For comparison with April's results, see here. Labour-led Croydon council recently declared effective bankruptcy by issuing what is known as a “section 114 legal notice”. By 2021 the council predicts that will be almost halved to 40%. All the latest news about England local elections 2021 from the BBC. 2021-05-08T17:38:33+01:00. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office. Why wait and lose potential further savings? The College Green site is set to be sold for at least £20 million, and the Croydon … Thank you to all our hardworking election staff and to everyone who voted. It was heartening to see that a good Conservative council very ably led by Simon Tagg has a real 10 or 20-year plan for the town centre backed by tens of millions of pounds of Government investment. Croydon Council has been Labour-controlled since 2014, following two four-year terms under the Conservatives. "They are the first London council to have gone bankrupt in more than 30 years." Croydon Council has five new local councillors after by-elections were held in the borough. Image. Labour MP for Croydon North. Cllr Antony Mullen is the Leader of the Conservative Group on Sunderland City Council. The Labour-run … The facts about Croydon Council are as brutal as it gets. Labour Party-run Slough borough council has become the third English local authority, after Northamptonshire and Croydon, to declare itself bankrupt. Local Council By-Elections May 2021. Labour gained three seats as the Tories lost six in a bumper night of 14 council by-elections. The Greens and Labour risk bankrupting Brighton and Hove and turning it into the next Croydon if they keep up their recent pattern of financial decisions. Turnout was 53.3%. That's over £1.5 billion debt making Croydon one of the worst run Council's in the country. It brings to five the number of ward by-elections that will need to be staged on May 6, the … Elected Leader. “Every single Labour councillor backed their decisions, including the current Leader of the council, cllr Hamida Ali. New Addington North currently forms part of the Croydon Central Constituency, and has been Labour dominated since its formation. £15,000 of debt every hour since 2014. Our failing Labour Council has driven Croydon to the brink of bankruptcy due to their terrible choices. There is a bookshelf full of reports, still being added to, following the Section 114 Notice, effectively declaring its bankruptcy. Two senior Conservative councillors, Steve O’Connell and Vidhi Mohan, announced today that they are standing down from the council. Tuesday, 2 February, 2021. Labour. Results for London Mayoral Election, 2021. Claire Frances Sheppard (The Green Party) - 20%. 17:30: Results for Park Hill & Whitgift by-election: Jade Appleton (Conservative) declared winner. Conservative: Jill Mortimer, a North Yorkshire councillor and farmer. Mr Pelling was MP for Croydon … Shadow Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government. The streets are getting cleaner and safer. The Labour Party lost control of the council to the Conservative Party for the first time since 1994 . Posted on July 23, 2021 by insidecroydon. The College Green site is set to be sold for at least £20 million, and the Croydon … Mar 17, 2021. Croydon Council declared itself practically bankrupt yesterday and blamed its financial crisis on the havoc caused by coronavirus. He blames the financial crisis on: £200 million given to council-owned developer Brick by Brick The time might be right for Croydon’s own Independents’ Day. It is currently represented by Greg Hands of the Conservative Party. The newly-elected London Assembly representative for Croydon and Sutton slammed Croydon Council’s bankruptcy. Hale said: “Clearly this whole dire situation has not arisen overnight and it is shameful that the Labour-run council has let it go on . Council plans to sell off the controversial Croydon Park Hotel and the town centre College Green site have been branded an “absolute disgrace” as the authority is unlikely to recoup the costs of the Fairfield Halls refurbishment. “Electing Liberal Democrat councillors in Croydon will give proper scrutiny to challenge such poor decisions from being made and so hold these parties to account.” Louis Carserides – Labour Labour confirms plans to give Croydon residents the final say on how Croydon should be governed in Autumn 2021. STEVEN DOWNES reports A motorist who was fined hundreds of pounds for repeatedly driving past road signs into a… From Friday 16 to Sunday 18 July 2021, we will be bringing you discussions, debates, radical history lessons, lots of music and all the best of the Festival straight into your living room. Posted by Croydon Liberal Democrats | Updated 2020-12-13. Most votes have now been counted from the English local council elections on May 6 - … Croydon Conservative councillor and Shadow Cabinet Member for Homes, Lynne Hale, agreed that the inadequate services might be part of a systemic problem. 2021 election results: May’s local, Scottish and Welsh polls. Posted on May 24, 2021 by insidecroydon. Mike Fisher. But Ukip's organisation was chaotic and one of its black candidates, Herman Lyken, who had appeared with Farage on stage at a … The 1st and 2nd columns are as above (2018 and 2021 Lab/Con difference) The 3rd column is the net swing from Conservative to Labour.-26.8 -16.8 +05.0 Richmond upon Thames / Hampton Wick +02.2 +11.0 +04.4 Westminster / Churchill Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. 1 in 4 Labour councillors choose not to seek selection for 2022. Who is the MP for Chelsea? Some 10,000 people work directly or indirectly for the council, at its main offices at Bernard Weatherill House or in its schools, care homes, housing offices or work depots. The 2014 Croydon Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Croydon Council in England. Council plans to sell off the controversial Croydon Park Hotel and the town centre College Green site have been branded an “absolute disgrace” as the authority is unlikely to recoup the costs of the Fairfield Halls refurbishment. Download. Labour was defending four seats, all of which we held, and ended the night with seven seats. 020 7219 7297 steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk. Our failing Labour Council has driven Croydon to the brink of bankruptcy due to their terrible choices. By 2021 the council predicts that will be almost halved to 40%. Surrey County Council, which has a solid Conservative … Kenley Ward by-election. South West 2021: 1.25MB, PDF. Stoke-on-Trent – Penkhull and Stoke Conservatives 582 (40.5 per cent, +34.0 on 2019) Labour 572 (39.9 per cent, -0.7) City Independents 171 (11.9 per cent, … Following 24.27K. 99 council seat changed hands. By-elections in the London Boroughs, in order of net swing from Conservative to Labour. Total Tweets 20.57K. Chris Philp, the Conservative MP for Croydon South, accused the Labour council of “bankrupting the borough”. Conservative Government acts to tackle Croydon's failing labour council. Last Friday night, Croydon Council’s auditors Grant Thornton felt legally compelled to publish a damning emergency report on Croydon Council’s finances. Labour. If Labour can repeat their good December 2019 result in the local Cities of London and Westminster constituency, this by-election should be a comfortable hold for them. There are now four Conservative Londonwide AMs (+1), three from the Green Party, (+1), two from Labour (-1) and two from the Liberal Democrats (+1). Conservative. Croydon Council - Remove the Trial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods installed across the borough! The package brought forward will save around £300,000 per annum but will not commence until the new financial year in April 2021. Download. Local election results 2021: how your council voted and how the numbers map across England. We want to make Croydon a centre, not a stop-off: a growing hub for south London. .” Many businesses attended and it was a useful interactive session with Croydon Council officers. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports that Labour’s problems nationally are being reflected in the party’s selection process for next May’s council elections. . Party. The facts about Croydon Council are as brutal as it gets. Those that have indicated they will continue funding tend to be Labour councils. As of May 2018, the council composition is: Conservative 36 (-1), Labour 13 (+2) and Lib Dem 1 (-1). The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election. Mike Fisher. Labour has bankrupt Croydon through poor financial control, running up £1.5 billion in debt and engaging in disastrous commercial property speculation — Chris Philp (@CPhilpOfficial) November 11, 2020 Woodside Ward by-election. Croydon Council has welcomed five new councillors following a series of by-elections which took place on Thursday, May 6. This is a symptom of the appalling mismanagement of the Labour council. Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick yesterday announced measures to address the serious failures at Labour-run Croydon Council to begin turning it around so it can deliver value for money for the local residents. Croydon South covers the south-western part of the London Borough of Croydon. Croydon North has a Labour MP, Steve Reed (politician), and Croydon South has a Conservative MP, Chris Philp. But Ukip's organisation was chaotic and one of its black candidates, Herman Lyken, who had appeared with Farage on stage at a … DEMOC’s supporters include a number of residents’ associations, Chris Philp, the Conservative MP for Croydon South, some Labour Party members from the same constituency and a former UKIP general election candidate. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office. Steve O’Connell: once the country’s most overpaid councillor. Since 2014 Labour has been working hard and delivering the ambitious vision for Croydon we put forward at the last local election. Croydon London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London, England.It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London.Croydon is divided into 28 wards, electing 70 councillors. Following the resignation of five former members of the council, voters in the wards of Kenley, Woodside, New Addington North, South Norwood and Park Hill & Whitgift went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new councillor. Voters across the country have cast their ballots in local, Scottish and Welsh elections. Leader of the Council before election. ... Neil Garratt’s response to Croydon Council’s Purley Way Masterplan consultation, covering the type / style of housing and transport. Mar 22, 2021. Conservatives gain from Labour. 15/07/2021 Croydon’s financial progress continues Croydon Council is continuing to make progress against its renewal plans to get council finances back on track and put the borough on a more sustainable footing. Croydon's new council leader Cllr Hamida Ali has issued her first statement as council leader: It is a huge honour to have been elected as Leader of the Labour group on Croydon council. In 2016, UKIP won two Londonwide Assembly seats but that party has won none in 2021. Mar 22, 2021. Labour and Co-operative Party Barnet and ... Enfield and Haringey: MCCARTNEY Joanne Conservative Party Candidate Croydon and Sutton: GARRATT Neil Robert Conservative Party Candidate South West: ROGERS Nicholas James Labour and Co-operative Party ... Croydon and Sutton 2021: 1.26MB, PDF. UK election: Croydon Central, Labour’s must-win seat. CROYDON IN CRISIS: Suspicions mount over the business of Brick by Brick and the scandal surrounding the Fairfield Halls refurbishment. While Slough Borough Council will continue to deliver its statutory social care duties, children’s and adults’ services that are not statutorily required are vulnerable to cuts as it bids to tackle a projected deficit this year of £96m. The decision of a traffic adjudicator last week, upholding fines against a motorist for driving into a Low Traffic Neighbourhood, could clear the way for cameras that might generate £3m per year for the cash-strapped council. The Covid-19 pandemic has put a financial strain on businesses, households and local councils, but Croydon Council’s financial mess wasn’t just a result of Covid. Our district centres are improving from Crystal Palace to Coulsdon and we are delivering a plan for a regenerated town centre, with Box Park and Westfield. The auditors found a series of staggering failings that have led […] After spending their political lives trying to “shrink the state” and applauding the inherent callousness of “there’s no such thing as society”, Croydon’s Conservatives found themselves arguing against the massive cuts in services that were put forward in the cash-strapped council’s … "They are the first London council to have gone bankrupt in more than 30 years." £15,000 of debt every hour since 2014. “This is not what Croydon residents need from our Council. Voters were sticking with Sadiq Khan for London Mayor but an alarming number have lost confidence in Croydon’s Labour-controlled council and will no longer vote Labour locally. In 2016, Croydon Council requested a review of ward boundaries in Croydon. LGBCE published its final recommendations in July 2017. The new ward boundaries came into force at the 2018 local elections. Summary of council election results (for elections including Aldermen, this table only includes Councillors): they are bust. Followers 34.37K. Fighting Labour’s Planning Mess For some time, Croydon’s Labour-run council has been granting planning permissions indiscriminately. Croydon & Sutton - … The former Croydon Central MP is to stand in the crucial ward of Waddon. Posted on July 23, 2021 by insidecroydon. That's over £1.5 billion debt making Croydon one of the worst run Council's in the country. WATCH: Rees-Mogg brands Labour a ‘party of people traffickers’ July 22, 2021 Alistair Lexden: On this day 180 years ago – Sir Robert Peel’s great election victory July 22, 2021 The next 18 months will bring enormous challenges – not least completing negotiations with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government… Mar 17, 2021. We warned them this would happen over many, many years - yet they chose to ignore us and carry on regardless. Two of the by-elections were the result of high-level resignations of the former council leader Tony Newman and former finance member Simon Hall. 11 February 2021 By Jessica Hill. ... stop labour’s boundary toll. /. Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. … From uncollected Council Tax to £140 million Council offices, and from risky investments to bankruptcy – Croydon residents deserve better. He blames the financial crisis on: £200 million given to council-owned developer Brick by Brick Easy … It was held virtually with a shortened agenda but mirrored what happened when we had past physical meetings (sort of). ... Neil Garratt’s response to Croydon Council’s Purley Way Masterplan consultation, covering the type / style of housing and transport. Conservative councils withdrawing backing include Conwy, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, Northumberland, and Wiltshire. A Conservative party press release says Tom Capon who lives and grew up locally, campaigned against the so-called ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhood’ (LTN) introduced (with no prior consultation by Labour-run Croydon Council) in Crystal Palace and South Norwood in July 2020. Conservative MP Chris Philp said: "It is the biggest bailout in council history. The last few years have been difficult for Labour in Sunderland. Lib … The final ward, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, was declared … . “Next May’s council elections could be a bloodbath for Croydon Labour – especially with so many brutal spending cuts to council services still to be made in the next 12 months. These problems have developed over several years and long pre-date Covid. Regina Road - the report that Croydon Labour didn’t want voters to see. Is Kensington and Chelsea Council Labour? This was on the same day as other local elections . They are the only London Borough in this position. Fans of the Festival will be able to watch free on Facebook group , Youtube channel , or right here on website" . Conservative election success in Croydon. Two senior Conservative councillors, Steve O’Connell and Vidhi Mohan, announced today that they are standing down from the council. It brings to five the number of ward by-elections that will need to be staged on May 6, the same day as the London Assembly elections. Labour Party-run Slough borough council has become the third English local authority, after Northamptonshire and Croydon, to declare itself bankrupt.. 1 in 4 Labour councillors choose not to seek selection for 2022. Croydon LBC’s former leader and finance lead have been suspended from Labour Party nationally following a damaging report on managerial failings which has already led to the axing of four senior officers. Marina Masuma Ahmad (Labour and Co-operative Party) - 49%. Croydon is the only one of London’s 33 Boroughs in this position. Croydon council has become a living wage employer, has protected frontline services and are battling Conservative cuts to our police and NHS. Elections for the Council in the London Borough of Croydon are held every four years to elect 70 councillors. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports that Labour’s problems nationally are being reflected in the party’s selection process for next May’s council elections. A council faces making substantial service cuts after declaring its budget unsustainable and ceasing non-essential and new spending.. Labour lost the 2015 contest by just 165 votes and it needs a win this year to stand any chance of forming a government. March 13th 2021 *Conservative Resident candidates won the ward election in 1964. I was pleased to arrange a webinar for local South Croydon businesses, with the South Croydon Business Association, today. This is a symptom of the appalling mismanagement of the Labour council. Last Friday night, Croydon Council’s auditors Grant Thornton felt legally compelled to publish a damning emergency report on Croydon Council’s finances. Steve Reed, the leader of south London’s Lambeth Borough Council, has been elected as the new Labour MP for Croydon North and in the process has … There is a bookshelf full of reports, still being added to, following the Section 114 Notice, effectively declaring its bankruptcy. Election 2021: Full results for London Mayor and London Assembly ... Conservative Party. Tweet. Your Councillors. Council plans to sell off the controversial Croydon Park Hotel and the town centre College Green site have been branded an “absolute disgrace” as the authority is unlikely to recoup the costs of the Fairfield Halls refurbishment. This was on the same day as other London local elections . According to the Croydon Advertiser: “Former Conservative MP Andrew Pelling is to be a Labour candidate at next year’s council elections, the Advertiser can reveal. Supposedly Labour had been discussing this for months? Labour. The results show there will be no change to the political makeup of the council. 17:38: That’s a wrap on five by-elections in Croydon. Conservative MP Chris Philp said: "It is the biggest bailout in council history. Residents pay the price for Tory failure to properly fund Covid response. Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2006. These problems have developed over several years and long pre-date Covid. The auditors found a series of staggering failings that have led […] Conservative London Assembly Candidate for Croydon and Sutton, Councillor for Belmont. 2018 Manifesto. The result of the Woodside Ward by-election has been declared and Michael Bonello, Labour Party has been elected as a Councillor for the ward. Elected Leader. Tories O’Connell and Mohan stand down from council. Lambeth & Southwark. In 2002, Labour held Croydon with a tiny majority of votes in its marginal wards - one councillor won by just eight votes - and it was inevitable that in the 2006 election the fight would be keenly fought and closely observed. In 2010, Labour gained six seats (net) from the Conservatives, reducing the Conservative majority on the Council to four seats. In 2016, Croydon Council requested a review of ward boundaries in Croydon. LGBCE published its final recommendations in July 2017. The new ward boundaries came into force at the 2018 local elections. The group was started by a mix of residents' associations and is supported by representatives from Labour and Conservative parties. A report into what went wrong with the Fairfield Halls refurbishment was pulled from a Croydon Council meeting at the last minute yesterday (Thursday, July 8). Croydon is the only one of London’s 33 Boroughs in this position. Cash-strapped Labour-run Croydon Council has imposed emergency spending restrictions with "immediate effect", the BBC has learned. Pic: descrier.co.uk. A report into what went wrong with the Fairfield Halls refurbishment was pulled from a Croydon Council … At the last elections, which were held in May 2018, 29 Conservative councillors and 41 Labour councillors were elected, providing a Labour majority of twelve seats.. At the 2002 local elections, 37 Labour councillors, 32 Conservative councillors and one Liberal Democrat councillor … Brent & Harrow - Krupesh Hirani, ... City & East - Unmesh Desai, Labour. As with East Barnet, Churchill ward was Conservative up to 2010, voted Labour in 2014, and split its three seats two to Labour and one to the Conservatives in 2018. Labour-run Croydon Council has gone bust after running up £1.5 billion in debt following warnings over its “corporate blindness”. ... Labour has lost control of eight councils, ... Conservative MP chosen as new council leader. Tony Newman. Thankfully that is now all changing. Posted on March 22, 2021 by insidecroydon. Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. Conservative. Croydon Labour boosts council reserves to provide protection in uncertain times. Chelsea and Fulham (UK Parliament constituency) After years of financial skulduggery, including the sell-off of public assets, Labour Party-run Croydon Council in south London effectively declared bankruptcy on November 11. Croydon Council will hold by-elections for five councillor vacancies Tomorrow, Thursday 6 May. Clean and affordable to live in. Climate change – it is time to take action. Conservative MP for Croydon South, Chris Philp, blamed the council’s financial crisis on spending on commercial properties, controversial developer Brick by Brick and having debts of £1.5 billion. This election was the first fought on new ward boundaries in Croydon. The council’s cabinet is set to meet today at 2pm to discuss the 2021/22 budget ahead of a full council meeting this evening. by Selmira Mehmed / May 5, 2021. We warned them this would happen over many, many years - yet they chose to ignore us and carry on regardless. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. - June 30, 2021, 4:51 pm. Labour gained the seat in 1994. That is exactly what we want to see replicated on high streets across the country. But there has been a notable exception. DEMOC wants to see the council leader position, currently held by Councillor Tony Newman, replaced by a directly elected mayor who would be chosen by Croydon’s voters. Robert Ward: The three tests to see if your council is on the path to becoming another Croydon Cllr Robert Ward represents Selsdon and Addington Village Ward on Croydon Council. Conservative Councillors have agreed to take the cut from 1st January 2021. 22 159. Croydon Conservatives - the Conservative Party in Croydon - latest news and events The College Green site is set to be sold for at least £20 million, and the Croydon … Labour: Paul Williams, who served as MP for Stockton South from 2017 to 2019. Neil Garratt won the seat with a 10% majority, retaining the Conservative … Croydon to vote in council by-elections along with mayoral and GLA elections. Your Councillors. Here are some of the local issues which Chris has been working on. The Tories lost seats to the Greens, an Independent (in Golden Valley South) and Liberal Democrats as well as the three that they lost to Labour. Conservative council, Croydon was more famous for its past than its future. The council is now made up of 41 Labour councillors and 29 Conservative. Croydon Council has just issued a s114 notice – i.e. The result of the Kenley Ward by-election has been declared and Olaoluwa Kolade, Conservative Party Candidate has been elected as a Councillor for the ward. This month saw 781,808 votes over 342 local authority contests. And whilst cllrs Newman and Hall are among the key instigators of the culture of bullying and the policies that bankrupted Croydon – they did not do it alone. The count had a … Tony Newman. Conservative London Assembly Candidate for Croydon and Sutton, Councillor for Belmont. ... stop labour’s boundary toll. But even members of the Town Hall’s scrutiny committee are being denied vital information by council directors. Conservatives gained it in 1968, held it in 1972, 1974, 1978, 1982, narrowly in 1986 and by just 26 votes in the three-seat ward between a third-placed Conservative and fourth-placed Labour candidate in 1990. The first graph shows the share of the first-preference vote, while the second graph shows the final overall share of the vote between the top two candidates after second preferences are added. Croydon Council still keeping the Brick by Brick debacle secret. Croydon’s Failing Labour Council … The borough needs action not discussion. The 2018 Croydon Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Croydon Council in England. Greater London UNISON Regional Council AGM 2021 Today was the Annual General Meeting of the UNISON Greater London Regional Council.
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