Since being elected in May 2006 for Blackheath Westcombe, Alex is currently the Opposition spokesman for Regeneration.

Alex has lived in Blackheath Westcombe since he was a child. He went to Halstow Primary School and then he moved to John Roan Secondary School where he studied for his GCSE's. For his A Levels Alex moved to Colfe's School.

Surgery Details

1st Mon in month: 6-7pm: Blackheath Library, Old Dover Road, London SE3 7BT

Committee Memberships

Following last year’s ‘Run to the Beat’ half-marathon, Cllr Geoff Brighty raised concerns about the chaos caused by road closures and a lack of information to residents. This has led to a commitment that better information will be provided in 2009, with a letter to residents with full road closure details, alternative routes, timings and pre-event and on the day contact details. Cllr Brighty has also attempted to reduce the noise from the music stages and tight limits have been imposed this year.

Geoff was first elected to Greenwich Council in 1982, and is a lecturer. 

Surgery Details

1st Mon in month: 6-7pm: Blackheath Library, Old Dover Road, London SE3 7BT

Committee Memberships

Planning Board
Greenwich Area Planning & Environment Committee
Licensing Committee

Licensing Review Sub Committee

In August, the Council’s Planning Board unanimously rejected plans to redevelop Greenwich Market by ripping up the cobbles, replacing a range of historic buildings with a modern bog-standard 5-storey hotel - completely out of character with the rest of historic Greenwich.

Greenwich Conservatives have expressed anger at the Labour Council’s decision to close  Hornfair Lido for the school summer holidays. In July, local Conservatives, led by Parliamentary Candidate Spencer Drury presented a petition to Council and called for the reopening of the Lido for August – a call rejected by Charlton’s Labour Councillors.

Local Conservatives have been supporting traders in the Old Dover Road Shopping Parade.  Last time, Greenwich Council raised the rent by an unacceptable 40%. Conservatives are calling for a rent freeze this year, to help Blackheath small businesses. Blackheath Westcombe’s Conservative Councillors also want the council to conduct a review of the car parking arrangements along the Old Dover Road Shopping Parade.

Thousands of climate change protesters have settled on the Heath where they plan to make camp for a week. Starting from the tea hut and spreading out over the heath, the protestors claim, on their website, that they have chosen Blackheath because it is within view of the City and near the River Thames. The police are monitoring the situation and filmed the protestors as they arrived. 

During the Summer, when the Lido was closed to the public, Cllr Spencer Drury (Parliamentary Candidate for Greenwich and Woolwich) visited the Blackheath based swimming club which used the pool on a regular basis.

Conservatives last week revealed that the closure of Charlton Lido to the public for the summer is not to allow vital works (or refurbishment) to take place but because the Labour Council has failed to sign the right paperwork to allow a private firm to take over. According to a notice from Greenwich Council pinned to the gates stating that the Lido will remain closed for the next 18 months.