For Beddington:
Tim Foster
Resident in the Borough since 1979, Tim has two children, Claire and Jordan, both born at St Helier and educated in local schools. With degrees under their belts, they are pursuing their careers and have left home but the family is completed by 7 year-old Grandson, Arthur. Sadly Tim’s wife Sue, who worked before retirement at Highview Primary, passed away last November.
Tim became heavily involved with the Beddington Neighbourhood Forum and in 2018 was elected a Councillor and has served since then on the Planning Committee and Strategy & Resources Committee. He is Chair of the Conservation Access Management Committee (CAMC) for the Beddington Farmlands and has since driven progress and community involvement. Membership of the Community Benefit Fund Panel and Chair of the Highview Residents’ Liaison Group complete his official commitments but his real pleasure comes from helping residents with their issues.
Tim Crowley
Cllr Tim Crowley had made his decision: after twenty years of public service, the time had come to step back and prepare for retirement from politics. That was until an unexpected approach changed everything. Following the tragic passing of Pam Marsh, who had been preparing to stand in Beddington ward, fellow independents Cllr Nick Mattey and Cllr Tim Foster asked Cllr Crowley to step forward in her place. He could not say no.r.
“I had fully intended to retire from politics and was not looking to stand again,” said Cllr Crowley. “When Nick and Tim approached me following Pam’s passing, I reconsidered. Pam was a committed and effective community representative, and continuing that work in Beddington is something I feel I can contribute to.”
Standing as an independent will allow Cllr Crowley to focus exclusively on local issues, with a priority of holding the operator of Beddington’s incinerator to account over repeated emission breaches — a cause he has championed for 16 years.
Nick Mattey
Originally elected in 2014 as a Liberal Democrat, his campaigning zeal against the incinerator and others of their policies lead to his expulsion from that party and he continued on as an Independent Councillor in Beddington and has done ever since.
Married to Cherry and another 40-year resident, Nick ran a successful business for many years but now, with his son Duncan running the business, he has plenty of time to dedicate his energies to campaigning for environmental improvements most especially in his opposition to the incinerator and the SDEN heating system used partly as a rationale for its original build.
Jillian Green
Came to the Borough 40 years ago with husband, Keith and worked for many years in the public and private sector finally with the NHS in Croydon Hospital but better known locally for her work with Carshalton Park Rotary Club. She is famously apolitical, repeatedly calling out both Liberal Democrats and Conservatives at Council when their politics appear to overtake the needs of residents!
A champion of the Highview Estate residents on the daft plan to build a school on the Sheen Way Playing Fields, she has served on Licencing, Housing Economy & Business Committee, Environment & Neighbourhood and the CAMC.
After 8 years of service to the community, Jillian is set to enjoy retirement with Keith in Sidmouth and we say thank you and good luck, we’ll miss you.
In loving Memory
Pamela Marsh
We are sad to record the untimely passing of Pamela Marsh – known and respected by many in Sutton for her hard work and community involvement. Moving to the Borough 30 years ago after growing up in neighbouring Croydon, Pam worked in Primary Care and a variety of healthcare settings including work with learning disabilities and elderly care. More recently, she had been working in finance roles in various industries,
Running a Residents Association locally, she was passionate about health, local neighbourhood and community but most of all her belief that local residents should be consulted, listened to and represented fairly.
She was a selfless friend and enthusiastic candidate at two elections and she will be sorely missed by all of us.