Croydon East is a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1955 by the first past the post system of election.
| Croydon East | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
 Boundary within Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 75,346 (2023) [1] |
| Major settlements | Addiscombe, New Addington, Selsdon, Shirley, Woodside |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
| 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 |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election.[2] It primarily comprises the abolished Croydon Central constituency – excluding Croydon town centre.
Politics and history
editCroydon 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
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1950–1955: The County Borough of Croydon wards of Addington, Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, and Woodside.
2024–present: The London Borough of Croydon wards of Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, New Addington North, New Addington South, Selsdon & Addington Village, Selsdon Vale & Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, and Woodside (part).[3]
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Herbert Williams | Conservative | Died July 1954 | |
| 1954 by-election | John Hughes-Hallett | Conservative | ||
| 1955 | constituency abolished | |||
Election results
editElections in the 2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jason Cummings | ||||
| Reform UK | Scott Holman | ||||
| Labour | Natasha Irons | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Pelling | ||||
| Green | Peter Underwood | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 24,340 | 48.1% | |||
| Conservative | 20,927 | 41.3% | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 3,341 | 6.6% | |||
| Green | 1,177 | 2.3% | |||
| Reform UK | 837 | 1.7% | |||
| Majority | 3,413 | 6.7% | |||
| Turnout | 50,622 | 67.2% | |||
| Registered electors | 75,346 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1950s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Candidate information". Croydon Council. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "UK Parliament election results: Notional election for the constituency of Croydon East on 12 December 2019". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
Sources
edit- The Times House of Commons 1950. 1950.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
External links
edit- Croydon East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK