Simon Brew

Purley & Woodcote
Group Secretary
Deputy Group Whip
Federation Treasurer

Simon Brew worked as a technical consultant for IBM for nearly 30 years, and he still enjoys tinkering with PCs. He is a strong supporter of the Purley & Woodcote Residents' Association, Purley Rotary, the  Purley Business Improvement District (BID) and he is Chair of the IT committee at the SouthEast Cancer Help Centre. He also volunteers as an IT buddy at the Carer Support Centre in George Street, Croydon and with the Purley Job Club based in Purley Baptist Church. He has lived in Purley & Kenley for over 40 years and raised his three children here, and he now has eight grand-children. He is a motor-cycling and cycling enthusiast, and keeps fit by cycling round Kenley Airfield, especially early in the morning. He is working on improving his standard of play at Duplicate Bridge and at Croquet at the Purley Bury Croquet club.

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Oni Oviri

Oni Oviri

Purley & Woodcote
Shadow Cabinet Deputy for Sustainable Croydon

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 Dwesar

Samir Dwesar

Purley & Woodcote

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.

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Holly Ramsey

Purley & Woodcote

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.

Badsha Quadir

Badsha Quadir

Selsdon Vale & Forestdale
Shadow Cabinet Deputy for Transport, Environment and Regeneration

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.

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Purley

The Purley area is split into two wards for Croydon Council, Purley & Woodcote and Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown.

Please use our map to find the relevant ward for you, and find out more about what we are doing in your area!

Shadow Cabinet Deputies

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News

London Mayoral consultation on crime and policing

Quoting from a document received today: 
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has invited Londoners to have their say on his new draft Police and Crime Plan, which sets out the priorities to make the capital a safer city, and for Londoners to feel safer". 

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.

Planning application refused in Coulsdon Town :-)

At yesterday's planning committee meeting, I stood in for Cllr Creatura in objecting to a plan to demolish one of the large Edwardian-era family homes in Fairdene Road and replace it, inevitably, with a block of nine flats. 

Remembrance day - another solemn occasion

A Remembrance service was held earlier today at Croydon Minster, followed by the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at Croydon's war memorial outside the Town Hall.

Twelve new trees to be planted in Rotary Field

Last week I attended a meeting at Rotary Field with the Council's trees officer Helen Lomasney and representatives from Purley in Bloom & the PWRA, and Purley Rotary.. 

Yet another NINE flats in More Close Purley?

I have enormous sympathy for the residents of More Close Purley. It used to be a quiet cul-de-sac off Russell Hill with just 13 family homes and gardens and, dare I say it, parking for one or two cars per house.