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Croydon North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Croydon North in Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate85,107 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsThornton Heath, Norbury, Selhurst, South Norwood, Upper Norwood
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentSteve Reed (Labour Co-operative)
SeatsOne
Created fromCroydon North East and Croydon North West
1918–1955
SeatsOne
Replaced byCroydon North East and Croydon North West

Croydon North is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Steve Reed of the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party.[n 2] The seat was created in 1918 and divided in two in 1955 (taking in neighbouring areas) and re-devised in a wholly different form in 1997.

History

The seat was created from the former Croydon North West and part of the former North East constituencies. In its previous form it existed from 1918 until 1955.

Political history

On re-creation at the 1997 general election the MP for the seat became Malcolm Wicks of the Labour Party with the fourth largest Labour majority in Greater London. Wicks was victorious at the next two general elections and died on 29 September 2012, prompting the 2012 Croydon North by-election which was won by Steve Reed of the same party. The 2015 result made the seat the 31st safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[2]

Constituency profile

Croydon North is the densest of Croydon's three seats, regarded as safely Labour with all wards held by them at local level, consisting for the most part of rows of modest terraced houses, interspersed with tower blocks, much of it social and ex-social housing and with recreation areas.[3]

Passing through the constituency are London Overground and Southern services to London Victoria and Croydon — the seat is well connected by several stations to rail services. There has been some regeneration since 2000 with new-build developments for affluent commuters.[4]

The seat includes Crystal Palace FC's ground at Selhurst Park and the northeastern end of the seat is near the site of the former Crystal Palace itself.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Croydon wards of North, South Norwood, and Upper Norwood.

1950-1955: Wards of the above borough: Bensham Manor, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, and West Thornton.

1997-2010: The London Borough of Croydon wards of Bensham Manor, Beulah, Broad Green, Norbury, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, West Thornton, and Whitehorse Manor.

2010-present: As above less Beulah and Whitehorse Manor, plus Selhurst.

Members of Parliament

As Croydon North

Election Member Party Notes
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1918 George Borwick Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1922 Glyn Mason Conservative Resigned 1940
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1940 by-election Henry Willink Conservative Resigned 1948
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1948 by-election Fred Harris Conservative
1955 constituency abolished
1997 constituency re-created
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1997 Malcolm Wicks Labour Died 2012
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2001
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2005
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2010
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2012 by-election Steve Reed Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2015
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2017

As Croydon North East

Event Member[5] Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1955 John Hughes-Hallett Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1964 Bernard Weatherill Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Speaker of the British House of Commons/meta/color" | 1983 Speaker
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1992 David Congdon Conservative
1997 constituency abolished

As Croydon North West

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1955 Fred Harris Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1970 Robert Taylor Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1981 by-election Bill Pitt Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1983 Humfrey Malins Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1992 Malcolm Wicks Labour
1997 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Croydon North[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Reed 44,213 74.2 +11.5
Conservative Samuel Kasumu 11,848 19.9 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Maltby Pindar 1,656 2.8 −0.8
Green Peter Underwood 983 1.6 −3.1
UKIP Michael Swadling 753 1.3 −4.2
Independent Lee Berks 170 0.3 0
Majority 32,365 54.3 +14.4
Turnout 59,623 68.2 +5.9
Labour hold Swing +7.2
General Election 2015: Croydon North[8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Reed 33,513 62.6 +6.6
Conservative Vidhi Mohan 12,149 22.7 −1.4
UKIP Winston McKenzie 2,899 5.4 +3.7
Green Shasha Khan 2,515 4.7 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Joanna Corbin 1,919 3.6 −10.4
TUSC Glen Hart 261 0.5 +0.5
Independent Lee Berks 141 0.3 +0.3
Communist Ben Stevenson 125 0.2 −0.1
Majority 21,364 39.9 −8
Turnout 53,522 62.3 +35.77
Labour hold Swing +4.0
Croydon North by-election, 2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Reed 15,892 64.7 +8.7
Conservative Andrew Stranack 4,137 16.8 −7.3
UKIP Winston McKenzie 1,400 5.7 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray 860 3.5 −10.5
Green Shasha Khan 855 3.5 +1.5
Respect Lee Jasper 707 2.9 +2.4
CPA Stephen Hammond 192 0.8 N/A
National Front Richard Edmonds 161 0.7 N/A
Communist Ben Stevenson 119 0.5 +0.2
Monster Raving Loony John Cartwright 110 0.4 N/A
Nine Eleven Was An Inside Job Simon Lane 66 0.3 N/A
Young People's Party Robin Smith 63 0.3 N/A
Majority 11,755 47.9 +16.0
Rejected ballots
Turnout 26.53%
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2010: Croydon North[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 28,947 56.0 +2.4
Conservative Jason Hadden 12,466 24.1 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Gerry Jerome 7,226 14.0 −3.2
Green Shasha Khan 1,017 2.0 −0.9
UKIP Jonathan Serter 891 1.7 −0.0
Christian Novlette Williams 586 1.1 N/A
Respect Mohommad Shaikh 272 0.5 N/A
Communist Ben Stevenson 160 0.3 N/A
Independent Mohamed Seyed 111 0.2 N/A
Majority 16,481 31.9 +0.5
Turnout 51,676 60.6 +8.0
Labour hold Swing +0.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Croydon North[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 23,555 53.7 −9.8
Conservative Tariq Ahmad 9,667 22.0 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Adrian Gee-Turner 7,590 17.2 +6.8
Green Shasha Khan 1,248 2.8 N/A
UKIP Henry Pearce 770 1.8 +0.4
Croydon Pensions Alliance Peter Gibson 394 0.9 N/A
Veritas Winston McKenzie 324 0.7 N/A
Independent Farhan Rasheed 197 0.4 N/A
The People's Choice! Exclusively For All Michelle Chambers 132 0.3 N/A
Majority 13,888 31.7
Turnout 43,877 52.3 −0.9
Labour hold Swing −4.3
General Election 2001: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 26,610 63.5 +1.4
Conservative Simon Allison 9,752 23.3 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Sandra Lawman 4,375 10.4 +2.7
UKIP Alan Smith 606 1.4 +0.7
Socialist Alliance Don Madgwick 539 1.3 N/A
Majority 16,858 40.2
Turnout 41,882 53.2 −15.0
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 32,672 62.2 N/A
Conservative Ian Martin 14,274 27.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Martin Morris 4,066 7.7 N/A
Referendum Roger Billis 1,155 2.2 N/A
UKIP James R. Feisenberger 396 0.8 N/A
Majority 18,398 35.0 N/A
Turnout 52,563 68.2 N/A
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1951: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Harris 29,984 55.5 +2.1
Labour Reginald Prentice 19,738 36.6 +0.1
Liberal Brian Collins 4,272 7.9 −2.3
Majority 10,246 19.0
Turnout 53,994
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
General Election 1950: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Harris 29,420 53.4
Labour Reginald Prentice 20,116 36.5
Liberal Frederick Owen Halsall Rowlands 5,600 10.2
Majority 9,304 16.9
Turnout 55,136
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Bennett
Croydon North by-election, 1948
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Harris 36,200 54.0 +13.9
Labour Harold Nicolson 24,536 36.6 −3.5
Liberal Don Bennett 6,321 9.4 −9.4
Majority 11,664 17.4 +16.3
Turnout 67,057
Conservative hold Swing +8.7
General Election 1945: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Willink 23,417 41.1 −26.0
Labour Marian Billson 22,810 40.1 +7.2
Liberal John Howard 10,714 18.8 +18.8
Majority 607 1.1 −33.0
Turnout 56,941
Conservative hold Swing -16.6
v. 1935
Croydon North by-election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Willink 14,163 90.7 N/A
Independent Arthur Lascelles Lucas 1,445 9.3 N/A
Majority 12,718 81.4 N/A
Turnout 15,608
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glyn Mason 36,383 67.1 −13.8
Labour Frank Mitchell 17,872 32.9 +13.8
Majority 18,511 34.1 −27.6
Turnout 54,255
Conservative hold Swing -13.8
General Election 1931: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glyn Mason 45,595 80.9 +30.5
Labour H.W. Ray 10,795 19.1 −7.4
Majority 34,800 61.7 +37.8
Turnout 56,490
Conservative hold Swing +19.0

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Glyn Mason 26,336 50.4 −19.9
Labour Gilbert Arthur Foan 13,852 26.5 −3.2
Liberal Cyril Walter Nunneley 12,053 23.1 N/A
Majority 12,484 23.9 −16.7
Turnout 52,241 69.8 −3.0
Registered electors 74,835
Unionist hold Swing −8.4
General Election 1924: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Glyn Mason 25,972 70.3 +7.3
Labour Gilbert Arthur Foan 10,954 29.7 −7.3
Majority 15,018 40.6 +14.6
Turnout 36,926 72.8 +17.1
Registered electors 50,697
Unionist hold Swing +7.3
General Election 1923: Croydon North[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Glyn Mason 17,085 63.0 N/A
Labour Gilbert Arthur Foan 10,054 37.0 N/A
Majority 7,031 26.0 N/A
Turnout 27,139 55.7 N/A
Registered electors 48,760
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 1922: Croydon North[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Glyn Mason Unopposed
Unionist hold

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Croydon North[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Unionist 16,520 70.0 N/A
Labour James Trumble 7,094 30.0 N/A
Majority 9,426 40.0 N/A
Turnout 23,614 54.1 N/A
Registered electors 43,669
Unionist win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years
References
  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
  3. ^ Get a Map Ordnance survey
  4. ^ Planning Applications Croydon Council
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ "Croydon North parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  8. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ^ https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/Croydon-North-election-results.pdf 19Aug15
  10. ^ Election 2015 - Croydon North BBC News, 8 May 2015
  11. ^ Croydon North by-election: Labour's Steve Reed secures win BBC News, 30 November 2012
  12. ^ Parliamentary election results 2010, Croydon North Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Croydon Council
  13. ^ UK general election 2005 - Results for Croydon North Electoral Commission
  14. ^ a b c British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Sources

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