Category Archives: Catriona Ogilvy

Croydon South’s Labour contender gets backing from MP Reed

Posted on November 28, 2022 by insidecroydon

Will they ever learn? Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest fumbling efforts by the Labour Party to organise a selection process in Croydon The Croydon Labour Party and their bosses at London Region have lost none of their capacity … Continue reading →

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Bake Off fan Reed wants to have his cake and eat it

Posted on October 7, 2016 by insidecroydon

It is probably fair to say that Steve Reed OBE, an erstwhile leading light in the Progress party-within-a-party, was not holding his breath waiting for a phone call from the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to offer him another job in … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David White, Mark Watson, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Labour members get chance to ask Reed about Corbyn coup

Posted on July 13, 2016 by insidecroydon

Labour members in Croydon North, who Steve Reed OBE, the constituency MP, refused to answer with a frank explanation of his position over the party’s leadership, have the chance to get up close and personal with Progress vice-chair this Saturday … Continue reading →

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MP Reed never consulted us on Corbyn, say Labour members

Posted on June 27, 2016 by insidecroydon

Steve Reed OBE, the Progress MP for Lambeth South/Croydon North [delete to taste] waited until this morning before joining the exodus of right wingers from the Labour Party’s shadow cabinet, issuing a letter announcing that he is resigning from his … Continue reading →

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Red faces for Reed and supporters as CLP picks Corbyn

Posted on July 29, 2015 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports from the back row of a Thornton Heath church hall at a local Labour Party meeting, where the Blairites are becoming increasingly shrill in their discomfort Steve Reed OBE, the Progress MP for Lambeth South, is looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Malcolm Wicks MP, Patsy Cummings, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Constituency members snub MP Reed in CLP election

Posted on July 21, 2015 by insidecroydon

Is Lambeth South starting to be reclaimed as Croydon North? It is difficult not to put that sort of construction on matters when the MP, Steve Reed OBE, was reduced to lobbying local party members to vote for his friend … Continue reading →

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Help to make The Smallest Things matter on Prematurity Day

Posted on November 17, 2014 by insidecroydon

CATRIONA OGILVY is a Croydon mum whose two sons were both born prematurely. Today is World Prematurity Day, and here she explains why that matters, and how you can help On World Prematurity Day, parents, professionals and organisations are joining … Continue reading →

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A Viscount, two Lords and a comedian back Labour campaign

Posted on April 16, 2014 by insidecroydon

Eddie Izzard was out campaigning in Croydon town centre this morning with local Labour leader Tony Newman. Cue jokes from all other political parties about there being more than one comedian in Croydon Labour… It’s unclear whether many of the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Boris Johnson, Catriona Ogilvy, Emily Benn, Heathfield, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, New Addington South, Oliver Lewis, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Waddon, Wayne Lawlor, West Thornton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Sarah Jones wins Labour’s nomination for Croydon Central

Posted on July 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

Sarah Jones was this afternoon selected by local Labour party members as their candidate to run at the 2015 parliamentary election in Croydon Central against sitting Tory MP, Gavin Barwell. Jones, a mother of four who lives in the constituency, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Alison Butler, Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Louisa Woodley, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Local leader Newman backs Butler in Central selection race

Posted on July 20, 2013 by insidecroydon

Labour makes its candidate selection for the Croydon Central parliamentary seat from a four-strong all-woman short-list tomorrow, with a leading figure in the party locally warning that they face “one of the toughest of political battles ever”. According to Inside … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Louisa Woodley, Malcolm Wicks MP, Sarah Jones MP, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Labour candidate makes virtue of lack of union support

Posted on July 12, 2013 by insidecroydon

One of the women short-listed for selection as candidate in the Croydon Central parliamentary seat by the local Labour party has sought to distance herself from the trades union movement – despite having been a senior union member in the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Alison Butler, Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Central, Louisa Woodley, Sarah Jones MP, Thornton Heath | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Beware bigotry wrapped in the cloak of liberalism

Posted on July 8, 2013 by insidecroydon

In the wake of Woolwich, the racists are coming to our streets later this month. Yet as ANDREW FISHER reports, even one of Labour’s candidates in the Croydon Central parliamentary selection has accepted the endorsement of an “anti-sharia campaigner” Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Activities, Andrew Fisher, Broad Green, Catriona Ogilvy, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Central, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell | Tagged , , , , , , | 17 Comments

Butler and Jones emerge as front-runners in Central race

Posted on June 30, 2013 by insidecroydon

Alison Butler and Sarah Jones have emerged as the front-runners for selection as the Labour candidate for the Croydon Central parliamentary seat, following two days of meetings among a panel of local members of the party. Croydon Central is held … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Hamida Ali, Louisa Woodley, Sarah Jones MP, Thornton Heath, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Croydon Central: take part in Croydon’s first open primary

Posted on June 28, 2013 by insidecroydon

Community engagement? Democracy? Today, Inside Croydon is attempting to bring a touch of democracy to the election process in Croydon, with the borough’s first ever online open primary. The open primary is the system used in the United States, where … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Alisa Flemming, Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Central, Hamida Ali, Louisa Woodley, Sarah Jones MP | Leave a comment

Croydon Central open primary: Catriona Ogilvy

Posted on June 28, 2013 by insidecroydon

Catriona Ogilvy offers the prospect of an OT rather than yet another OE for parliament. Ogilvy is an occupational therapist (rather than an Old Etonian, like so many members of David Cameron’s elitist cabinet), and she works in the NHS. … Continue reading →

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Ten women declare for Labour’s Central shortlist

Posted on June 15, 2013 by insidecroydon

Ten women have put themselves forward for selection by the Labour party as the prospective candidate for Croydon Central parliamentary seat at the General Election, due to be held in 2015. The deadline for applications was yesterday, and saw a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Louisa Woodley, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Councillor Avis confirmed in Labour’s race for Croydon Central

Posted on June 8, 2013 by insidecroydon

Jane Avis, a senior councillor within Labour’s group at Croydon Town Hall, is the latest to put her name forward as a potential candidate to run for parliament in Croydon Central in 2015. Avis and local activist Hamida Ali submitted … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Alison Butler, Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Jane Avis, Louisa Woodley, Richard Ottaway MP, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Butler quick to declare candidacy for Labour nomination

Posted on May 29, 2013 by insidecroydon

Alison Butler, the deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, has given up her job at Westminster as she launches her campaign for selection as her party’s parliamentary election candidate to stand against Gavin Barwell in Croydon Central … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Central, Louisa Woodley, Sarah Jones MP, Thornton Heath | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments