Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)
| 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 | Natasha Irons (Labour) |
| 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 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.
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
[edit]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
[edit]| Dates | Local authority | Map | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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).[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 | |||
| 2024 | Natasha Irons | Labour | ||
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Natasha Irons | 18,541 | 42.4 | –5.7 | |
| Conservative | Jason Cummings | 11,716 | 26.8 | –14.6 | |
| Reform UK | Scott Holman | 5,862 | 13.4 | +11.7 | |
| Green | Peter Underwood | 4,097 | 9.4 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Pelling | 3,563 | 8.1 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 6,825 | 15.6 | +8.9 | ||
| Turnout | 43,779 | 57.1 | –10.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,660 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| 2019 notional result[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 24,340 | 48.1 | |
| Conservative | 20,927 | 41.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,341 | 6.6 | |
| Green | 1,177 | 2.3 | |
| Brexit Party | 837 | 1.7 | |
| Turnout | 50,622 | 67.2 | |
| Electorate | 75,346 | ||
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.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 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
- Politics of the London Borough of Croydon
- History of the London Borough of Croydon
- Parliamentary constituencies in London
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1955
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024