Mario Creatura

Coulsdon Town
Opposition Chief Whip

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. He has worked for global brewery Heineken, in the city for Virgin Money UK and was Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in 10 Downing Street. Mario now works for DGA Interel, one of Europe's leading public affairs consultancies. He has served in the Shadow Cabinet as the lead for communities, safety and justice. He is now the Opposition Chief Whip.

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Luke Clancy

Luke Clancy

Coulsdon Town
Shadow Cabinet Deputy for Economy and Jobs

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

Ian Parker

Coulsdon Town
Shadow Cabinet Deputy for Clean Green Croydon

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

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Luke Shortland

Coulsdon Town

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

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Coulsdon Town

Mario, Ian, Luke and the Coulsdon Town Conservatives are always making sure Coulsdon's voice is heard. We work hard for you both in and out of the Town Hall, ensuring Coulsdon gets the representation it deserves.

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

Heavy rainfall leads to flooding in Coulsdon

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Overnight there was unusually heavy rainfall in the local area. As a result some of the drains are struggling to cope with the volume of water and so there are some roads that are temporarily impassable.

New lines on Woodmansterne Road

I'm really pleased that following requests from councillors and residents that new lines have been painted on Woodmansterne Road near the junction with St Andrew's Road:

Council weed spray in Coulsdon

I’ve been contacted by a number of residents in Coulsdon concerned about the herbicide being used by Council officers. 

I made some enquiries and found out the following:

What is being sprayed?

Chipstead Valley Road Sewage Update

I was pleased to join ward colleague Cllr Mario Creatura and Luke Shortland in a meeting with Thames Water representatives as a follow up to earlier contacts regarding the devastating impact of sewage leaks affecting Chipstead Valley Road and surrounding roads.

Krishna Janmashtami in Coulsdon Community Centre

A real pleasure to be invited to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami - the birth of Krishna - at the #Coulsdon Community Centre earlier today.

So good to see the hall packed, full of music and fun - the way it should be!

 

Streetlights finally replaced on Chaucer Gardens!

Local residents in Cane Hill will be aware that I've been trying to work with Barratt David Wilson Homes to get the street lighting sorted in Chaucer Gardens since April.

Earlier this month we heard that some of the lights had been fixed.

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.