Charlie Stevens

Sharing my own thoughts and opinions.

[Election Maps UK @ElectionMapsUK]

Croydon Council Election Result #LE2026:

LAB: 30 (-4)
CON: 28 (-5)
GRN: 8 (+6)
LDM: 2 (+1)
RFM: 2 (+2)

No Overall Control.
Changes w/ 2022.

*Conservatives won directly elected Mayorality.

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@will_linsdell Commiserations on this result, Will.

You'll be back - I'm sure.

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@thomasbowell @CroydonLabour Congratulations Tom

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@RowennaDavis Thank you for running such an energetic and positive campaign. I appreciate all the effort you and your @CroydonLabour colleagues put into this.

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@LukeForCoulsdon Congratulations on your successful campaign.

A very impressive result.

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@ElectionMapsUK Croydon has just declared too - Conservative hold.

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I’ve voted in Croydon 🗳️

It will be close.

Let’s see what happens.

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@Luis_Cook1 Pretty much. It’s the same model as they use in Doncaster.

This is purely an educated guess, but I expect the Conservatives to hold the mayoralty but lose councillors.

I expect the Green surge to hurt Labour more than Reform surging hurts the Conservatives here.

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@Luis_Cook1 Yeah, I can imagine Reform doing well in some of the southern wards, though.

I wouldn’t be surprised if five or so Reform councillors were elected.

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@JamBobHob Absolutely

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East Croydon seems to be getting new bins…

Let’s hope they go where they are needed.

We shall see!

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@Telegraph I doubt Croydon will go Reform

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@x_brum Great work there. 77 bags is a crazy amount of litter!

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@SW1P_BP I’m pleased Sainsbury’s have some competition! They have two stores close to the station.

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

New Tesco in East Croydon

Very pleased

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@joantinney @x_brum Yes, you’re right!

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@SamirDwesar Yep, it's on Cherry Orchard Road underneath the two tower blocks.

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

@x_brum No there isn’t!! It’s a posh building though so I’m sure they’ll keep it tidy!

[Charlie Stevens @Charlie_Stevens]

Good idea

[Calgie @christiancalgie]

Very good piece here on the insane demands on MPs from constituency casework, which has been rising almost exponentially since Covid

It's clear we need to completely rethink how our democracy works, and I think this is a good opportunity.

We have a system where councillors have very few powers, and MPs' actual role in debating and developing policy has been neutered.

We should look at devolving constituency casework largely to councillors, who should be properly-paid full-time jobs. This would have the added benefit of possibly improving the quality of local government politicians.

Meanwhile, a future government that finally removes quangos and restores democratic and judicial roles to parliament can focus on letting MPs be MPs, rather than glorified social workers.

There's a big problem here, but also a big opportunity to restore faith in politics and MPs.

https://t.co/6gjIqUoYNl