Category Archives: Malcolm Wicks MP

Holocaust memorial concert: Sat Jan 26, Ruskin House

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

A holocaust memorial concert, an evening of remembrance and entertainment, is being held at Ruskin House in Coombe Road this Saturday. The concert will honour those communities who were persecuted in the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution in the 1930s and … Continue reading →

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Abandoned: Steve Reed on the fate of 8/8 riot victims

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

Yesterday, Croydon North‘s new MP, Steve Reed, made his maiden speech in parliament. Here, from Hansard, is that speech in full I am honoured to stand in this Chamber as the Member of Parliament for Croydon North. During the recent … Continue reading →

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Reed victory sends danger signals to Croydon’s Tories for 2014

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: There was a reason for Steve Reed’s campaign to focus so much on the state of our streets. It was because Labour are planning to clean-up at the next council elections, say ANDREW PELLING Eddy Arram, the neutral … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Ashburton, Clare Hilley, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Eddy Arram, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell MP, Lee Jasper, Malcolm Wicks MP, Mike Fisher, New Addington, Shirley, Simon Hoar, Steve Reed MP, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon, Winston McKenzie | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Pelling predicts: Croydon by-election will set a record of sorts

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

ANDREW PELLING, a former Croydon MP, councillor and London Assembly member, has been following the by-election campaign and here analyses the high points and low marks of the past six weeks in a giant constituency which today will set a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Pelling, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell MP, Lee Jasper, Malcolm Wicks MP, Marisha Ray, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed MP, Winston McKenzie | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Pelling predicts: by-election a battle for minor places

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

As the polling stations open across Croydon North this morning, Andrew Pelling, Inside Croydon‘s chief political correspondent, is predicting that the by-election will be won by Labour’s Steve Reed with an increased share of the vote. The parliamentary by-election is … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon North, Lee Jasper, Malcolm Wicks MP, Steve Reed MP, Winston McKenzie | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Ken’s Croydon visit sees the “two-horse race” run again

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

Any hopes that Lee Jasper might have had that his former boss, Ken Livingstone, would back his campaign for election to parliament as the Respect candidate in Croydon North look set to be dashed on Wednesday morning. Livingstone, the former … Continue reading →

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Rouse rumbled: council CEO shows his election colours

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

When Iain Duncan-Smith, the works and pension minister in the ConDem government and a former leader of the Conservative party, stands up and opens an address to a meeting by stating that, “obviously”, he is there to support his party’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell MP, Jon Rouse, Malcolm Wicks MP, Mike Fisher | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Nov 29: “Moving the writ” confirms Croydon election date

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

The Croydon North by-election date is confirmed today with Labour “moving the writ” in parliament. ANDREW PELLING, a former parliamentarian, explains the arcane process It isn’t just courts that issue writs. The people of Croydon North have been waiting for … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell MP, Lee Jasper, Malcolm Wicks MP, Marisha Ray, Steve Reed MP, Winston McKenzie | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Jesse Jackson, the rabbit run and looking pretty in pink

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

CAMPAIGN CATCH-UP: With candidates selected and canvassing now under way, how is the Croydon North election shaping up? The Respect party’s Croydon North campaign is going well… in America. Respect this week claimed that Jesse Jackson, the renowned United States … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell MP, Lee Jasper, Malcolm Wicks MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Galloway and Barwell seize upon Reed’s one-vote victory

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

Steve Reed today offered “a new vision for Croydon” to win selection as the Labour party candidate for Croydon North. But the Lambeth Council leader’s selection, reportedly by a single vote from Valerie Shawcross after second preferences were included, represents … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell MP, Lambeth Council, Lee Jasper, London Assembly, Malcolm Wicks MP, Mike Fisher, Steve Reed MP, Val Shawcross | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Labour selects Reed as candidate for Croydon North

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

Steve Reed is to be the Labour party candidate for the Croydon North by-election when it is staged later this month. Inside sources suggest that Reed may have won the ballot by as few as three votes from his closest … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Croydon North, Faz Hakim, Lambeth Council, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, Malcolm Wicks MP, Simon Burgess, Steve Reed MP, Val Shawcross | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Reed bends with the wind as he seeks selection in Croydon

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

Steve Reed divides opinions. He thinks he’s great. Others who have had to deal with the leader of Lambeth Council tend to disagree. “He’s more Blairite than Tony Blair,” was one of the more polite views aired when Reed announced … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Croydon North, Faz Hakim, Housing, Lambeth Council, Louisa Woodley, Malcolm Wicks MP, Simon Burgess, Steve Reed MP, URV, Val Shawcross | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Woodley makes a late run for Croydon North nomination

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Louisa Woodley, the Labour candidate who beat the Conservatives across Croydon in May’s London Assembly elections, has made a late push to be her party’s candidate for the Croydon North parliamentary by-election. The by-election is expected to be held on … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Croydon North, Faz Hakim, Louisa Woodley, Malcolm Wicks MP, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Val Shawcross | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Stevenson ready to put a rocket up mainstream politicians

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

The Croydon North by-election will certainly have national importance, at least as far as the Communist party is concerned, after they have has chosen their national secretary, Ben Stevenson, to stand as their candidate. Stevenson, 28, has lived in Croydon … Continue reading →

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Trinity Old Boy opts to stand on dubious election platform

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

What does the Monster Raving Loony party candidate for Croydon North have in common with Conservative MP Gavin Barwell, Cuddly Dudley Mead, the deputy leader of Croydon Council, and the very ex-Tory Andrew Pelling? The answer: John Cartwright, aka John … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Croydon North, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell MP, Malcolm Wicks MP, Trinity School | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments