The Intensification of Croydon: People raise their Voice

Jason Perry is married with two adult children, aged twenty and eighteen, and lives in South Croydon Ward. He represented Croham from 2002 to 2018, and South Croydon from 2018 to present and has been a Croydon Councillor since 1994.

Since being elected six years ago I have tried to be an active and energetic local MP, and I hope you have seen this. I aim to deliver real results for our neighbourhood, as the box on this page shows.

Neil is Croydon & Sutton's GLA Member. He is also a Conservative Councillor for Belmont.

Gavin has lived in Croydon virtually his whole life, growing up in Shirley. The NHS saved his life when he had cancer as a child, so he is one of its strongest supporters.

Jeet Bains is your Councillor in Addiscombe East ward where he has lived for more than thirty years. Jeet has been a Councillor in Croydon since 2010 and takes a keen interest in helping local residents and businesses with any issues they have.

Kyle Knight has lived in Addiscombe East for six years, having grown up in Shirley. He has previously stood for Council in Roehampton and Putney Heath.

Kosta Dexiades currently works nights for the Royal Marsden NHS Trust Foundation Hospital. He has lived in Addiscombe for 15 years as a resident, as well as a landlord renting his house to Croydon Council.

Michael is a successful local businessman who has lived in Croydon for six years - prior to that he grew up in the neighbouring borough of Sutton. He understands many of the local issues people face having come from humble beginnings.

Fatima has lived in Croydon for the past 30 years. Her main priority is to focus on reducing crime and making Croydon a safer place for all. She particularly wishes to prioritise women’s safety. Fatima has been working in the social care sector for the past 21 years.

Joyce and her husband moved to Croydon in 1960 and have lived here ever since. She worked as a Primary school teacher for 19 years until she retired.

John Newberry truly lives and loves the Croydon experience. One of his favourite things about Croydon is its real community spirit. However, he believes that the institutions and businesses that helo this community spirit to grow - for example our local High Streets - are under threat.

Dev Parashar is a Private tutor (BanaTutors) who has been living in Bensham Manor since 1999.

Peter Anike lives in West Croydon, and works in Adult Social Services for a local authority.

Rajah has lived in the Broad Green Area for over 20 years, and worked here for over ten of those. He graduated from the University of Salford in 1996 and did his MBA at Oklahoma City University (USA) in 1997.

Mario Creatura is a lifelong Croydon resident and has been a Coulsdon Councillor since 2014. He was state educated locally before being the first in his family to go on to university. He is married to Amy, a local SEN teacher, and they are parents to twin boys.

Luke Clancy has lived in Croydon since 2000 and prior to becoming elected to represent Coulsdon Town ward in 2014 (then Coulsdon West ward) was a former Croydon Councillor for South Norwood ward.

Ian Parker is a member of the Planning Committee regularly opposing Croydon Labour's inappropriate developments.

Luke Shortland has lived in Croydon, moving between Coulsdon and Purley, for his entire life. He grew up attending a local Coulsdon nursery.

Don Charles-Lambert is standing to be YOUR Councillor in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood. He's lived in Upper Norwood since he was 2 years old, and even attended Downsview Primary & Nursery School!

Gemma grew up in Thornton Heath and has since lived in Croydon for 42 years. She has a Health and Social Care background and is a Carer for her Mum.

Janet has lived in Upper Norwood for three years and in Croydon for nine years, with family connections in Croydon all her life.

Matthew Dormer has lived and worked in Croydon for more than 30 years. He has worked in a wide variety of roles in the private and public sectors delivering major infrastructure projects and programmes.

Steve Jacobs is an IT Project Manager, and has lived in Fairfield for 8 years. He is keen to champion the regeneration of Croydon Town Centre and ensure Fairfield becomes the clean, tidy, safe and more pleasant place it was when he first moved into this ward.

I have lived in Kenley for the past nine years with my teenage son, Joe. I believe that Kenley is a beautiful and special place – I know it well as I regularly walk the family dog around Kenley’s green spaces and feel proud to live here.

Jan Buttinger has been a Kenley Councillor since 1998. She is a teacher by profession and serves as a Governor for a local school. Jan has lived in Kenley for over 40 years and has raised her family here.

I'm local to Kenley, where I live with my wife Fiona and our two-year-old daughter Chloe. We love Kenley and have chosen to make the local area our home for our young family. 

Tirena has lived in Norbury for over 30 years. She is passionate and deeply cares about local planning issues. She wants to represent residents who are deeply concerned the amount of planning going through converting family homes into multiple occupancy.

Mike Mogul MBA, chartered environmentalist, arbitrator, surveyor/builder and management consultant has previously represented West Thornton ward for Labour, but in 2008 joined the Conservative Group in Croydon.

Kofi has lived in Croydon for the last 14 years. He was born in Ghana and came to the UK with his older siblings to live with their family who had been here for 6 years. He has attended schools across the borough, including Norbury Manor and Archbishop Tenison’s.

Blake O'Donnell, originally from Ireland, has lived in Croydon since 2015. He lives in Norbury, and ran in the Norbury Park local elections in 2018 placing third. He is a solicitor by profession specialising finance and insolvency - as well as being an exhibited artist!

Adele moved to New Addington 26 years ago as a young single mum escaping domestic violence. She fought hard and worked hard, and became a mortgage broker in the city. In 2009 she had an accident that changed her life, leaving her with mobility issues.

Michael Castle has lived in New Addington North for all of his life. He has worked in the ward, run a pool team in the ward and built up relationships with the local community, as well as knowing and engaging with local businesses. He is proud to call Fieldway home.

I am proud to have called New Addington my home for the last 15 years. My husband has been here for 40 and his family since the new estate was built. I love the sense of community here. This is our own little town and I’m really proud of it.

Tony has been active locally for many years and was the Conservative Candidate for New Addington in 2006 before serving as New Addington Councillor from May 2010 to 2014. He is married to Maria and lives in Queen Elizabeth's Drive, New Addington.

Margaret Bird is honoured to have been elected as the Conservative Councillor in the new ward of Old Coulsdon having represented Coulsdon East since 2014 , She has lived in Old Coulsdon for over 38 years.

Nikhil Sherine Thampi has always enjoyed getting stuck in to his local community, being a member of East Coulsdon Residents Association, and the former Chairman of Cane Hill Park Residents Association.

Steve Hollands is a Croydon man having lived in the borough more or less his whole life. Steve's family have been connected to Croydon since the late 19th century. Living in north Croydon until the late eighties and now in Purley with his wife and two children.

Jade moved locally to Park Hill and Whitgift just over ten years ago. It was close to her family and has great transport links.

Simon Brew has lived in Purley & Kenley for over 40 years and raised his three children here, and he now has eight grand-children.

Oni Oviri has a strong affinity to Purley, having resided in the area for over 27 years. She runs her own Management Consultancy, advising the Public, Private and Third Sector on best practice Procurement, Supply chain and Logistics management.

Samir has lived in and around Purley his whole life. His family has been in Croydon for over 50 years and he attended local schools. He has been involved in local politics for a number of years and is looking forward to working to have a Council which positively delivers for residents.

Holly lives in Purley and Woodcote, and has been concerned about the increasing number of developments in the area. Her priority is making sure that Purley sees the right developments taking place that preserve the character of the area.

Endri has lived in Croydon since 2015 - passionate about community service and the environment. He has volunteered in local projects and mentored graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Simon Hoar has previous experience as a Croydon Councillor having represented Waddon from 2006 to 2014 (part of which along Pampisford Road joins the new Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown ward).

Alasdair has lived in Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown since 2016. In the past, he has run his own business, and worked in the public and private sectors. For the last decade, he has held senior roles in national and local charities, including here in Croydon.

Lynne Hale has lived in Sanderstead for 30 years. She worked locally as a healthcare professional for over twenty years before, having settled her three children into their Croydon schools, she moved into politics.

Yvette Hopley has lived in and around Sanderstead all her life. From an education in a local state school she went on to spend almost ten years working in Public & Government Relations for an American Oil company. Yvette lives with Chris and has a daughter Natasha and grandson Hugh.

Tim Pollard has lived in Sanderstead for twenty years and is married to Helen, a Selsdon & Addington Village ward councillor.

Helen Redfern has lived in Croydon since 2004 and moved to Sanderstead in 2009, quickly becoming involved in local activities such as delivering Meals on Wheels and acting as a Street Champion. She lives with her husband and two children who attended Atwood Primary Academy.

Shakera Bowen lives in the North of Croydon, and has a real interest in adult and child social care. She currently works as a social worker, but has previously also enjoyed being a midwife in Hampstead.

Joseph has lived in Croydon with his wife Charlotte since 2014. He is managing director of a business which was set up in 2019.

Helen Pollard has been a Councillor since 2006.

Robert moved with his family to Croydon in 2006. Originally from an engineering background he latterly specialised in projects to improve the safety, efficiency and quality of business services. He is an experienced decision analyst and a certified project manager.

Badsha is a successful local businessman who lives with his wife and three children in Purley where he has been a resident for 34 years. Since being elected in 2010, Badsha has promoted Purley regeneration and a safer and cleaner Purley.

Stuart Millson has lived in South Croydon since 2015. He also set up his business, comparison site Broker Compare, in the town. Stuart believes that the next 4 years are critical to the economic development of Croydon.

Andy Stranack has been active in the Forestdale and Selsdon area for twenty years.

I moved to Croydon when I got married and have been here ever since, I am a widow with two grown up children, Claire and William.

Richard Chatterjee has been a Shirley Councillor since 2002 and is a former civil servant with 16 years’ previous service as a NHS hospital pharmacist. He has lived in Croydon since the age of 3 and has continued to be an active member of Woodside Baptist Church for 44 years.

Mark has lived in Croydon for 15 years. He works as a Librarian in an inner London mixed secondary school and is passionate about making our local schools as good as they can be.

Gareth Streeter first moved to the Shirley area in 1999 originally to serve as a youth worker in a local church. Over the years, he has been involved in a range of projects and activities in the community.

Jason Cummings has been a Croydon Central resident for over 25 years. Married to Rachel with two adult children both born here in Croydon. With a 20 year management career and experience of having worked at the heart of government.

Living in Croydon all of my life has instilled a strong sense of passion for Croydon and its future. I have always been active in many of the local campaigns and projects, growing up in an area which prides itself on its Community spirit, and the ability to show a united front against issues that are important to the local residents.

Maria Gatland has lived and worked in South Croydon for more than 30 years. During that time she helped run the family business and cared for her husband during his long illness. Maria has worked hard to help and support residents in her ward since 2002.

Michael Neal has been a South Croydon councillor since 2018, having previously represented Croham, which covered much of the South Croydon area since 2002. He has lived in Croydon since 1985 and is married and has two children who went to local schools.

Matthew Edward O'Flynn has been lucky enough to call Croydon home his entire life and, being 27, plans to call it home for many years to come.

Sunny is standing to be your local Councillor in South Norwood, because he believes that the local Labour Councillors have let the area down.

Folarin is a local resident who is passionate about changing Croydon for the better. He currently works as a software architect, and wants to ensure that appropriate infrastructure is in place to cope with the increase in Croydon's population.

Richard moved to Croydon four years ago from rural Derbyshire and works locally in retail. Richard has been a community activist for nearly 20 years and is an experienced councillor.

John has lived in London since he moved here in 1978 to take up a post with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. He originally lived in Streatham, but moved to Thornton Heath in 2002. He has worked in the Travel and Liaison Department as an administrative officer.

I have lived in Croydon for over 16 years and in Waddon for nine of those. I live with my young family and we use the local facilities where available- surgery, play group, cafe, motor mechanic and church.

Simon is a retailer by profession and has lived in Croydon since 2019. Waddon residents have been ignored for too long and Simon is passionate about making their voices heard and making sure results are delivered.

With a record of voluntary work in the local community (including working with the elderly) and with significant business experience, Sharmmi is ideally placed to represent Waddon residents.

Tom's priority as a prospective member for West Thornton is to help make people's lives better, wherever he can - to listen to constituents' concerns and help to improve local services.
 

Matin Talukdar has been living and working in Croydon for the last 35 years. He has been a restaurateur since 1993, as well as working for the Home Office in Croydon.

Titilope moved to Croydon with her family in 2016. She Holds B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Certificate in Formulating Project Proposal for Climate Change Mitigation & Clean Energy, Certificate in Sustainable Environmental Management, Level II Domestic Retrofit, and Level 3 Energy Awareness.

Des is a passionate believer in helping the most vulnerable in our society access the same opportunities as everybody else. It's been sad to watch as Adult Social Care packages in Croydon have been cut by as much as 25%, and this is something Des wishes to campaign on.

Dudley was a Councillor since 1980 until 2018. He is a chartered Certified Accountant and has held many responsibilities, including being Mayor in 1989/90. He is currently President of Croydon Conservative Federation.

Ben is Deputy Chairman (Political). Currently a teacher at a secondary school, Ben has worked in the campaigning department at CCHQ and in Parliament for a number of MPs.

Michelle Kazi has a real passion for championing the diversity of our wonderful borough. Throwing herself into community projects, Michelle has demonstrated a boundless energy for making Croydon a better place for everyone to live.