Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency)

Croydon and Sutton

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Croydon and Sutton shown within London
Created	2000 (2000)
Number of members	One
Member	Steve O'Connell
Party	Conservative
Last election	2024
Next election	2028

Croydon and Sutton is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Croydon and the London Borough of Sutton.

The south of Croydon is traditionally a more Conservative area, while the north of Croydon has traditionally Labour-voting areas. Sutton is competitive between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

The equivalent Westminster seats are:

• Carshalton and Wallington (Liberal Democrat)
• Croydon Central (Conservative)
• Croydon North (Labour)
• Croydon South (Conservative)
• Sutton and Cheam (Liberal Democrat)

Assembly Members

Year		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2000	Andrew Pelling	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2008	Steve O'Connell	Conservative

Election results

London Assembly election, 2008: Croydon and Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell	76,477	43.3	+4.7
	Labour	Shafi Khan	33,812	19.2	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail Lock	32,335	18.3	–2.8
	UKIP	David Pickles	9,440	5.4	–1.8
	Green	Shasha Khan	8,969	5.1	+0.5
	Christian Peoples Alliance/Christian Party Joint ticket	David Campanale	6,910	3.9	+0.8
	English Democrat	Richard Castle	4,186	2.4	N/A
	Left List	Zana Hussain	1,361	0.8	N/A
Majority			42,665	24.1	+6.6
Turnout			176,474	49.0	+13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Assembly election, 2004: Croydon and Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Pelling	52,330	38.6	–2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Gauge	28,636	21.1	–4.5
	Labour	Sean Fitzsimons	25,861	19.1	–5.7
	UKIP	James Feisenberger	15,203	11.2	N/A
	Green	Shasha Khan	6,175	4.6	–2.9
	CPA	David Campanale	4,234	3.1	N/A
	Respect	Waqas Hussain	3,108	2.3	N/A
Majority			23,694	17.5	+2.6
Turnout			135,547	36.0	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Assembly election, 2000: Croydon and Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Pelling	48,421	40.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Gallop	30,614	25.7	N/A
	Labour	Maggie Mansell	29,514	24.8	N/A
	Green	Peter Hickson	8,884	7.4	N/A
	London Socialist	Mark Steel	1,823	1.5	N/A
Majority			17,807	14.9	N/A
Turnout			119,256	32.7	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing