Croydon West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Croydon West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Croydon West 2023 Constituency.svg
Boundary of Croydon West in Greater London
County Greater London
Major settlements Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament None
SeatsOne
Created from Croydon Central, Croydon North and Croydon South
1950–1955
Created from Croydon North, Croydon South and East Surrey
Replaced by Croydon North West and Croydon South

Croydon West was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1955. 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. It will comprise primarily of the majority of the existing (to be abolished) constituency of Croydon North, with the addition of Croydon town centre and the community of Waddon. [1]

Politics and history

Croydon West was a short-lived seat for the 1950 general election, creating three seats in the County Borough of Croydon from the previous two, also taking in areas from the East Surrey constituency to the south.

Croydon West took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon South constituencies, and East Surrey. It bordered Croydon East, Croydon North, East Surrey and Mitcham.

All three Croydon constituencies were abolished five years later 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 West's Member of Parliament was Conservative Richard Thompson. It was contested in two elections: the 1950 general election and the 1951 general election. Prior to 1950, Croydon South had been held by Labour and most of the Labour voters were re-drawn into Croydon West, making it a marginal seat.

Boundaries

Croydon West (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024
DatesLocal authorityMaps Wards
1950–1955 County Borough of Croydon Croydon West 1950 Constituency.svg Broad Green, Central, South, Waddon, and Whitehorse Manor.
2024 London Borough of Croydon Croydon West 2023 Constituency.svg Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Selhurst, South Norwood, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside (polling district WDS1) [2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Richard Thompson Conservative
1955 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Croydon West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Fox [3]
Labour Sarah Jones
Green Marley King [4]
Workers Party John Kouten [5]
Majority
Turnout
win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1951: Croydon West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Thompson 23,484 52.2 +4.9
Labour Gerald Gardiner 21,53447.8+2.7
Majority1,9504.3+2.1
Turnout 45,018
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
General election 1950: Croydon West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Thompson 21,411 47.3
Labour David Rees-Williams 20,42445.1
Liberal Arthur Russell Mayne3,1016.8
Communist Bob Jarvie [6] 3360.7
Majority9872.2
Turnout 45,272
Conservative win (new seat)

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