Croydon Green Party Announces Prospective Parliamentary Candidates
22
October 2014
Today,
Croydon Green Party declared that Shasha Khan, Esther Sutton, and
Peter Underwood have been selected to stand as Prospective
Parliamentary Candidates (PPCs) in Croydon North, Croydon Central and
Croydon South respectively.
The
Green Party’s share in opinion polls has been rising steadily and
is currently polling 8 per cent nationally (1), one per cent more
than the Lib Dems. In what has been described as the #greensurge,
membership is presently increasing by 1000 per week. In the local
elections earlier this year Greens fielded a full slate of 70
candidates across the borough polling well over 20,000 votes.
Shasha
Khan – Croydon North
Shasha
has lived in the constituency since 1982, He is 42 and married with
one daughter He has a Politics and Economics degree from University
of Wolverhampton. Over the years he has worked as youth worker,
Diverse London Ambassador and presently, he is a hotelier. He is the
co-coordinator of the Croydon Green Party.
He
has been involved in multiple local campaigns for many years. In
particular the Stop The Incinerator campaign, Friends of Thornton
Heath Recreation Ground (which he founded) and Croydon Save Our
Schools.
Shasha
Khan said, “The General Election in 2015 will be the fourth time
I'll be standing in Croydon North (2). The track record I have of
serving, protecting and improving the community I live in is a good
indicator to what people can expect if they elect me as their MP.”
Esther
Sutton – Croydon Central
Award
winning (3) local businesswoman Esther Sutton, 41, has lived in
Croydon nearly all her life. She
lives in the constituency and coincidentally is a former classmate of
Sarah Jones the Labour
PPC (4). She is a single mother of two and both her children are at
Croydon schools.
In
2013 Esther's ability to inspire and enrich the lives of others was
recognised
by a national newspaper.(5)
Through
her involvement with Croydon
Old Town Business Association, Croydon Portas Pilot project, Croydon
Pubwatch and Croydon BID she is well known in the business community.
She
was involved in the recent “Are You Safe?” anti-domestic abuse
campaign in Croydon and is on the Local Alcohol Action Area steering
group. In 2013
Esther
Sutton said, “I
believe The Green Party is the only real alternative, and the only
party with robust policies on social justice and the environment. I
am looking forward to spreading the word, attracting votes as I go,
to win this marginal seat.”
Peter
Underwood – Croydon South
Campaigner
Peter Underwood ,43, has lived in the constituency for over 12 years.
He currently works as the Warden of South Norwood Country Park,
helping local primary schools and residents to appreciate the natural
world on their doorstep.
Peter
moved to London after university and he spent a number of years
working in the civil service: initially in the Benefits Agency, then
DWP policy and parliamentary teams before moving over to renewable
energy policy in DECC.
He
is the current chair Croydon Friends of the Earth and a committee
member of both the Friends of Littleheath Woods and the Selsdon
Residents Association.
Peter
Underwood said, “I
am very pleased to be selected by local Green Party members as a
candidate for the General Election. Voters in Croydon South are being
ignored by the other parties - they assume that people will just vote
the same way that they always have. I believe that people are looking
for a change and the Green Party provides a positive and sensible set
of polices for the future. I hope that the people of Croydon South
will help make history by electing me as one of the new Green Party
MPs at the upcoming election.”
Ends
Notes:
- 2005, 2010 and 2012 (By election)
- CAMRA awards and Best Bar None (2009)
- Old Palace School for Girls (http://www.oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk)
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