Category Archives: London Assembly

Blue-rinsed Sutton shows real reasons for boundary changes

ANDREW PELLING’s expertise as a polling tipster saw him call correctly the outcome of voting in Croydon this month, by a margin of 484 votes out of almost 80,000 cast for Labour and the Tories. So Ladbrokes will be reading … Continue reading

Posted in Abigail Lock, Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Ashburton, Broad Green, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croham, Croydon Central, Croydon Greens, Fairfield, Gordon Ross, Heathfield, London Assembly, New Addington, Norbury, Selhurst, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ward by ward: How Croydon voted on May 3

The full breakdown of voting results from the London Mayoral and Assembly elections on May 3 are now available through the London Elects website (you need to scroll well down the page for the link to the ward scores). But … Continue reading

Posted in Abigail Lock, Addiscombe, Ashburton, Broad Green, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croham, Fairfield, Fieldway, Heathfield, Kenley, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, Norbury, Purley, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Selsdon & Ballards, Shirley, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Bob a Job! Hilley volunteers for a garden shift in Waddon

Croydon is getting its own Bob a Job Week activity on Saturday with the people of Waddon invited to take part in what the council is calling a “community clean-up” event, centred around Houlder Crescent, “for all residents to come … Continue reading

Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Gardening, Gavin Barwell MP, London Assembly, Mike Fisher, Selhurst, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Latest vote results will help Brake decide which way to jump

When the ward-by-ward voting results from the London Assembly elections are released tomorrow, the music will begin in a game of musical seats for the MPs of Croydon and Sutton. ANDREW PELLING offers this guide to how things might be … Continue reading

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell MP, London Assembly, Paul Burstow MP, Purley, Selsdon & Ballards, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Labour’s Newman names his team for council election build-up

The Labour group on Croydon Council is becoming a bit like the Conservatives. Well, at least in just one small, but important, way, writes ANDREW PELLING In parliament, Labour dropped the election of its shadow cabinet by its MPs, leaving … Continue reading

Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Gerry Ryan, Libraries, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Norbury, Selhurst, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wayne Lawlor | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Croydon woman who must try to keep Boris in check

Of all the election results for the London Assembly announced last Friday, few could have been as emphatic as that enjoyed by Valerie Shawcross. The former Labour leader of Croydon Council has been AM for Lambeth and Southwark since the … Continue reading

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Election votes all add up to more change across Croydon

ANDREW PELLING, a former Assembly Member, crunches the first set of numbers from Thursday’s London elections and finds some interesting trends for politics in Croydon For a while on Friday, the Conservatives thought that they had lost out at City … Continue reading

Posted in Abigail Lock, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Gordon Ross, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, Richard Ottaway MP, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

London AM Steve O’Connell does a runner from Twitter

Just days after he was re-elected with a massively reduced majority as the London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton, Steve O’Connell, Britain’s most over-paid local councillor, has done a runner from Twitter. Since O’Connell likes to place himself above … Continue reading

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Democracy fails as Ken and Boris both lack the X Factor

62% That’s the real figure that the chattering political classes of south London ought to be concerned about this weekend, after a minority of the people of Croydon and Sutton returned Steve O’Connell and Boris Johnson to City Hall. Turn-out … Continue reading

Posted in Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, London-wide issues, Ken Livingstone, Steve O'Connell, Kenley, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, Croydon Greens, Policing, Sutton Council, Gordon Ross, Abigail Lock | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Is Big Boris watching? ICO asked to investigate emails

A request has been filed to the Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate how the “Back Boris” London Mayoral campaign managed to acquire the email addresses of Croydon residents in the run-up to today’s elections. At least a dozen Croydon residents … Continue reading

Posted in Boris Johnson, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell MP, Ian Parker, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Richard Ottaway MP, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments