Prime minister lays wreath at the front of Belfairs Methodist church, where the Conservative MP was fatally stabbed on Friday
Southend councillor Alex Bright said the murder of MP Sir David Amess should lead to a review of how politicians engage with their residents.
He told the PA news agency: “It’s difficult because to stop a lone attack like this is almost impossible, but I think there are going to have to be basic ways in which we change the way that we engage with our residents unfortunately.
“Security is at the forefront of our minds, much more than it ever has been, for everybody in any job or career.”
The Conservative councillor laid flowers near the police cordon outside Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, where Sir David was stabbed to death.
Mr Bright said the MP, whom he had known since he was a teenager, had been a “permanent fixture in Southend, in Conservative politics and in the community”.
He added: “We’ve been left with an enormous hole that can’t be filled… I can’t see how we’ll come back from this but I’m sure we will.”
Also paying tribute at Belfairs Methodist Church with Boris Johnson, Sir Keir Starmer and Priti Patel was Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
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