Coulsdon East (ward)

Coulsdon East
Former ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Coulsdon East in Croydon South within the London Borough of Croydon from 2002 to 2018.
County	Greater London
1965 (1965)–2018 (2018)
Number of councillors	Three
Replaced by	Old Coulsdon
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon South

Coulsdon East was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Coulsdon area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward formed part of Chris Philp MP's Croydon South constituency. At the 2011 Census the population of the Ward was 12,244.

The ward returned three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election, Terry Lenton, Brian Udell and Chris Wright were elected to the council. All stood as Conservative Party candidates. In Coulsdon East in 2006, the Labour Party did not field any candidates. The local election marked the highest turnout (57.2%) in the London Borough elections in 2006.

At the 2010 local elections the ward was retained by the Conservatives. The 2010 election coincided with the General election which had the effect of improving turnout amongst voters. Turnout climbed to 73.5%.

The successful Conservative candidates were Justin Cromie, Terry Lenton and Chris Wright. The Conservative share of the vote fell from 63.2% to 48.6% with the Liberal Democrats' share of the vote falling to 26.9%. The Labour party polled 9.9%, their lowest share in Borough of Croydon wards in the 2010 election.

List of Councillors

Election	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
1964	Ward created
1964		Miss J.C. Simpson	Residents		A. Bonsier	Residents		L. Blair	Residents
1968								H.C.E. Lovejoy	Liberal
1971		Mrs Pamela A.M. Little	Conservative			Conservative		A.B. Horton	Conservative
1974					Mrs K.A. Littlechild	Conservative		P.D. Cove	Conservative
1976 By-election								Martin A. Levie	Conservative
1978					Stanley E. Littlechild	Conservative
1986		Michael S. Barber	Conservative					Andrew J. Pelling	Conservative
1987 By-election		Susan T. Taylor	Conservative
1990					Christopher Wright	Conservative
1992 By-election		Christine A. Prentice	Conservative
1994								Jason S. Perry	Conservative
1998		Ian R. Atkins	Liberal Democrat
2002								Brian A. Udell	Conservative
2006		Theresa R. Lenton	Conservative
2010								Justin W. Cromie	Conservative
2014		Margaret Bird	Conservative					James Thompson	Conservative
2018	Ward abolished

Ward Result

Coulsdon East (2014)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Wright	2,294	19.6	+1.4
	Conservative	Margaret Bird	2,230	19.0	+1.7
	Conservative	James Thompson	1,864	15.9	-1.0
	UKIP	Alan Smith	968	8.3	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Hickson	696	5.9	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Arfan Bhatti	649	5.5	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Burridge	574	4.9	-3.8
	Labour	Lee Findell	527	4.5	+0.6
	Labour	Helen Lovesey	475	4.0	+0.5
	Labour	Joanne Milligan	430	3.7	+0.4
	Green	Ernest Bullimore	356	3.0	+1.2
	Green	Helena Farndon	355	3.0	+2.1
	Green	Jennifer Ginn	314	2.7	+1.4
Total votes			11,732
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Conservative Councillors for Croydon. Archived 11 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• London Borough of Croydon map of wards.