Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon South
Croydon South
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Croydon South in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	82,010 (May 2015)
Current constituency
Created	1974
Member of Parliament	Chris Philp (Conservative)
Seats	One

Croydon South is a United Kingdom parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament since 2015 by Chris Philp, a Conservative.^{[n 1]}

History

In 1974 Croydon South constituency was renamed Croydon Central and a new Croydon South was created out of East Surrey.

The constituency has had three Conservative MPs. Sir William Clark, who had represented East Surrey in the previous Parliament, won the election in February 1974, and served until 1992 when he was succeeded by Richard Ottaway. In October 2012, Ottaway stated his intention to stand down at the next election and was thus succeeded by Chris Philp in May 2015 .^[2]^[3]

Constituency profile

Croydon South is one of the safest Conservative seats in Greater London, consisting almost entirely of highly affluent suburban areas with well-to-do businesspeople taking advantage of the fast commuter trains to the City and Gatwick airport, plus a significant proportion of retired people. The neighbouring constituency of Croydon Central is far more marginal, alternating between Labour and Tory representation since 1997; the borough's other seat, Croydon North, is now looked on as safely Labour.

The village-like Selsdon - one of the few places in the seat where transport links are poor - has a place on the political map having spawned the phrase 'Selsdon Man', its swing and voters first seen as an ideal bellwether for the national swing by the Conservative Party; the Purley Way, which runs mainly through Waddon, has become home to large retail estates for out-of-town shopping and leisure, the latter area being the sole Labour ward in the constituency.

At the southern end of the constituency, Coulsdon has much in common with the county of Surrey of which it was historically a part until 1965.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The London Borough of Croydon wards of Coulsdon East, Purley, Sanderstead and Selsdon, Sanderstead North, and Woodcote and Coulsdon West.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Croydon wards of Coulsdon East, Croham, Kenley, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon, and Woodcote and Coulsdon West.

1997-2010: The London Borough of Croydon wards of Coulsdon East, Croham, Kenley, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Waddon, and Woodcote and Coulsdon West.

2010-present: The London Borough of Croydon wards of Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croham, Kenley, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon and Ballards, and Waddon.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	February 1974	Sir William Clark	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1992	Sir Richard Ottaway	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2015	Chris Philp	Conservative

Election results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2015: Croydon South^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Philp	31,448	54.5	+3.6
	Labour	Emily Benn	14,308	24.8	+4.8
	UKIP	Kathleen Garner	6,068	10.5	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Hickson	3,448	6.0	−16.9
	Green	Peter Underwood	2,154	3.7	+2.0
	Putting Croydon First!	Mark Samuel	221	0.4	N/A
	Class War	Jon Bigger^[6]	65	0.1	N/A
Majority			17,410	29.7
Turnout			57,712	70.4	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.6%

General Election 2010: Croydon South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Ottaway	28,684	50.9	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Rix	12,866	22.8	+2.4
	Labour	Jane Avis	11,287	20.0	−4.0
	UKIP	Jeffrey Bolter	2,504	4.4	+2.3
	Green	Gordon Ross	981	1.7	+1.7
Majority			15,818	28.1
Turnout			56,322	69.3	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2005: Croydon South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Ottaway	25,320	51.8	+2.6
	Labour	Paul Smith	11,792	24.1	–5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Lawman	10,049	20.6	+2.3
	UKIP	James Feisenberger	1,054	2.2	0.0
	Veritas	Graham Dare	497	1.0	+1.0
	The People's Choice!	Mark Samuel	185	0.4	+0.4
Majority			13,528	27.7
Turnout			48,897	63.6	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.2

General Election 2001: Croydon South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Ottaway	22,169	49.2	+1.9
	Labour	Gerry Ryan	13,472	29.9	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anna-Nicolett Gallop	8,226	18.3	–2.9
	UKIP	Kathleen Garner	998	2.2	+1.6
	The People's Choice!	Mark Samuel	195	0.4	N/A
Majority			8,697	19.3
Turnout			45,060	61.4	–12.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.3

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Croydon South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Ottaway	25,649	47.3
	Labour	Charlie Burling	13,719	25.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Gauge	11,441	21.1
	Referendum	A Barber	2,631	4.9
	BNP	Paul Ferguson	354	0.7
	UK Independent	A Harker	309	0.6
	The People's Choice!	Mark Samuel	96	0.2
Majority			11,930	22
Turnout			54,199	73.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Croydon South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Ottaway	31,993	63.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Billenness	11,568	23.0
	Labour	Helen Salmon	6,444	12.8
	The People's Choice!	Mark Samuel	239	0.5
Majority			20,425
Turnout			50,244	77.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1987: Croydon South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Clark	30,732	64.05	−
	Alliance	I Morrison	11,669	24.32
	Labour	G Davies	4,679	9.75
	Green	P Baldwin	900	1.88
Majority			19,063	39.73
Turnout			47,980	73.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Croydon South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Clark	29,842^[8]	65.14	−
	Alliance	J Forrest	12,402	27.07
	Labour	RCE Brooks	3,568	7.79
Majority			17,440	38.07
Turnout			46,702	71.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in 1970s

General Election 1979: Croydon South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Clark	30,874	64.86	−
	Liberal	P Billenness	10,006	21.02
	Labour	JM Bloom	6,249	13.13
	National Front	R Dummer	469	0.99
Majority			20,868	43.84
Turnout			47,598	76.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Croydon South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Clark	25,703	57.86	−
	Liberal	D Nunneley	11,514	25.92
	Labour	DW Keene	7,203	16.22
Majority			14,189	31.94
Turnout			44,420	73.92
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Croydon South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Clark	28,915	59.1	N/A
	Liberal	J.P. Coleman	13,048	26.7	N/A
	Labour	H.E. Hodge	6,965	14.2	N/A
Majority			15,867	32.4	N/A
Turnout			48,928	82.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

^ 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

^ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). 2011 Electorate Figures. London Borough of Croydon. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20108756
^ https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/Croydon-South-election-results_0.pdf
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/Croydon-South-election-results_0.pdf
^ http://www.classwarparty.org.uk/the-candidates/jon-bigger-croydon-south/
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
^ "UK General Election results June 1983:Croydon South". politicalresources.net. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

Sources

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
Statement of Persons Nominated^{[dead link‍]} London Borough of Croydon

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[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.

[1] "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). 2011 Electorate Figures. London Borough of Croydon. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

[3] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20108756

[4] ttps://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/Croydon-South-election-results_0.pdf

[electoralcalculus-5] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[6] ttps://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/Croydon-South-election-results_0.pdf

[7] ttp://www.classwarparty.org.uk/the-candidates/jon-bigger-croydon-south/

[electoralcalculus2010-8] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)

[9] "UK General Election results June 1983:Croydon South". politicalresources.net. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

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