loss of <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_sovereignty" title="Parliamentary sovereignty">parliamentary sovereignty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Supremacy_of_EU_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Supremacy of EU law">supremacy of EU law</a> as the main negatives of <a href="/wiki/UK%E2%80%93EU_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="UK–EU relations">UK–EU relations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> Amess criticised then United States president <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s intervention in the <a href="/wiki/EU_referendum_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="EU referendum campaign">EU referendum campaign</a> when he met with David Cameron, stating that he had "absolutely no right whatsoever getting involved".<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Awards">edit</a>]</div> Amess was <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2015_New_Year_Honours" title="2015 New Year Honours">2015 New Year Honours</a> for political and public service.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> At the <a href="/wiki/Dods_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Dods Group">Dods</a> Charity Champion Awards 2011, Amess won the Animal Welfare and Environment Champion award,<a href="#cite_note-wspa.org.uk-82">[82]</a> in which he was recognised formally for his leading role in and commitment to animal welfare, and was presented with the award by <a href="/wiki/John_Bercow" title="John Bercow">John Bercow</a>, Speaker of the House of Commons, in the State Rooms of the <a href="/wiki/Speaker%27s_House" title="Speaker's House">Speaker's House</a>. The award is given to the parliamentarian who has done the most to tackle issues concerning the welfare of animals and the <a href="/wiki/Natural_environment" title="Natural environment">natural environment</a>.<a href="#cite_note-wspa.org.uk-82">[82]</a> Amess received the "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the Charity Champion Parliamentary reception hosted by Dods in 2012 in recognition of his lifetime commitment to charitable work.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> He was nominated for the Policy Driver for Animal Rights Protection award at the <a href="/wiki/Grassroot_Diplomat" title="Grassroot Diplomat">Grassroot Diplomat</a> Awards 2014 for his longstanding dedication to animal rights.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> He and his wife Julia Arnold had one son and four daughters. Arnold was a part-time <a href="/wiki/Caseworker" title="Caseworker">caseworker</a> for her husband.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> Their eldest daughter is actress <a href="/wiki/Katie_Amess" title="Katie Amess">Katie Amess</a>.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> Amess was a lifelong supporter of <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> team <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United" class="mw-redirect" title="West Ham United">West Ham United</a> and attended their <a href="/wiki/Boleyn_Ground#The_final_game" title="Boleyn Ground">final game at the Boleyn Ground</a> in May 2016.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> As an animal lover, his family had several pets. In 2016, these included a <a href="/wiki/Rescue_dog" class="mw-redirect" title="Rescue dog">rescue dog</a>; a <a href="/wiki/Pug" title="Pug">pug</a> called Lily.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Lily was succeeded by a <a href="/wiki/French_Bulldog" title="French Bulldog">French Bulldog</a> called Vivienne who, shortly after Amess's murder in 2021, won the Westminster Dog of the Year Show.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> Amess was the president of the <a href="/wiki/Music_Man_Project" title="Music Man Project">Music Man Project</a>, a local charity that provides musical opportunities to people with learning disabilities. He appeared with the group in performances at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a> and the <a href="/wiki/London_Palladium" title="London Palladium">London Palladium</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> Amess was a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/British_Monarchist_Society" title="British Monarchist Society">British Monarchist Society</a>.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Murder">Murder</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Murder">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_David_Amess" title="Murder of David Amess">Murder of David Amess</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Belfairs_Methodist_Church_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Belfairs_Methodist_Church_cropped.jpg/220px-Belfairs_Methodist_Church_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Belfairs_Methodist_Church_cropped.jpg/330px-Belfairs_Methodist_Church_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Belfairs_Methodist_Church_cropped.jpg/440px-Belfairs_Methodist_Church_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1544" data-file-height="1011" /></a><figcaption>Belfairs Methodist Church, May 2021</figcaption></figure> On 15 October 2021, Amess was fatally stabbed at his <a href="/wiki/Constituency_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency surgery">constituency surgery</a> at Belfairs Methodist Church Hall in <a href="/wiki/Leigh-on-Sea" title="Leigh-on-Sea">Leigh-on-Sea</a>.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-Brunt-96">[96]</a> Amess's murder was later declared a "<a href="/wiki/Stabbing_as_a_terrorist_tactic" title="Stabbing as a terrorist tactic">terrorist</a> incident" by the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a>.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> The investigation, led by <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Yard" title="Scotland Yard">Scotland Yard</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Counter_Terrorism_Command" title="Counter Terrorism Command">Counter Terrorism Command</a>, explored "a potential motivation linked to <a href="/wiki/Islamist_extremism" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamist extremism">Islamist extremism</a>".<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> The killer, Ali Harbi Ali, a British citizen of <a href="/wiki/Somalis_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Somalis in the United Kingdom">Somali descent</a>, was arrested at the scene, convicted and sentenced to <a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment" title="Life imprisonment">life imprisonment</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Whole_life_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Whole life order">whole life order</a>.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-uk-58997590-100">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Post-mortem_examination" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-mortem examination">post-mortem examination</a> determined Amess died from multiple <a href="/wiki/Stab_wound" title="Stab wound">stab wounds</a> to the chest.<a href="#cite_note-Brunt-96">[96]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Funeral">Funeral</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Funeral">edit</a>]</div> A <a href="/wiki/Procession" title="Procession">procession</a> and <a href="/wiki/Memorial_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial service">memorial service</a> took place in Southend on 22 November. The private service, attended by family, was held at St Mary's Church, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England_parish_church" title="Church of England parish church">Church of England parish church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Prittlewell" title="Prittlewell">Prittlewell</a>. The Reverend Paul Mackay and <a href="/wiki/Monsignor" title="Monsignor">Monsignor</a> Kevin William Hale led the service. A family statement was read by the former Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Ann_Widdecombe" title="Ann Widdecombe">Ann Widdecombe</a>. Afterwards, his casket processed through the streets in a horse-drawn hearse.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> The next day a funeral service was held at <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Cathedral" title="Westminster Cathedral">Westminster Cathedral</a>. Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> joined former prime ministers, the Speaker of the House <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle" title="Lindsay Hoyle">Lindsay Hoyle</a> and the Labour leader Sir <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> at the service. A message from <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> was delivered by Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Claudio_Gugerotti" title="Claudio Gugerotti">Claudio Gugerotti</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Nuncio_to_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain">Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Legacy">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:312px;max-width:312px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Tributes to Amess</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:186px;max-width:186px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:137px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Amess_train_(51912189809).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/David_Amess_train_%2851912189809%29.jpg/184px-David_Amess_train_%2851912189809%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="184" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/David_Amess_train_%2851912189809%29.jpg/276px-David_Amess_train_%2851912189809%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/David_Amess_train_%2851912189809%29.jpg/368px-David_Amess_train_%2851912189809%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">Electric train in Southend named Sir David Amess, 2022</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:137px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_David_Anthony_Andrew_Amess_Escutcheon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sir_David_Anthony_Andrew_Amess_Escutcheon.png/120px-Sir_David_Anthony_Andrew_Amess_Escutcheon.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sir_David_Anthony_Andrew_Amess_Escutcheon.png/180px-Sir_David_Anthony_Andrew_Amess_Escutcheon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sir_David_Anthony_Andrew_Amess_Escutcheon.png/240px-Sir_David_Anthony_Andrew_Amess_Escutcheon.png 2x" data-file-width="314" data-file-height="360" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">Amess's shield displayed in the Commons chamber</div></div></div></div></div> On 1 March 2022, Southend was granted city status by the Queen; the city was visited by the Prince of Wales that day as a tribute to Amess.<a href="#cite_note-charles-107">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> In October, politicians paid tribute to Amess and a <a href="/wiki/Tree_planting" title="Tree planting">tree was planted</a> in his memory in Southend.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">shield of arms</a> bearing the motto "His Light Remains" was posthumously granted to him, unveiled in the chamber of the House of Commons by his widow in October 2023.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> In December, a fund was launched in his memory.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> A statue of Amess, by sculptor Andrew Lilley, began in January 2023.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> Amess's widow was moved upon seeing its completion in October, stating, "... I felt I could reach out and touch him."<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> The statue was unveiled near the Chalkwell Lifeguards' base in Southend,<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> on 11 April 2024.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Amess&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_MPs_killed_in_office" title="List of British MPs killed in office">List of British MPs killed in office</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:right;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading 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