Conservative Harlow district councillor for Staple Tye and Essex county councillor for Harlow West. Cabinet member for strategic growth.
Joined March 2009
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
23 Oct 2025
Surrey & Sussex breakfast briefing on local government reorganisation and devolution: Friday, 7 November. Open to all housebuilders, developers and promoters. Speakers from Surrey CC, Spelthorne and the Surrey PPC: chelgatelocal.co.uk/our-even…
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
23 Oct 2025
Our Mike Hardware presented at the HBF Eastern Region Planning meeting yesterday in Cambridge on the subject of local government reorganisation and devolution, and how the development industry may be impacted. See here for a write-up: chelgatelocal.co.uk/house-bu…
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
4 Jun 2025
Over 1,000 illegal migrants crossed the Channel in a single day.
Essex is paying the price. Overstretched services, rising costs, and no control.
It’s time to put Essex first. 🇬🇧
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
29 May 2025
Too many crimes go unsolved. As Mayor, I won’t accept that.
I’ll refocus policing - more officers on our streets, responding to reports and tackling real crime, not scrolling social media.
Visible policing is a priority. I won’t compromise on that.
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
27 May 2025
Big things are possible for Essex.
I know what needs to be done and I’ve got the track record and the drive to make it happen.
It’s time to move Essex forward.
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18 May 2025
18 May 2025
Common sense. Real action. Practical change that matters to Essex communities.
I’ve got the experience and energy to lead Essex’s next chapter.
Back my campaign 👉 mckinlayformayor.com
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
21 Feb 2025
Trump ~
“Zelensky shouldn’t have started the war with Russia.”
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
22 Feb 2025
David Lammy’s Foreign Office spent £521,525 on “restaurants and bars” in the first four months of the Labour government. The venues where the money was spent has been withheld.
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
23 Feb 2025
David Lammy has been in his role as foreign secretary for 233 days racking up £521,525 in food and drink expenses.
An impressive £2238 a day.
The state pension works out at £31.60 a day.
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
23 Feb 2025
A Bellway Homes application for 85 homes at Ongar, Essex, was unanimously approved by Epping Forest DC last Thursday. Five members unusually congratulated Bellway, one saying this: "should be a lesson to other developers of how to do this”.
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
20 Dec 2024
Seen here with me at the Chelgate Christmas Party. Mathew Lane (left), Nick Wood-Dow ( 2nd left ) , Mike Hardware ( right) celebrating an astonishing 80 years between them that they have been my friends & colleagues at Chelgate . I feel blessed & honoured
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
30 Dec 2024
#Chelgate colleague Dr Emily Hickey will be on BBC’s Jeremy Vine Show today ( Noon. Radio 2) discussing Thatcher, Carter etc. Will be worth a listen
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
20 Dec 2024
New: a West Midlands Labour councillor has torched Keir Starmer for the loss of a previously safe seat
The PM "lied to us all to get elected and does not deserve to be the leader of the Labour party," according to Cllr Steve Edwards post Dudley defeat
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
21 Dec 2024
The Devolution Bill has huge implications for planning and development. It has been the 'elephant in the room' for some time, a huge shake up with many existing local councils subsumed into larger strategic authorities. We have summerised: lnkd.in/ezygHMKw
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Cllr Mike Hardware retweeted
13 Sep 2024
Shameful.
This will hit thousands of local pensioners at the worst possible time and goes against everything Chris Vince promised.
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