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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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.

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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.

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

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.

What You Missed from Croydon's Cabinet Meeting - 16/08/2021

If you weren’t able to attend Croydon’s Cabinet meeting held last night, then fear not! Your Conservative Councillors were holding the Failing Labour Council to account – as we will keep doing. Here are the top five highlights:

A Reduction in Library Services

Failing Labour’s £70m fiasco at Fairfield Halls

Cllr. Jeet Bains, the Conservative Shadow Cabinet Member for Culture and Regeneration in the London Borough of Croydon, took the Labour-run council to task over their huge waste of taxpayers’ money on Fairfield Halls.

Cllr. Bains asked Labour’s Cllr. Lewis to own up to his mistakes:

Croydon Conservatives' response to Libraries Consultation

We have submitted our response to the Croydon Council consultation on Libraries. Labour has bankrupted Croydon. Now they ask our children and elderly to pay the price by cutting their access to libraries.

Please see our response attached.

 

Changes to Conservative Shadow Cabinet

Cllr Jason Perry, Leader of Croydon’s Conservative Councillors, is today announcing changes to his top team. 

The Conservative Shadow Cabinet in Croydon directly mirrors the Labour Cabinet currently failing the Council. 

Tram works in Addiscombe East

Update from TfL below - please also see attached.

 

Good afternoon

 

I am writing to remind you of upcoming London Trams this week, and to share details of major work taking place during the school Easter holiday.