Councillor Jeet Bains and the Addiscombe East Conservatives are working hard for you, all year round. From Blackhorse Lane to Addiscombe Road, they're fighting to make your voices heard at the Town Hall.
Jeet Bains is your Councillor in Addiscombe East ward where he has lived for more than thirty years. Jeet has been a Councillor in Croydon since 2010 and takes a keen interest in helping local residents and businesses with any issues they have.
Addiscombe is split into two wards for elections to Croydon Council, Addiscombe East and Addiscombe West. Please see the relevant page for your ward here.
Your local Addiscombe West team are working all-year round to challenge the Labour Council and incumbents and represent the good people of Addiscombe West.
In 2023, the Boundary Commission for England announced its final recommendations for new Parliamentary Constituencies in England, including here in Croydon.
Croydon East is one of the new constituencies, largely made up of the former Croydon Central constituency, but excluding Croydon Town Centre.
1. We'll always listen to local people
For years Croydon's Labour-run Council has taken our community for granted. The needs and views of local people have been ignored for far too long.
We will listen to what local residents are saying.
The government has provided COVID-19 funding for businesses in the form of the Local Restrictions Support Grants (LRSG) and the Additional Restrictions Grants (ARG).
Last year I worked with local residents to explore our local history connected to the East India Company Military Seminary which was located in Addiscombe.
I alluded to it in a recent article: https://brightblue.org.uk/avoidi
Receiving reports of a barber advertising private service in Addiscombe East. This isn't permitted in the current covid restrictions.
The whole community is going through a difficult time, and while I know it's tough for barbers, it's highly irresponsible to be offering private services.
Here's what the Council has confirmed to me:
Free swimming for over 60’s was removed when the leisure centres re-opened on 2nd December 2020. The new concessionary price is £1.55 (standard price £4.55).
There is a famous book in political circles about how one man effectively took over New York in the early twentieth century and yet very few knew about the hidden nature of how the city’s money and power was used.
Conservative Councillors in Croydon have pooled their ward budgets to donate £9,200 to nurses in Croydon.
Many will recall that nurse Dawn Bilbrough in York was brought to tears when she found herself unable to buy food and basic items in her local shop. Cllr.