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|[[File:Croydon East 2023 Constituency.svg|frameless]]||[[Addiscombe East (ward)|Addiscombe East]], [[Addiscombe West (ward)|Addiscombe West]], [[New Addington North (ward)|New Addington North]], [[New Addington South (ward)|New Addington South]], [[Selsdon & Addington Village (ward)|Selsdon & Addington Village]], [[Selsdon Vale & Forestdale (ward)|Selsdon Vale & Forestdale]], [[Shirley North (ward)|Shirley North]], [[Shirley South (ward)|Shirley South]], [[Woodside (ward)|Woodside]] (polling districts WDS2, WDS3, WDS4, WDS5 and WDS6).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 3 London region}}</ref> |
|[[File:Croydon East 2023 Constituency.svg|frameless]]||[[Addiscombe East (ward)|Addiscombe East]], [[Addiscombe West (ward)|Addiscombe West]], [[New Addington North (ward)|New Addington North]], [[New Addington South (ward)|New Addington South]], [[Selsdon & Addington Village (ward)|Selsdon & Addington Village]], [[Selsdon Vale & Forestdale (ward)|Selsdon Vale & Forestdale]], [[Shirley North (ward)|Shirley North]], [[Shirley South (ward)|Shirley South]], [[Woodside (ward)|Woodside]] (polling districts WDS2, WDS3, WDS4, WDS5 and WDS6).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 3 London region}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:34, 30 May 2024
Croydon East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Major settlements | Addiscombe, New Addington, Selsdon, Shirley, Woodside |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | None |
Seats | One |
Created from | Croydon Central and Croydon South |
1950–1955 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Croydon North and Croydon South |
Replaced by | Croydon North East and Croydon South |
Croydon East was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the 2024 general election.[1] It will comprise primarily of the existing (to be abolished) Croydon Central constituency - excluding Croydon town centre.
Politics and history
Croydon East was a short-lived seat for the 1950 general election, creating three seats in the County Borough of Croydon from the previous two, taking in areas from the East Surrey constituency to the south. Croydon East took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon South constituencies, and East Surrey. It bordered Croydon West, Croydon North and East Surrey, and, when created, Beckenham.
All three Croydon constituencies were abolished at the 1955 general election, re-creating Croydon South and creating Croydon North East and Croydon North West seats.
For all of its history Croydon East had Conservative Members of Parliament. It saw three elections: the 1950 general election, the 1951 general election and a 1954 by-election. Prior to 1950, Croydon South had been held by Labour but most of its voters were re-drawn into Croydon West.
Boundaries
Dates | Local authority | Map | Wards |
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1950–1955 | County Borough of Croydon | Addington, Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, and Woodside | |
2024-present | London Borough of Croydon | Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, New Addington North, New Addington South, Selsdon & Addington Village, Selsdon Vale & Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, Woodside (polling districts WDS2, WDS3, WDS4, WDS5 and WDS6).[2] |
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1950 | Herbert Williams | Conservative | Died July 1954 | |
1954 by-election | John Hughes-Hallett | Conservative | ||
1955 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jason Cummings[3] | ||||
Reform UK | Scott Holman[4] | ||||
Labour | Natasha Irons[5] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Pelling[6] | ||||
Green | Peter Underwood[7] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Herbert Williams | 29,484 | 53.3 | ||
Labour | Marion Billson | 20,903 | 37.8 | ||
Liberal | George Laing Gray | 4,882 | 8.8 | ||
Majority | 8,581 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 55,269 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Herbert Williams | 32,282 | 58.8 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Alexander Bain | 22,615 | 41.2 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 9,667 | 17.6 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,897 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Hughes-Hallett | 21,640 | 56.6 | −2.2 | |
Labour | JW Wellwood | 13,546 | 35.4 | −5.8 | |
Liberal | James Walters | 3,060 | 8.0 | New | |
Majority | 8,094 | 21.2 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,460 | 57.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 |
References
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
- ^ "Jason Cummings selected as Conservative Candidate for Croydon East". Croydon Conservatives. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Find My PPC" (PDF). Reform UK. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ London Labour [@LondonLabour] (23 March 2024). "Congratulations @NDIrons, your Labour candidate for Croydon East" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Veteran Croydon politician stands for third political party in the borough". Your Local Guardian. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CyxoHkpo0V7/
Sources
- The Times House of Commons 1950. 1950.
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ignored (help) - Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- Politics of the London Borough of Croydon
- History of the London Borough of Croydon
- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1955
- Proposed constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom