The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body,part of the Greater London Authority,that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power,with a two-thirds supermajority,to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies. The London Assembly was established in 2000. It is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners,publish its findings and recommendations,and make proposals to the Mayor.
Valerie Shawcross is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London for Transport from 2016 to 2018. A member of the Labour Co-operative parties,she was Member of the London Assembly for Lambeth and Southwark from 2000 to 2016.
Andrew John Pelling is a British politician. He was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from 2005 to 2010,first as a Conservative,then from 2007 as an independent. He contested the seat as an independent at the 2010 general election,but lost to his former party.
Surrey County Council is the county council for the non-metropolitan county of Surrey,England. The council is composed of 81 elected councillors,and in all but one election since 1974 the Conservative Party has held the majority. The leader of the council is Tim Oliver.
Croydon and Sutton is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.
Sutton London Borough Council in London,England is elected every four years.
Stephen O'Connell is a British Conservative politician. He was a member of the London Assembly for Croydon and Sutton from 2008 until 2021 and a councillor in Croydon for Kenley from 2002 until 2021.
Gareth Andrew Bacon is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington since 2019. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing from November 2023 to July 2024. He has been Shadow Minister for London and a Shadow Minister of State for Justice since July 2024.
Steven Mark Ward Reed is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party,he is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham and Croydon North,formerly Croydon North since 2012.
Croydon London Borough Council,which styles itself Croydon Council,is the local authority for the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London,England. It is a London borough council,one of 32 in London. Croydon is divided into 28 wards,electing 70 councillors. Since 2022 the council has been led by a directly elected mayor. The council has been under no overall control since 2022,being run by a Conservative minority administration. The council meets at Croydon Town Hall and has its main offices in the adjoining Bernard Weatherill House.
The London Conservativesare the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London.
The Mayor of Croydon is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Croydon London Borough Council. The current mayor is Jason Perry of the Conservative Party,elected in May 2022,and the first holder of the post.
Elliot Haydn George Colburn is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington from the 2019 general election until he lost his seat in 2024. Colburn also served as councillor for the Cheam ward on Sutton Council from 2018 to 2022.
The 2022 London local elections took place on 5 May 2022,as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All London borough councillor seats were up for election. Mayoral elections took place in Hackney,Lewisham,Newham and Tower Hamlets,with Croydon electing a mayor for the first time following a local referendum in October 2021.
The 2022 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2022. These included elections for all London borough councils,and for all local authorities in Wales and Scotland. Most seats in England were last up for election in 2018 and in Scotland and Wales in 2017. The elections coincided with the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. In 91 cases,most of them in Wales,council seats were uncontested,each having only one candidate. Three seats in Scotland remained unfilled as no one nominated to fill them.
Nicholas James Rogers is a former British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of the London Assembly (AM) for South West from 2021 until 2024.
In the 2022 Croydon London Borough Council election,on 5 May 2022,all 70 members of Croydon London Borough Council,and the Mayor of Croydon,were up for election. The elections took place alongside the local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. Jason Perry of the Conservative Party narrowly won the mayoral election.
The 2022 Hillingdon London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 53 members of Hillingdon London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Sutton London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Sutton London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
Jason Stephen Perry is a Conservative Party politician who has served as the directly elected Mayor of Croydon,a Borough within London,since 2022. He was previously the Leader of the Opposition of the Croydon London Borough Council and has been Leader of the Croydon Council Conservative Group since September 2020.
