Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon East
Croydon East
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
County	Surrey
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.

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.

The County Borough of Croydon wards of Addington, Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, and Woodside.

Election		Member	Party	Notes
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1950	Herbert Williams	Conservative	Died 1954
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1954 by-election	John Hughes-Hallett	Conservative
	1955	constituency abolished

General Election 1950: Croydon East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Herbert Geraint Williams	29,484	53.3	N/A
	Labour	Marian Billson	20,903	37.8	N/A
	Liberal	George Laing Gray	4,882	8.8	N/A
Majority			8,581	15.5	N/A
Turnout			55,269		N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1951: Croydon East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Herbert Geraint Williams	32,282	58.8	+5.5
	Labour	Alexander Bain	22,615	41.2	+3.4
Majority			9,667	17.6
Turnout			54,897
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

Croydon East by-election, 1954
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	+8.0
Majority			8,094	21.2	+3.6
Turnout			38,460	67.5
	Conservative hold		Swing