Heather Acton

2022 Hyde Park Ward Candidate
Councillor for Hyde Park Ward

Heather Acton has lived in Westminster has lived in Westminster for 35 years.

Since being elected as a councillor in 2010, she has secured investment for Low Emission Neighbourhoods to improve air quality and worked with partners, including TfL and the police in upgrading Edgware Road and its surrounding areas.

Heather is passionate about bringing change to support the health and well-being of everyone living across Hyde Park ward.

Having held other cabinet roles, she is currently Cabinet Member for Communities and Regeneration. 

Telephone: 020 7730 8181

Email: hydepark@westminsterconservatives.com

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A new approach to tackling fly tipping on Bathurst and Westbourne Streets

Selfish dumping of rubbish by the tree at the end of Bathurst Street on Westbourne Street has to stop.

Your councillors have commissioned new signs to show that a 90 second walk will take people with waste to dump as far as the Big Black Bin outside St James’s Church on Sussex Gardens.

Regulating short-term letting

Councillor Ian Adams joined local people in meeting with Nickie Aiken MP to discuss the blight that can result from short letting residential accommodation.

St Michaels Street

Your Hyde Park Ward Councillors were alerted by residents to a group meeting regularly on St Michaels Street, causing anti social behaviour and potentially going to be bedding down there. 

Deep Cleansing for local streets

Hyde Park councillors have secured funding for deep cleansing for some particularly dirt ingrained spots on Sussex Gardens, Westbourne Street, Portsea place, Connaught and Kendal Street.  

Thanking our NHS and Frontline Workers

Your Hyde Park ward Councillors have secured funding for a bench to thank NHS staff and front line workers, which is located in Norfolk Place.

The chancellor’s measures are ‘putting bread on the table’

The following article, written by Westminster City Council Leader Rachael Robathan, originally published by themj.co.uk

Up and down the town centres of the country, we felt the tectonic plates move on Saturday as, after four months of being cooped up, people finally got to go out.

Don’t be a crime victim!

It is unfortunate but inevitable that malevolent actors find new opportunities in Covid-19, to scam vulnerable people who may be thrown off-guard by these exceptional circumstances. Please be aware that it is now even more important than ever to watch out for the techniques used by scammers.

Mental Health Guide

The Mental Health Foundation is hosting Mental Health Week, on the theme of Kindness.