"He will never be forgotten" - locals and leaders remember Sir David Amess
It is four years since his death
Sir David Amess is being remembered today across Southend and Leigh-on-Sea.
His successors say that he left behind a "legacy" and that he was a "legend."
Current Labour MP for Southend West and Leigh, David Burton-Sampson, said that Sir David will "never be forgotten."
"So many constituents talk to me about how they knew Sir David, and that is just legacy to the calibre of MP that he was.
"Sir David campaigned for many years for Southend to become a city, and it too is part of his legacy that we are now a city.
"I will make sure that his memory lives on."
Anna Firth, his successor as Conservative MP for the area, said that he was a "superb role model" and that he still is a "legend" in the city and parliament.
"He was a one-off, he was a larger than life character.
"He would talk to anybody, whether they were great or small, or important or not important, he was interested in you, and he made you feel as if you were the most important person in the room."
She said it was difficult to follow on from him.
"It was very daunting because he was a legend in Parliament.
"He had so many gifts, he was a superb constituency MP. He was fantastic at bringing people together and reaching across the political divide."
Anna also said that remembering Sir David is important.
"I think it's really important.
"What happened on that dreadful day four years ago was an attack on democracy and we must never let terrorism beat democracy.
"David was a superb role model as to what a good MP should be."
Services remembering him will be taking place across the area today.
The local Conservatives will be laying flowers at his statue in Chalkwell, and Anna also told us that next year there are plans to get his 'Music Man' project to Broadway.
St Peter's in Leigh-on-Sea will be holding a Catholic mass service in the evening to remember Sir David.
Fathery Jeffrey Woolnough told us that he was killed just a four minute walk away, at Belfairs Methodist Church.
He said that it is "Catholic tradition to always pray for the dead."
"He regularly attended the parish in Westcliff and Nazareth House.
"David as a local politician had an interest in absolutely everyone, a bit old-school in that sense.
"Anyone that lived here was a constituent, so he was interested in their lives and that's what we miss so very much because he's such a one-off and such a charismatic, kind person."
Their service begins at 7:30pm, and the public is welcome to attend.