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Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Croydon East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary within Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate75,346 (2023) [1]
Major settlementsAddiscombe, New Addington, Selsdon, Shirley, Woodside
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentNatasha Irons (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromCroydon Central and Croydon South
19501955
SeatsOne
Created fromCroydon North and Croydon South
Replaced byCroydon 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

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 2020s[edit]

General election 2024: Croydon East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Natasha Irons 18,541 42.4 Decrease 5.7
Conservative Jason Cummings 11,716 26.8 Decrease 14.6
Reform UK Scott Holman 5,862 13.4 Increase 11.7
Green Peter Underwood 4,097 9.4 Increase 7.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Pelling 3,563 8.1 Increase 1.5
Majority 6,825 15.6 Increase 8.9
Turnout 43,779 57.1 Decrease 10.1
Registered electors 76,660
Labour win (new seat)
2019 Notional Results: Croydon East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 24,340 48.1%
Conservative 20,927 41.3%
Liberal Democrats 3,341 6.6%
Green 1,177 2.3%
Reform UK 837 1.7%
Majority 3,413 6.7%
Turnout 50,622 67.2%
Registered electors 75,346
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

General election 1950: Croydon East
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)
General election 1951: Croydon East
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
1954 Croydon East by-election
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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  4. ^ "Candidate information". Croydon Council. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. ^ "UK Parliament election results: Notional election for the constituency of Croydon East on 12 December 2019". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

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