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Category Archives: 2021 London elections
Ex-Tory minister has no policies, but says he’ll listen if Mayor
There are elections coming up, again, and in Croydon this week was the newest candidate to be London Mayor. RORY KELLY went to hear what Rory Stewart had to offer Rory Stewart, the former Conservative government minister and now an … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Rory Stewart, Sadiq Khan
Tagged London, Mayor, Member of parliament, Rory Stewart
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Last-minute nominations get Davis on Labour’s ballot paper
Labour Party members in Sutton and Croydon will get to choose the candidate to represent their party in next May’s London Assembly elections after all, with both Patsy Cummings and Rowenna Davis receiving more than the required five nominations from … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis
Tagged Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Assembly, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, South Norwood, Sutton and Cheam, Tony Newman, Tory
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Time’s up for Davis as Labour narrows Assembly field to one
Labour’s laborious process of selecting their candidate for the Croydon and Sutton London Assembly seat might finally reach some conclusion tonight, as both the Croydon and Sutton Co-op and the Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party delegates decide whether or not … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Central, Croydon South, London Assembly, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, South Norwood
Tagged Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Niroshan Sirisena, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell
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Southwark councillor joins Labour selection battle for City Hall
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE suggests that only three entries for the race to be a candidate in Croydon and Sutton at next year’s London elections is being seen as a sign that few reckon there’s much of a chance of … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, London Assembly, Marina Ahmad, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, South Norwood, Sutton Council, Tom Copley
Tagged Conservative, Dora Dixon-Fyle, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, South Norwood, Tory
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Tory Bailey manages just a single question for Mayor Khan
Shaun Bailey, the Conservative Party candidate in next year’s London Mayor elections, is so hard-working that he managed to put up just a single question for last month’s session of Mayor’s Question Time. Bailey, who has been a London Assembly … Continue reading
‘Blue Labour royalty’ steps forward for Assembly selection
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest developments in the race to become Croydon and Sutton’s next London Assembly Member Rowenna Davis, a Croydon Labour Party member with a national profile, is to seek selection to be her party’s candidate … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Jamie Audsley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Rowenna Davis, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tory
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Cummings in poll position with all-woman Assembly shortlist
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how Labour has finally got round to selecting candidates for next May’s London Assembly elections The fix is in. Labour announced yesterday morning that the selection of a candidate to stand for the party in … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Andrew Dismore, Florence Eshalomi, Jamie Audsley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Tom Copley
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Patsy Cummings, Steve Reed OBE, Sutton Council, Tory
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Mayor Khan facing ‘the most fragmented Assembly ever’
Like last month’s European elections, the London Mayor and Assembly votes in May 2020 will be conducted using a form of proportional representation. As WALTER CRONXITE reports, based on the Euro poll, that could cause even further discomfort for Croydion’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Charlie Mansell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sutton Council, Uncategorized
Tagged Brexit, Brexit Party, Conservative, Croydon, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Siobhan Benita, Sutton Council, Tory, UKIP
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Tory O’Connell lets slip he’s retiring to Dorset, two years early
Silent Steve O’Connell, once the country’s most overpaid councillor, has revealed that he intends to retire to Dorset next year, two years before he completes his full term as an elected member of Croydon Council for Kenley ward. But in … Continue reading
Labour names Euro candidates as City Hall selection undecided
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the glacial progress in Labour choosing its candidates for London elections which are now barely 12 months away The Labour Party thought they had sorted a major selection dilemma last night when they … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 European elections, 2021 London elections, Andrew Dismore, Fiona Twycross, Jamie Audsley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor of London, Patsy Cummings, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Jamie Audsley, Labour, London, London Assembly, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Tony Newman, Tory
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Feck! Croydon Tories cry foul as Garratt wins selection ballot
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on a somewhat fractious outcome to the Conservatives’ vote on who will represent the party in the 2020 London Assembly elections Neil “Father Jack” Garratt, the councillor for Belmont ward, will be the Conservative candidate for … Continue reading
Tories’ male, stale and, mainly, pale shortlist for selection
Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE reveals the Conservative shortlist for the candidate to stand in next year’s London Assembly elections in Croydon and Sutton The local Tory Party, which has held the Sutton and Croydon constituency at the London Assembly … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Bromley Council, Joseph Lee, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Simon Hoar, Stephen Carr, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Joseph Lee, London, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Simon Hoar, Stephen Carr, Sutton, Sutton and Croydon, Tory
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Could Newman back ‘shoot Trump’ Skipper for Assembly?
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE has found Croydon Town Hall’s political ‘elite’ on manoeuvres, hopeful of selection for bigger, better allowances. But is the local Labour leader going to back a complete outsider? Despite campaign groundwork being laid for a snap … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, 2021 London elections, Addiscombe East, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Caragh Skipper, Fiona Twycross, Joseph Lee, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Caragh Skipper, Conservative, Croydon, Jamie Audsley, Joseph Lee, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Simon Hoar, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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LibDems’ Mayoral candidate shows that Khan is a shoo-in
WALTER CRONXITE on the latest low-powered London election selection London’s Liberal Democrats are gathering in a phone box in Canary Wharf this morning for their annual conference, where their candidate for Mayor in 2020, Siobhan Benita, will give her first … Continue reading
Fare rises and jerk chicken: Tory Bailey hasn’t much to offer
Shaun Bailey, recently named as the Conservative candidate for London Mayor, was in Croydon last night for what the local Tories tried to bill as a Black History Month event. KEN TOWL went along to see what Bailey had to … Continue reading
The race to replace ‘Silent’ Steve O’Connell has already begun
Just when you thought it was safe to go out on to the streets without risk of being button-holed by political activists, WALTER CRONXITE reports that preparations are already being made for the next round of elections Weekend reports that … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, 2021 London elections, Heidi Alexander, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scully MP, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, Steve O'Connell, Sutton, Tory
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O’Connell’s 2020 vision is to stand down from City Hall role
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest decision by a Tory politician to jump before they get pushed by the electorate Steve O’Connell, the third-rate local politician with the first-rate public allowances income, has decided not to stand for re-election to … Continue reading
