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
Meeting local victims of the 10p tax grab Mark Clarke and Earlsfield Councillor, Angela Graham, met up this week with one of the local victims of Gordon Brown’s abolition of the 10p tax band. Arthur Ingold, a pensioner who lives on the Henry Prince Estate, was paying the lower rate... more...
Stop Prostitution; No to a needle exchange on Bedford Hill Removing prostitutes from Bedford HillThe Bedford Hill area of Balham has long had a problem with prostitutes using it. Mark knows this well because he lives in this area himself. Mark and local residents met up with the police to find out... more...
Raising difficult issues on maternity care St George’s Hospital recently received a damning report into its maternity services. They were graded the eighth worst in the country. You can see more here. Thank you to all those residents who wrote to Mark with their maternity... more...
