Summary
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.
| Croydon East | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Croydon East in Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Major settlements | Addiscombe, New Addington, Selsdon, Shirley, Woodside |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | Next United Kingdom general election |
| Member of Parliament | None |
| 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 |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election.[1] It will comprise primarily of the existing (to be 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 | Wards |
|---|---|---|
| 1950–1955 | County Borough of Croydon | Addington, Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, and Woodside |
| 2024 United Kingdom general election | 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).[2] |
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 | |||
Election results edit
Elections in the 2020s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jason Cummings[3] | ||||
| Reform UK | Scott Holman[4] | ||||
| Labour | Natasha Irons[5] | ||||
| Green | Peter Underwood[6] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
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 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.
- ^ "Jason Cummings selected as Conservative Candidate for Croydon East". Croydon Conservatives. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Find My PPC" (PDF). Reform UK. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ London Labour [@LondonLabour] (23 March 2024). "Congratulations @NDIrons, your Labour candidate for Croydon East" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CyxoHkpo0V7/
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)