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Category Archives: Sheldon Vestey
Councillors make call to divest from Israeli-linked companies
More than 150 councillors from across London’s boroughs and London Assembly members have signed a letter demanding divestment of council pension funds from corporations which fund or support Israeli abuses against Palestinians. Yet only one of Croydon’s 70 councillors has … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Bromley Council, Dave Tchil, Kingston, Lambeth Council, Ria Patel, Sheldon Vestey, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Bexley, Bromley, CIV, Cllr Ria Patel, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gaza, Green Party, Israel, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, London Collective Investment Vehicle, Martin Abrams, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Ria Patel, Southwark, Sutton Council
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Labour councillor finally apologises over vile online slurs
INSIDE SUTTON: The long adios of Sheldon Vestey, the Valencia-based councillor for… checks notes … Hackbridge, has seen him once again hauled before a council disciplinary panel – albeit via video link – after an investigation that has cost the … Continue reading
Labour makes new U-turn as Señor Vestey opts to stand down
INSIDE SUTTON: Just days after his local party posted leaflets online calling on supporters to vote for him in May, the controversial councillor on the Costa has changed his mind – but that won’t stop him pocketing thousands of pounds … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Dave Tchil, Sheldon Vestey, Steve Alvarez, Sutton Council
Tagged Cllr Sheila Berry, Cllr Sheldon Vestey, Cllr Steve Alvarez, Conservative, Hackbridge, Labour, Margaret Thomas, Señor Sheldon Vestey, Sheldon Vestey, St Helier West, Steve Alvarez, Sutton Council, Tory
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No apologies from Señor Vestey over three conduct complaints
INSIDE SUTTON: A Labour councillor who moved home to Spain more than a year ago has refused to comply with recommendations of a committee that found him to have broken the Code of Conduct multiple times. EXCLUSIVE by CARL SHILTON, … Continue reading
‘Greetings from Spain’: absent councillor suffers señor moment
INSIDE SUTTON: It was only a matter of time before Sutton’s incinerator supporters tried to make capital out of a rival party’s councillor’s wanderlust. By our political correspondent, BELLE MONT Sutton’s Liberal Democrats have rubbed a bit of Spanish sea … Continue reading
Posted in Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council
Tagged Hackbridge, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Oh Viva Espana, SDEN, Señor Sheldon Vestey, Sheldon Vestey, Spain, Sunny Spain, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia
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The Help to Buy mortgage and councillor’s shifting interests
INSIDE SUTTON: An absentee Labour councillor admits he did not declare his own property ownership when he or his soon-to-be wife claimed tens of thousands of pounds in a government-funded, interest-free mortgage loan. EXCLUSIVE by investigations editor, CARL SHILTON The … Continue reading
Posted in Dave Tchil, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council
Tagged Dave Tchil, Hackbridge, Labour, London, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, Spain, Sunny Spain, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia
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‘Local’ councillor now based 1,000 miles from Hackbridge
INSIDE SUTTON: After finally winning seats on the council for the first time in 20 years, half of what’s left of Sutton’s Labour group appears to have moved out of the borough. And some senior local party officials say that … Continue reading
Posted in Dave Tchil, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council
Tagged Dave Tchil, Hackbridge, Labour, London, Oh Viva Espana, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, Spain, Sunny Spain, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia
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Gray day for Labour as they lose Sutton council seat to Tories
ROSE HILL reports from the count at the ExCel Centre on another sign that Labour’s London juggernaut might just have a puncture… After a two-year absence, Catherine Gray is back on Sutton Council, the Conservative winning the St Helier West … Continue reading
Sordid spat leads to Sutton Tory councillor’s suspension
EXCLUSIVE: Amid allegations of racism, harassment and Islamophobia, a sordid little spat between two elected councillors has ended up with one (brief) suspension, another councillor’s resignation and a lengthy rant on social media that failed to give the whole story. … Continue reading
LibDems and Tories name candidates for St Helier West ballot
Our Sutton reporter, ROSE HILL, on the latest wanabees announced for the council by-election on May 2 They may have been left flat-footed by the near-deadline-day resignation of Labour councillor Sheila Berry, but Sutton’s Tories and LibDems have managed to … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Catherine Gray, Neil Garratt, Sheldon Vestey, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council
Tagged Catherine Gray, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Margaret Thomas, Sheila Berry, Sheldon Vestey, St Helier Hospital, St Helier West, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tory
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Community volunteer Thomas to run for Labour in St Helier
The Labour Party in Sutton has been quick to announce its candidate for the council vacancy created by the resignation of St Helier West councillor Sheila Berry. But it has done nothing to quash speculation that Berry’s resignation followed some … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Scully MP, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council
Tagged Labour, Margaret Thomas, Sheila Berry, Sheldon Vestey, St Helier West, Sutton Council
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Berry picks her moment to call time as St Helier West councillor
By BELLE MONT, our Sutton Council correspondent Sheila Berry, one of just three Labour councillors in Sutton, has resigned from the council. Berry was elected in St Helier West ward in May 2022, one of the first three Labour councillors … Continue reading
Council heat network hits customers with 25% price increase
A councillor in Hackbridge has said he is “shocked and concerned” after a Sutton Council-owned heating network increased its prices to residents by 25per cent. Sheldon Vestey, a Labour councillor, told Inside Croydon, “This jump in pricing is completely unwarranted … Continue reading
