Lara Fish

New Addington South
Deputy Cabinet Member for Customer Service
Constituency Officer (Croydon East)

My name is Lara Fish, and I have proudly called New Addington home for the past 20 years. Deeply engaged in the local community, I serve as vice chair of the New Addington Royal British Legion and organise the annual Poppy Appeal. I also have the delightful job of ensuring Santa visits New Addington every year and lend a helping hand at our annual carnival.

My professional journey spans 30 years with Network Rail, where I currently manage signalling grades and locations, with retirement on the horizon later this year.

As a local councillor since 2022, I take great pride in working alongside residents and community groups to foster a thriving, supportive environment. New Addington means the world to me, and I am dedicated to making a positive difference for everyone who lives here.

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Deputy Cabinet Members

Our Deputy Cabinet Members support the Cabinet members in the work they do across the borough. Find out more about them here!

New Addington

We're hard at work across New Addington, trying to help you and leading the fight against the Council's developer Brick by Brick. New Addington is split in two for council elections - those in the Fieldway estate and surrounding areas north of King Henry's Drive are in New Addington North, whilst t

New Addington South

Lara Fish & Tony Pearson are your local Councillors for New Addington South. We've lived in Addo for decades. As your Councillors, we will stand up for our community by protecting our green spaces and helping to fix Croydon's finances. If you need to get in touch, please email

News

Disgraced ex-Leader Tony Newman allowed back into Croydon Labour

Tony Newman - under whose leadership Croydon Council went bankrupt - is allowed back into Croydon Labour after his suspension was reportedly lifted earlier this month.What's more, it has been revealed that their Mayoral candidate is a Newman campaigner and supporter.Croydon Labour haven’t changed.

Mayor's Question Time - New Addington

The next Mayor's Question Time will be held in New Addington. Residents will have the opportunity to ask me about local issues and his priorities for the borough. The event is being held on Tuesday 30 January at 6.30pm at New Addington Community Centre, 88 Central Parade, CR0 OJB.

Street Champions Meeting

Today I had a meeting with officers to discuss the current role and objectives of our fantastic Street Champions. We are very fortunate and lucky to have over 3000 fantastic volunteers, who give up some of their free time to champion their local community.

Butterfly Conservation in Croydon

Today I had a meeting with a fantastic Butterfly Conservation group, who are already working with Croydon Council, but I wanted to discuss how we can further promote Butterfly conservation, which of course will also benefit other Pollinators in Croydon and across the capital as a whole.

Friends of South Croydon Recreation Grounds Meeting

Today I met with some of the members from the Friends of South Croydon Rec, together with one of the ward Councillors Cllr Danielle Denton.  We discussed a wide range of issues, including what support they need from the council to help improve the fantastic community green space for all to enj

Street Trees Meeting

Today I had a meeting with officers and my deputy for customer service, Cllr Lara Fish.  We discussed the current situation relating to our street trees in residential areas, the location of empty tree pits, and further promotion of the sponsor a tree program: 

Love Clean Streets App Improvements

Today I had a meeting with officers to discuss the functionality of the app, how it can be improved from both the backdoor access, and user experience.  There are a number of subtle differences which as a user of the app, may notice soon.

Friends of Rickman Hill Park Meeting

I today met with volunteers from the Friends of Rickman Hill Park.  This is apart of my ongoing exercise to meet the 47 friends of groups we have in Croydon, and rebuild the broken trust between the Council and our community groups across the borough.  We discussed a number of concerns a

Friends of Marlpit Lane Park Meeting

Today I went on a walkaround with the Friends of Marlpit Lane Park, together with one of the ward councillors Cllr Margaret Bird.  We discussed a number of issues such as grass cutting schedule issues, the playground maintenance, and the bowling green amongst other topics.  This group ar

Friends of Grange Park, Old Coulsdon Meeting

Today I continued my meetings with Friends of groups, and met with the Friends of Grange Park in Old Coulsdon, together with Cllr Margaret Bird.  We discussed the topics which often come up, grass cutting, litter and fly tipping issues etc.  It is very clear that residents and volunteers