Kevin Bentley was elected to Essex County Council in 2009 where he sits for the Stanway and Pyefleet Division and was appointed as the Deputy Cabinet Member to the Leader. Having served two years in this post he was promoted to the ECC Cabinet in 2011 where he is Portfolio Holder for Economic Development, Regeneration, Waste Strategy and Trading Standards. Kevin is also a Colchester Borough Councillor and Leader of the Conservative Group. He has also served in the Cabinet of CBC holding the Portfolio for Business, Tourism and Leisure.  He has previously stood for Parliament twice in Colchester. Outside of politics Kevin is the Chairman of the awarding winning PR agency Mosaic Publicity and is a journalist by profession. Before leaving to set up Mosaic Publicity in 2000 he spent 20 years working for the BBC as a radio and television reporter and producer.