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Tag Archives: Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency)
Underwood makes the ‘Green slate’ of candidates for London
Peter Underwood has been selected as the Green Party’s candidate for the Croydon and Sutton super-constituency at next May’s London Assembly elections. Underwood stood for the Green Party in last year’s Croydon Mayor contest, and has been a regular on … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Croydon Greens, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel
Tagged Conservative, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Father Jack, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel, Tory, Zoë Garbett
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Voting figures suggest there’s a storm coming for Labour
Croydon’s own red wall turned blue in the London elections this month. Ward-level voting figures provide more bad news for Labour in Croydon, reports our resident psephologist, WALTER CRONXITE The unseasonable heavy rainfall in May is not the only reason … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, 2021 Mayor Referendum, 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Hamida Ali, Jason Perry, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, New Addington, New Addington North, Norbury Park, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey
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Garratt doubles victory margin as he takes City Hall seat
NOT-SO-SPECIAL ELECTION SPECIAL: Labour has slipped back in the London Assembly voting, with its worst result in Croydon and Sutton for 13 years. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Neil “Father Jack” Garratt was named on Saturday as Croydon and Sutton’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Norwood, Sutton Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Marina Ahmad, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Tory
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Delay in despatching ballot papers could reduce vote numbers
EXCLUSIVE: The distribution of postal ballots for council by-elections is running behind schedule, reports STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council’s struggles to administer even the most straightforward of matters could reduce the number of residents taking part in the borough’s five ward … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, New Addington North, Park Hill and Whitgift, South Norwood, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Kenley, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, New Addington North, Park Hill and Whitgift, South Norwood, Woodside
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Tory Assembly candidate in racism row over stop and search
Election candidates have not been subject to the kind of public scrutiny they might have expected pre-covid, and online hustings last week demonstrated why such questioning is so necessary. By STEVEN DOWNES Neil “Father Jack” Garratt, the Conservative candidate for … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Crime, Knife crime, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, Policing
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Green Party, Labour, London, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, South Norwood, Sutton, Tory
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Garratt and Cummings finally agree to debate climate crisis
It took them a while but, finally, the two frontrunners in the race to be Croydon and Sutton’s London Assembly Member have agreed to take part in an online hustings organised by the Friends of the Earth’s Croydon Climate Action … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Climate Action, Friends of the Earth, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Tory
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Khan’s lead at the polls could be enough to elect Cummings
If the pollsters have got their numbers right, history could be about to be made in next month’s London Assembly elections, according to our resident psephologist WALTER CRONXITE This time next month, for the first time in history, Croydon and … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Claire Bonham, Croydon Greens, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Norwood
Tagged Conservative, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Tory
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Assembly election count to take extra day because of covid
It has been confirmed that the count for the Mayor of London and London Assembly elections being held on May 6 will be spread over two days. The London election results have tended to be tortuous events, even in normal … Continue reading
May 6? Maybe not, as Johnson prepares for new lockdown
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the implications of any extension to the coronavirus restrictions for the borough’s leafleting cult and the London elections Westminster observers are already predicting that the London Mayoral and Assembly elections, which were postponed from … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Tory
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Tories play politics over covid emergency funding for TfL
The emergency cash bail-out for London’s transport system sees the capital’s Labour Mayor hand much control to the Tories running the government, reports WALTER CRONXITE The Tories have put political point-scoring ahead of public health, after the government last night … Continue reading
Posted in London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Link, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London
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It’s time to vote for someone who ‘gets’ the climate emergency
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Worried about flooding locally, and climate change globally? PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, a Green Party candidate, says that these issues should be a central in the London Assembly elections Families and businesses are yet again being left to … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Caroline Russell, Croydon Greens, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Climate emergency, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Extinction Rebellion, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Tony Newman
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Davis will fight on – ‘You don’t need to be elected to do that’
Rowenna Davis, the candidate who missed out by 25 votes to stand for Labour in Croydon and Sutton in May’s London Assembly elections, says she will continue with her campaigning activism “to make a difference to people in… our capital”. … Continue reading
Cummings wins Labour’s Assembly selection race by 25 votes
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on a close-run thing Patsy Cummings, the councillor for South Norwood, will be Labour’s candidate in Croydon and Sutton for the London Assembly elections in May after winning a ballot of party members in the two … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Florence Eshalomi, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Rory Stewart, Rowenna Davis, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, Sadiq Khan, South Norwood, Tory
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Decision time for Labour comes too late for Davis or Cummings
Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE, on how a drawn-out selection process has hampered any prospects of electoral success for Labour in Croydon and Sutton in May’s elections to City Hall In a primary contest that has lasted longer than that … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Elliot Colburn, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tory
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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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Davis acts to take the dread out of school holiday poverty
The word “holiday” has become one which some children, and their hard-pressed parents, have come to dread. That’s according to a prospective London Assembly candidate, Rowenna Davis, who has started taking practical action to help people in her community. As … Continue reading
Twycross is fourth Labour Assembly Member to stand down
Selections for next year’s London elections could have a Scandi-noir messy ending for some. WALTER CRONXITE on the latest to announce their departure from the capital’s political stage Fiona Twycross, the London Assembly Member, last night announced that she would … 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
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 Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, Liberal Democrat, London, London Assembly
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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
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 Abigail Lock, Boris Johnson, Croydon Greens, Gordon Ross, Ken Livingstone, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council
Tagged Boris, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Liberal Democrat, London, Steve O'Connell, Sutton
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