Croydon Council Elections 2026
WillMeet your 30 Labour Croydon Council councilors elected on May 7th, plus the new shadow cabinet
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Meet your 30 Labour Croydon Council councilors elected on May 7th, plus the new shadow cabinet
Your Council & your Mayor are here to serve YOU. Far too many of you tell us that you feel they work against you. This changes under Rowenna Davis & Croydon Labour & Co-operative.
We cannot change the past, but we can change the future – we have to.
Caring for our adults & children in need is hugely important and a massive responsibility. This needs prevention, partnership, integration, innovation and looking after the fantastic people that provide it.
Every resident deserves a place that they can call home. Croydon desperately needs new, affordable, decent, safe homes for families and individuals.
Croydon is the fly-tipping capital of England and needs radical change to protect our environment, architecture and streets for the good of all of our well-being.
Crime is a tax on women who feel they have to pay for a taxi after dark, it denies young people fun and causes huge suffering to victims. We need to reverse Croydon’s safety decline.
There is a hole where our heart should be and what was once a thriving commercial centre, now resembles a ghost town and a bomb site. Labour under Rowenna Davis will turn this alarming decline...
Let’s take a moment to reflect as Knife crime continues to have a devastating impact on individuals, families, and communities across Croydon. During Knife Crime Awareness Week, we come together to shine a light on...
Gender-based violence is defined as violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately. It includes acts that inflict physical, mental or sexual harm or suffering, threats...
In July Croydon Labour exposed the fact that every evening in Croydon there were over 200 homeless families in the borough who were forced to sleep apart; denied the right to live together as a...
Once again, Croydon’s Conservative Mayor has ignored the clear views of local residents – this time by pushing ahead with his controversial and unpopular plans to CLOSE FOUR LIBRARIES. This is despite his own public...
Yesterday by-elections took place in Woodside and Park Hill & Whitgift Wards. Jess Rich was elected in Woodside with 2305 votes and with fantastic 48.5 % of vote share. Park Hill and Whitgift missed out...
Croydon’s Conservative Mayor has been forced to scrap his decision to exclude Thornton Heath Pond from the new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) following a successful campaign led by Croydon Labour which prompted hundreds of...
We are aware of regular and ongoing incidents of anti-social behaviour taking place at the Pond, including intimidating behaviour, drunkenness and disorder and urinating in public. Including the Pond in the PSPO area will be...
Residents concerns for themselves, their loved ones, local businesses, and their communities are clear. This Conservative Council Tax rise is going to hurt people who are already struggling with the cost of living.
Croydon’s Conservative Mayor is forcing council tax up by a staggering 15% – right in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis caused by his own government’s economic failure. Last Autumn, the Conservative Government’s disastrous mini-budget caused...
I was delighted and honoured to be invited to address the Croydon Tamil Sangam event to mark Thai Pongol. It was great to be able to send Croydon’s Tamil community best wishes for a peaceful...
Happy 2023! In this newsletter read about: 1. Housing Justice Campaign 2. Fighting Damp and Housing Casework 3. Labour for Warm Spaces 4. Tackling Crime with the Local Safer Neighbourhood Team 5. New Plans for...
Hello and welcome to your Waddon Labour councillors’ update for December! In this issue: Croydon’s Financial Situation Veteran Car Run Revised plans for 89 Waddon Way Revised Plans for Stafford Road Planning Victory for Alton...
It is a sad day for Croydon that the council appears to be going backwards. During a cost-of-living crisis, it is imperative that political leaders put their differences aside. Labour is under new leadership and...
An annual delight came to Waddon once again this year as the 126th RM Sotheby’s Veterans Car Run brought vintage vehicles of all shapes and sizes on to Croydon’s roads. The tremendous people at St....
Croydon is home to some of the poorest neighbourhoods in our country. A quarter of adults in our borough live in households with income less than 60% of the UK average. In classrooms in our...
Hello everyone! This month your Labour councillors wanted to update you on: Community litter pick at Purley Way playing fields New plans for the Wandle Park Café Our objections to further development on the Old...
“The Conservative Party has shown it no longer has a mandate to govern. “After 12 years of Tory failure, the British people deserve so much better than this revolving door of chaos. In the last...
14,250 households in Croydon will face an eyewatering jump in mortgage repayments next year as a result of the Conservatives crashing the economy. Analysis by the Labour Party using Bank of England data showed that...
Hello and welcome to your Waddon Labour councillors’ update for October! In this issue: Fighting Litter in Purley Way Playing Fields New volunteer opportunities at the Garwood Foundation Helping the homeless at Waddon Ponds Dealing...
Tom is a proud and lifelong Croydonian, having been born in Mayday Hospital, and he has family connections in the area going back more than a century. Tom highly values the diversity and the character...
New analysis from Croydon Labour reveals a staggering 58,651 adults in Croydon are already falling behind on households bills – and 32,584 have gone without food.
The country is in the grip of a cost of living crisis. Real hardship is being experienced in households up and down the country, and Croydon’s families are suffering like everyone else. Worse, this cost...
The Lionesses have inspired the whole country this summer. We are all behind you. One more game – you can do it. Come on England!
The Labour Party has a grand tradition of fighting for marginalised communities – especially the LGBTQI+ community. Labour decriminalised homosexuality in 1967, repealed Section 28 in 2003, and passed the Civil Partnerships Act and the...
New data shows that an estimated 147,200 local families are in serious financial difficultly, all while the Conservatives are distracted trying to fix their crumbling government. Research conducted by Bristol University and Abrdn Financial Fairness...
Last year the Tory government announced that they were going to force Croydon Council to sell off some of your assets. One of these assets was the much loved lodge in Ashburton Park. We, like...
The council’s end of year budget for the 2020/21 financial year has just been published. The pandemic has contributed significantly, but not exclusively, to the council’s financial challenges. The outturn figures identify a massive £43m...
There is no doubt that Covid19 is the biggest global crisis we have faced in a generation. It has infected more than 90 million people worldwide, killed over 1.9 million, and continues to cause disruption...
Croydon Council’s ruling Labour Group has confirmed plans to hold a referendum on governance reforms this Autumn. The proposal to hold a referendum will be outlined in a motion which will be debated at the...
Labour has confirmed plans to save Croydon Council £300,000 per year through reductions in councillors’ allowances. Labour Councillors drew up the plans through discussions in October and November. The proposals will be put to the...
Croydon Council has today issued a Section 114 notice due to the severe ongoing financial challenges facing the authority. What this means This significant step will mean all new non-essential spending will be stopped while...
Today the council’s auditors published a ‘report in the public interest’. The report highlights serious issues with how the council has managed its finances in recent years. These problems have deep roots, but I am...
It was the honour of my life this evening to be sworn in as Leader of Croydon Council. As part of Croydon’s Renewal Plan I am proud to reveal my Cabinet for All of Croydon who, for the next...
It is a huge honour to have been elected as Leader of the Labour Group on Croydon Council. The next 18 months will bring enormous challenges – not least completing negotiations with the Ministry for...
Councillor Stuart Collins, affectionately known by residents as ‘Clean Street Stu’, writes on Croydon Labour’s recycling rate surge. In the summer of 2018 Croydon council embarked on a mission to modernise our waste management. The...
Writing for MyLondon Cllr Alisa Fleming speaks out on the Black Lives Matter movement. Writing for MyLondon Cllr Alisa Fleming speaks out on the Black Lives Matter movement. I woke early to the handsome face...
Pictured: South Norwood Labour Councillors Patsy Cummings & Clive Fraser with Holmesdale Road residents who are supporting the road closure. Local residents of Holmesdale Road have made clear their support for the temporary closure of...
Croydon’s Labour Council reaffirmed its commitment to supporting renters earlier this month when the Cabinet agreed to launch a new Private Landlord Licensing Scheme. The implementation of the new scheme is subject to government approval....
It came like a thunderbolt – a call to say Maggie Mansell had suddenly passed away a week after New Year. Maggie served as a councillor for Norbury for nearly 25 years, and was one...
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