J. A. R. "Tony" Webb is a British politician from Colchester

Colchester

Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...

 in Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

. He served as Mayor of Colchester

Mayor of Colchester

The Mayor of Colchester sits as non-political chairman of Colchester Borough Council and serves as the civic representative of the borough. The mayoralty is customarily awarded to the most senior councillor of one of the political groups-Current Mayor:...

 from 1994 to 1995.

Webb was an Independent (resident's association) councillor for the Tiptree

Tiptree

Tiptree is a village in the English county of Essex, situated south-east of Colchester and around north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Layer Marney, Inworth, Birch, Great Braxted, Great Totham and Little Totham....

 ward of Colchester Borough Council for 30 years. He decided not to run for office again and retired in 2006. He was made an Alderman of the borough in recognition of his service.

A street in Highwoods, a suburb of Colchester has been named after him: Tony Webb Close.