A woman who has been a Labour member for just two years – and has said she plans to go into politics in Bermuda – has been picked to be the party’s candidate in the West Thamesmead by-election. Jahdia Spencer, 26, was born in the archipelago but has lived in London since she was 16. […]
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Royal Artillery Quays cladding campaigner to stand in by-election
A campaigner who has been fighting the developer behind a riverside housing development has been selected to fight a Greenwich Council by-election next month. Steve Day will contest West Thamesmead for the Liberal Democrats in the by-election, to be held on December 19. He hopes to succeed Chris Lloyd, who was the Lib Dems’ only […]
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Another by-election coming as Greenwich’s only Lib Dem councillor quits
Greenwich’s only Liberal Democrat councillor, Chris Lloyd, has announced his resignation – prompting the borough’s fourth by-election of the year in West Thamesmead. Lloyd had been a councillor for a decade after first being elected in the old Peninsula ward for Labour in 2014. He switched to West Thamesmead in 2022, but quit Labour last […]
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Chris Lloyd: Greenwich councillor who quit Labour joins Liberal Democrats
A Greenwich councillor who quit the Labour Party last year after accusing a colleague of homophobia has joined the Liberal Democrats. Chris Lloyd, who represents West Thamesmead, becomes the party’s first councillor at Woolwich Town Hall since 2010, the last time more than two parties were represented on Greenwich Council. Lloyd, who had sat as […]
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Woolwich joins Parkrun map as 150 take part in Thames Path event
Almost 150 people took part in the first Thames Path Woolwich Parkrun yesterday, after organisers kept quiet about the event so they weren’t overwhelmed by visitors. The free, weekly volunteer-run 5k event, along the riverfront at Woolwich and west Thamesmead, is London’s 62nd Parkrun and the fourth to open in Greenwich borough. Participants can walk, […]
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West Thamesmead councillor Chris Lloyd quits race to be Swindon MP
West Thamesmead councillor Chris Lloyd has stepped down from his role as a Labour parliamentary candidate only three weeks after winning the selection. Lloyd had been picked by local party members to stand in Swindon North at the next general election. But this morning he said he was standing down because he would have trouble […]
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Tear down this wall: Greenwich councillor wants cycle route into Royal Arsenal
A Greenwich councillor has begun a campaign to open up a walking and cycling route into Berkeley Homes’ Royal Arsenal development from neighbouring streets in his West Thamesmead ward. The two housing developments are separated by a brick wall between Erebus Drive, Thamesmead and Armstrong Road, Woolwich. Residents have to take a roundabout route via […]
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Greenwich councillors pass 330-home development – but criticise lack of safe walking route to station
Greenwich councillors backed over 330 new homes on the site of a condemned care home in west Thamesmead last night – but spent much of their time grilling their own planning officer on why so little was being done to improve poor infrastructure in the area. Fairview New Homes is planning to build 333 homes […]
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