Jeet Bains

Addiscombe East
Shadow Cabinet Member for Culture and Regeneration

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. Jeet is the Shadow Cabinet Member for Culture and Regeneration and has been a member of Scrutiny, Licensing and Pensions committees, as well as being the shadow Chair of the General Purposes and Audit Committee. By profession he is a management consultant, having helped organisations all over the world. Jeet's expertise in ensuring that the Council is run well is an invaluable asset. Please get in touch if you are a local resident or business - we will do all we can to help you.

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Kyle Knight

Kyle Knight

Addiscombe East

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.

See also

Addiscombe

Addiscombe is split into two wards for elections to Croydon Council, Addiscombe East and Addiscombe West. Please see the relevant page for your ward here.

 

Addiscombe East

Jeet Bains, Kyle Knight and the Addiscombe East Conservatives are working hard for you, all year round. From Blackhorse Lane to Addiscombe Road, they're fighting to make your voices heard at the Town Hall.

Our Plan for Addiscombe East!

1. We'll always listen to local people

For years Croydon's Labour-run Council has taken our community for granted. The needs and views of local people have been ignored for far too long.

Shadow Cabinet

As the opposition on Croydon Council, the Conservatives form a Shadow Cabinet to scrutinise and challenge the Labour Councillors. Please find more information about our current Shadow Cabinet here.

News

Croydon Conservatives take a look inside the closed Purley Pool!

Over the weekend, Cllr Simon Brew & Shadow Cabinet Member Jeet Bains visited Purley Pool, which has been closed by Croydon's failing Labour Council. We were shown around by managers from GLL, the company that runs the site, as well as an ex-General Manager of Purley Pool.

Removing offensive graffiti from Sandilands tram stop

Earlier this month, Cllr Jeet Bains was contacted by the HOME residents association to alert us to excessive graffiti that had appeared on the Sandilands tram stop.

Cllr Bains and I worked together to take swift action, contacting TfL and others to ensure removal.

If the Council can't, shall we?

I have received a number of requests from residents about volunteering to do that which the Council no longer can or will because of their cash-strapped situation.

Croydon Town Centre

Many residents have been in touch over the summer and last few weeks to ask what is planned for the town centre.

I've been working with Cllr Bains to secure an update from council officers.

So far I have been provided with below - which may be of interest to residents. 

HOME Residents' Association AGM

On Sunday I attended the HOME Residents' Association AGM on Outram Road. It was great to see everyone in the garden, eat some amazing home-made cakes, and enjoy a glass or two of summery drinks.

 

Croydon's Libraries Devastated

Are libraries important? We all have childhood memories of our local libraries. For me, I remember reading Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Hobbit for the first time.