Tooting is a great part of London. I would like to help make it even better.
I grew up in and around Tooting and Balham and my family still live here. As a teenager I was in and out of St George’s with various broken bones and I still remember the hot blast from my very first curry at Sree Krishna.
I love the rich diversity of the area and have enjoyed seeing it change over the years. However, we face a number of challenges. We need our fair share of police to get crime under control. Our local NHS services must be strengthened and protected. More must be done to encourage home ownership, helping local people get their first step on the property ladder. Commuters deserve public transport that runs on time and that they can rely on. And we must do all that we can to protect the environment.
Tooting deserves a fairer deal. Please join me in helping make that happen.
Mark Clarke Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for Tooting
Latest news
Post box clean-up campaign started Our area suffers too much from casual graffiti. One of the most graffitied objects is one of the most loved – our iconic post boxes. Recently, on Ritherdon Road a post box dating back to the time of Queen Victoria (it has a “VR”... more...
Policing from inside a Tooting mosque... Over the past weekend (12th/13th July 2008) Mark visited the Tooting Islamic Mosque to see the Crime Prevention and Advice Centre run by Wandsworth Police. The facility offers a marking service and general advice to residents of whatever faith. There... more...
Progress as Bedford Hill Needle exchange enquiry to be launched Readers will recall that Mark Clarke uncovered a suggestion that Wandsworth NHS were considering putting a needle exchange at the top of Bedford Hill for the local prostitutes to use. Mark and many local residents were concerned about this believing... more...
