Tony Arbour London Assembly Member

Salary£53,439
Appointed Date1 May 2008
PartyConservative
ConstituencySouth West
Responsibilities
  • Member of the Business Management and Administration Committee
  • Member of the Confirmation Hearings Committee
  • Member of the Economy, Culture and Sport Committee
  • Member of the Planning and Housing Committee
  • Member of the Police and Crime Committee
  • Member of the Standards Committee
  • Member of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) - LFEPA Register of Interests entry
Key Issues & Concerns
  • Improving the environment and safety of the boroughs of Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames
  • Greater London planning matters
  • Improving access to the River Thames and increasing its use
  • Cutting police bureaucracy and red tape and using the police to make London safer
  • Transport issues
ExpensesTony Arbour's expenses
Gifts and HospitalityTony Arbour gifts and hospitality register
Register of InterestsTony Arbour Register of Interests

Biography

Tony was a senior lecturer and Honorary Visiting Fellow at Kingston University Business School and a former Governor of the University. He is a Member of the Employment Tribunals of England and Wales.

Tony was GLC member for Surbiton between 1983 and 1986. He was first elected a Councillor for Hampton Wick in 1971. He is a Councillor in Richmond upon Thames Borough. Tony was Leader of Richmond Council 2002-2006.

Tony Arbour is a Justice of the Peace and Assistant Chairman of the Richmond upon Thames Bench.

He was vice-chairman of Kingston & Richmond Family Health Services Authority.

He has a vast historical and local knowledge of South West London.

He has four children, and has been a parent governor at local schools.

Hobbies include collecting first editions, carbooting, and ebaying.

Biographical information as supplied by individual Assembly Members.

 

Contact details:

GLA
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
London SE1 2AA

Telephone: 020 7983 4116
Email: tony.arbour@london.gov.uk