Category Archives: Marisha Ray

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

Posted on November 29, 2012 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Union pulls out of hustings over exclusion of six candidates

Posted on November 20, 2012 by insidecroydon

One of the country’s biggest trades unions, the PCS, has pulled out of sponsorship and organisation of a hustings debate planned to be held in Thornton Heath on Tuesday evening because half the candidates for the November 29 Croydon North … Continue reading →

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Bookmakers rate Respect as by-election second favourite

Posted on November 18, 2012 by insidecroydon

The bookmakers have made Respect’s Lee Jasper joint second favourite to win the Croydon North by-election, along with Andy Stranack, the Conservative candidate, underlining the view that the battle for votes is wide open behind hot favourite Steve Reed. Reed, … Continue reading →

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Election questions: Marisha Ray, Liberal Democrats

Posted on November 17, 2012 by insidecroydon

The Croydon North by-election is on November 29, and Inside Croydon has put to candidates a set of questions. We will be putting the responses on the record, published without the artifice, interruptions and grandstanding of the usual hustings. We … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Boris Johnson, Croydon North, CSEP, Education, Health, Housing, Libraries, London Road Traders Association, Marisha Ray, Mayor of London, Paul Burstow MP, St Helier Hospital, Tom Brake MP, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

LibDem candidate tries to steal credit for scrap metal bill

Posted on November 10, 2012 by insidecroydon

Marisha Ray, the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Croydon North by-election, has criticised people who steal. But a LibDem press release saw their candidate being a little light-fingered herself. Just ahead of Remembrance Sunday, Ray has claimed the credit for … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 8, 2012 by insidecroydon

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, Lee Jasper, Malcolm Wicks MP, Marisha Ray, Steve Reed MP, Winston McKenzie | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Incinerator should be Croydon North’s burning issue

Posted on October 31, 2012 by insidecroydon

BRENDAN WALSH is a Green party member from Croydon North who is disappointed, but unsurprised, that the issue of a £1 billion waste incinerator to be built on the boundary of the constituency has barely been mentioned by most of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Marisha Ray, Shasha Khan, Winston McKenzie | Leave a comment

Tech City ought to be foundation of every party’s manifesto

Posted on October 30, 2012 by insidecroydon

JONNY ROSE believes that his alternative vision for regeneration, the Silicon Valley of South London, ought be to be front and centre of all the Croydon North by-election candidates’ campaigns It’s election season in Croydon. Rarely seen politicos are coming … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon North, Faz Hakim, Lee Jasper, Louisa Woodley, Marisha Ray, Simon Burgess, Steve Reed MP, Val Shawcross | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Greens to recycle candidate for Croydon North by-election

Posted on October 25, 2012 by insidecroydon

An announcement is expected to confirm that Shasha Khan will be the Green party’s candidate in the Croydon North by-election. Croydon resident Khan is the only 2012 candidate declared so far from the leading parties who was also up for … Continue reading →

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Former Blair adviser on Labour shortlist for Croydon North

Posted on October 24, 2012 by insidecroydon

A former Downing Street adviser to Tony Blair on race issues is among a five-strong shortlist announced this afternoon by the Labour Party as it seeks to choose a candidate for the Croydon North by-election. The shortlist is a model … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon North, Faz Hakim, Louisa Woodley, Malcolm Wicks MP, Marisha Ray, Simon Burgess, Steve Reed MP, Val Shawcross | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Lambeth leader Reed puts himself forward for Croydon North

Posted on October 23, 2012 by insidecroydon

Labour’s “long list” of applicants to stand as a candidate in the Croydon North by-election includes the leader of Lambeth Council, Steve Reed. Reed, a Brixton Hill councillor who lives in Streatham, has led Lambeth Council since 2006. He is … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Lambeth Council, Malcolm Wicks MP, Marisha Ray, Steve Reed MP, Val Shawcross | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Candidates by the bus-load start by-election campaigns

Posted on October 21, 2012 by insidecroydon

Croydon North attracted nine candidates wanting to be an MP at the last General Election. The upcoming by-election looks also to be attracting a high number of participants. The Communists have selected Ben Stevenson, who ran in the constituency in … Continue reading →

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Tories choose Stranack to contest Croydon North seat

Posted on October 19, 2012 by insidecroydon

Andrew Stranack is to be the Conservative candidate in the forthcoming Croydon North by-election, Inside Croydon has learned. Stranack’s selection was confirmed at a constituency meeting on Wednesday night. It will be the second time that he has stood in … Continue reading →

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Little Ray of sunshine for LibDems in Croydon North

Posted on October 18, 2012 by insidecroydon

Any jokes about the Liberal Democrats in Croydon being an endangered species were only reinforced late last night with the announcement of a candidate for the forthcoming parliamentary by-election, as they named Marisha Ray, a former councillor in Islington, north … Continue reading →

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