The Sydenham Society is holding hustings for local councillor elections, April 22, at Sydenham High School, in the evening, precise time to be decided. The rules we have set are that any party with candidates in one of the three wards of Sydenham, Forest Hill and Perry Vale can nominate one of these to be on the platform to answer questions, with me in the chair. So far acceptances have been received from Labour, Conservatives, Lib Dems and Greens.
There will also, I understand, be hustings for the Parliamentary and Mayoral elections, to be held by Churches Together. But for these hustings, let's try to keep the focus local.
I'll be watching this Forum, and will try to make sure that the burning local questions get asked on the evening.
Local councillor hustings, April 22
More details, as sent out on Sydenham Society enewsletter:
And apologies to Jill Rutter for calling her 'Jenny' in the SydSoc enewsletterThursday 22 April, 7.30 - 9.30 pm, Sydenham High School, 19 Westwood Hill
The Sydenham and Forest Hill Societies invite our members and the wider public to local ward election hustings for the wards of Sydenham, Forest Hill and Sydenham. The panelists, who are all standing as local candidates, are
Ross Archer, Conservative - Sydenham Ward
Chris Best, Labour - Sydenham Ward
John Russell, Lib Dem - Forest Hill Ward
Jill Rutter, Green - Perry Vale Ward
The evening will start with short presentations from each party as to why you should vote for them, to be followed by questions for the candidates. Please mail any questions you would like asked to Tim Lund - or text to 07717207009 - but there will also be a chance to ask questions which arise on the evening.