Tag Archives: London Assembly
What do Croydon women want? Open meeting, May 25
LEE WEBSTER issues an invite to all women living and working in Croydon to an important meeting later this month Women use public services more than men, according to the Fawcett Society, since they have maternity needs, are more likely … Continue reading
O’Connell headlines at Coulsdon’s mass debate
The pantomime season is clearly not yet over, as on Wednesday the Purley and Coulsdon Debating Society is hosting an event featuring local councillor Steve “Three Jobs” O’Connell and Inside Croydon’s very own Andrew Pelling. Oh yes it is… Pelling, … Continue reading
UKIP’s “appalled” local chairman asks Croydon “to forgive”
Less than two days before voting begins in the Croydon North by-election, Winston McKenzie has been disowned by his own party’s local chairman who told Inside Croydon that he and other local UKIP members are “appalled” by their candidate’s homophobic … Continue reading
Boris says he’s using riots funding to cover-up police cuts
London Road businesses and residents are to have a massive insult heaped upon the injury that many of them suffered in the Croydon riots last year, with Mayor Boris Johnson admitting that the Riots Recovery Fund he promised the area … Continue reading
Labour selects Reed as candidate for Croydon North
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
Woodley makes a late run for Croydon North nomination
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
Val Shawcross reported to be on list for Croydon by-election
Val Shawcross, the London Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark and Ken Livingstone’s running mate in May’s Mayoral election, heads the list of candidates to stand for Labour in the Croydon North by-election, according to reports this weekend. Although the … Continue reading
Brunswick Park, bloggers and the lessons of the Barnet Spring
CROYDON COMMENTARY: There was another council election defeat for the Tories last night that ought to reverberate all the way across London, says ANDREW PELLING “They have not exactly embraced transparency or welcomed being held to account by the borough’s … Continue reading
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
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
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
