Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Croydon East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Croydon East 2023 Constituency.svg
Boundary of Croydon East in Greater London
County Greater London
Major settlements Addiscombe, New Addington, Selsdon, Shirley, Woodside
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament None
SeatsOne
Created from Croydon Central and Croydon South
1950–1955
SeatsOne
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.

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the 2024 general election. [1] It will comprise primarily of the existing (to be abolished) Croydon Central constituency - excluding Croydon town centre.

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.

Boundaries

Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024
DatesLocal authorityMap Wards
1950–1955 County Borough of Croydon Croydon East 1950 Constituency.svg Addington, Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, and Woodside
2024-present London Borough of Croydon Croydon East 2023 Constituency.svg 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

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1950 Herbert Williams Conservative Died July 1954
1954 by-election John Hughes-Hallett Conservative
1955 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Croydon East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jason Cummings [3]
Reform UK Scott Holman [4]
Labour Natasha Irons [5]
Liberal Democrats Andrew Pelling [6]
Green Peter Underwood [7]
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Croydon East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert Williams 29,484 53.3
Labour Marion Billson 20,90337.8
Liberal George Laing Gray4,8828.8
Majority8,58115.5
Turnout 55,269
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Croydon East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert Williams 32,282 58.8 +5.5
Labour Alexander Bain22,61541.2+3.4
Majority9,66717.6+2.1
Turnout 54,897
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
1954 Croydon East by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hughes-Hallett 21,640 56.6 -2.2
Labour JW Wellwood13,54635.4-5.8
Liberal James Walters3,0608.0New
Majority8,09421.2+3.6
Turnout 38,46057.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.8

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  3. ↑ "Jason Cummings selected as Conservative Candidate for Croydon East". Croydon Conservatives. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Find My PPC" (PDF). Reform UK . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ↑ London Labour [@LondonLabour] (23 March 2024). "Congratulations @NDIrons, your Labour candidate for Croydon East" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "Veteran Croydon politician stands for third political party in the borough". Your Local Guardian. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  7. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CyxoHkpo0V7/

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