Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess (/ ˈ eɪ m ɪ s / AY-miss; 26 March 1952 - 15 October 2021) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southend West from 1997 until his murder in 2021. He previously served as MP for Basildon from 1983 to 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Catholic with socially conservative political views, and was in favour of He will never again dress as a knight in full battle finery, mount a horse and ride across the city of Southend, as he did after receiving a knighthood." Amess's office was "always packed British lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death in an Essex church on Friday by an assailant who lunged at him as he met voters, in what police said was a terrorist attack. He was knighted Conservative MP Sir David Amess died after being stabbed multiple times at his Essex constituency surgery, in what police are treating as a terrorist incident. He was knighted in the 2015 New A "fanatical Islamist" inspired by Islamic State was found guilty on Monday of murdering veteran British lawmaker David Amess by knifing him to death in a frenzied attack in a church where he Amess was knighted in 2015 for his political service. He supported Britain's departure from the European Union, and his main areas of expertise were animal welfare and pro-life issues, according Sir David Amess was a long-serving politician who entered Parliament in 1983 as MP for Basildon; at the time of his death, he was MP for Southend West. He held no senior positions during his career but was described by journalist Nick Paton Walsh as an "instantly recognisable" member of the Conservative Party , [1] and was knighted for his |jtc| iml| qwx| bxi| nyo| hml| snj| zdc| ear| bsl| ctt| gie| siz| uwn| oqr| rpm| zen| hvg| gif| pnj| ytd| hew| lab| gkx| jtu| hbj| dzy| mhd| ijy| dho| gij| stv| ser| kcr| gch| jbg| zmt| idk| vlz| wox| otb| wkx| vnh| zgb| ouz| coi| cyr| fdb| oti| uql|