Introducing Labour's Thamesfield team

I'm pictured above with (from left) Bibi Qureshi, Chris Locke and Janet Grimshaw: Labour's three council candidates for Thamesfield - Putney town centre and riverside. All three are excellent local candidates with years clocked up living in the area, contributing to Putney.

Janet Grimshaw lives in Kenilworth Court on Lower Richmond Road with her teenage daughter who went to All Saint?s School. She is a Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator and works closely with the Police team. She was a Civil Servant for over 22 years working at the Department for International Development. Janet has lived in Putney for over 20 years

She's leading Labour's plan to tackle Thamesfield's high crime rate that the Conservatives have ignored. Town centre patrollers, which - when we had them in Clapham Junction and Tooting town centres - cut street crime by a third; and a larger Safer Neighbourhood Police team for Thamesfield are two of her suggestions.

Chris Locke lives in Norroy Road, off Putney High Street in the heart of Thamesfield. He's lived her for 25 years. Chris's commitment to Thamesfield shows in the fact that he's standing to be our councillor for the fifth time next May. An editor for a major newspaper, Chris organises the Bricklayers' Arms cricket team and has an interest in the regeneration of London's urban rivers like the Wandle, the mouth of which forms the eastern boundary of the ward.

Chris's political priorities are transport and planning: pushing for better facilities at Putney Station and East Putney, and fighting the Conservative council-backed tower block overdevelopment threats to Putney.

Bibi Qureshi lives in Fawe Park Road with her husband - and like Chris and Janet, she's lived here for decades. Because she's retired, Bibi's got the time and commitment to really devote to Thamesfield issues - like improving Wandsworth Park near her home. Formerly her area's neighbourhood watch co-ordinator, Bibi is heavily involved with Wandsworth's NHS, chairing one of the user groups that hold our health service to the high standards we expect.

Bibi's been campaigning on the quality of the local environment: the dreadful state of Putney Bridge, the cluttered, congested, polluted and run-down Putney High Street, and the basic quality of life issues like potholes, dangerous pavements and overgrown bushes and trees that should be the first priority of good councillors but which go neglected in Thamesfield.

This is a really strong team for Thamesfield and I'm delighted to endorse Janet, Chris and Bibi.