Sue Bennett

Shirley North
Shadow Cabinet Deputy for Children, Young People and Learning

I moved to Croydon when I got married and have been here ever since, I am a widow with two grown up children, Claire and William. My special interests are Health, Social Services and Education, I have always been very involved in the community and was Chair of Croydon Citizens Advice Bureau and sat on the Board of the first Primary Care Group after the transition to fund holding GPs.

I have been a Governor of Harris Academy since the school opened in 2006 and worked for the charity Mencap, hence my interest in disability issues.

Since being elected to represent Shirley I have served on the Children and Young People Scrutiny Sub Committee and Fostering Panel which has enabled me to develop my interest and concern for the welfare of children and young people.

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Richard Chatterjee

Richard Chatterjee

Shirley North
Shadow Cabinet Deputy for Safer Croydon and Communities
Constituency Officer - Croydon Central

Richard Chatterjee has been a Shirley Councillor since 2002 and is a former civil servant with 16 years’ previous service as a NHS hospital pharmacist. He has lived in Croydon since the age of 3 and has continued to be an active member of Woodside Baptist Church for 44 years.

Gareth Streeter

Gareth Streeter

Shirley North
Shadow Cabinet Member for Planning, Environment and Transport

Gareth Streeter first moved to the Shirley area in 1999 originally to serve as a youth worker in a local church. Over the years, he has been involved in a range of projects and activities in the community.

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Shadow Cabinet Deputies

The Shadow Cabinet Deputies support our Shadow Cabinet members in the work they do across the borough. Find out more about them here!

Shirley North

Sue, Richard, Gareth and the Shirley North Conservatives are fighting for you, from Longheath Gardens to Wickham Road. We make sure our residents needs are taken care of, whether it's Planning, Bins, or anything else.

News

Inter Faith Community

I was delighted to join with others at an inter faith meeting organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I was pleased to learn so much about the origins of the different faiths we have in Croydon.

Shirley caring again

Still in lockdown but a lovely spring day so feeling positive, I arrived at the Methodist Church in Shirley to find volunteers and the redoubtable Suzy organising an Easter parcel for the elderly and vulnerable in the Shirley community.

A sad night for Croydon residents

The Budget Council meeting took place last night, I had to sit through a meeting where once again this Labour administration refused to take any responsibility for their mismanagement.

A Wasted Evening

I had the misfortune to sit through the last Traffic Management Advisory Committee where the very controversial LTNs were discussed. Councillors asked searching questions which were swiftly dismissed, dissenting voices were brushed aside,only this discredited administration knows best.

Longheath Gardens

Longheath Gardens is a pleasant Local Authority estate in Shirley, there was plenty of green space, that is until Brick by Brick built unwanted and unloved one bed flats, dozens of them.  Residents dispair, not only are these flats mainly unoccupied but no thought has been given to what the commu

Shirley's community rises to the challenge

  Before lockdown and before we were pitched into Tier 4 I had the privilege of seeing for myself (at a suitable social distance) the community in Shirley pulling together to help the most vulnerable.  Shirley Neighbourhood Care under the excellent stewardship of Suzy and her valiant volunteers o

Shirley Neighbourhood Care

Croydon Council has submitted yet another S114 and the misery continues, besides the incompetenceand disregard for spending public money responsibly; the effect it has in the Community is beginning to take effect Shirley Neighbourhood Care which is at the heart of the community is a wonderful loc