Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1955 and 2024 onwards}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Croydon East

|parliament = uk

|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}

|caption = Interactive map of boundaries from 2024

|image2 = 250px

|caption2 = Boundary within Greater London

|year = 2024

|abolished =

|elects_howmany = One

|electorate = 75,346 (2023) {{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/2023-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-london/#lg_croydon-east-bc-75346

|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London

|publisher=Boundary Commission for England

|access-date=19 June 2024

|df=dmy

}}

|mp = Natasha Irons

|party = Labour

|towns = Addiscombe, New Addington, Selsdon, Shirley, Woodside

|region = England

|county = Greater London

|previous = Croydon Central and Croydon South

|next =

|year2 = 1950

|abolished2 = 1955

|type = Borough

|elects_howmany2 = One

|previous2 = Croydon North and Croydon South

|next2 = Croydon 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.{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-london/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}} It primarily comprises the abolished Croydon Central constituency – excluding Croydon town centre.

Constituency profile

The seat is mostly suburban, covering Addiscombe, Shirley, Selsdon and the planned settlement of New Addington which is linked by tram to Croydon itself. Incomes and house prices are above average for the UK.Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Croydon+East

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

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!Dates!!Local authority

!Map!!Wards

1950–1955

County Borough of Croydon

|frameless

Addington, Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, and Woodside

2024-present

London Borough of Croydon

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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).{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 3 London region}}

Members of Parliament

colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party	Notes
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1950 \| Herbert Williams \| Conservative \| Died July 1954
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1954 by-election \| John Hughes-Hallett \| Conservative
\|1955 \|colspan="2"\| constituency abolished \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2024 \| Natasha Irons \| Labour

Election results

File:Croy E Election Results.png

=Elections in the 2020s=

{{Election box begin|title = General election 2024: Croydon East{{cite web |title=Candidate information |url=https://www.croydon.gov.uk/council-and-elections/voting-and-elections/general-election-thursday-4-july-2024-0/candidate-information |website=Croydon Council |access-date=9 June 2024}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Natasha Irons

|votes= 18,541

|percentage= 42.4

|change= –5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jason Cummings|votes=11,716|percentage=26.8|change=–14.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Reform UK|candidate=Scott Holman|votes=5,862|percentage=13.4|change=+11.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Peter Underwood|votes=4,097|percentage=9.4|change=+7.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Andrew Pelling|votes=3,563|percentage=8.1|change=+1.5}}

{{Election box majority|votes=6,825|percentage=15.6|change=+8.9}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=43,779|percentage=57.1|change=–10.1}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 76,660

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Labour Party (UK)

|swing=+4.5

}}

=Elections in the 2010s=

colspan="4" \| 2019 notional result{{Cite web\|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 \|title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 \|date= \|access-date=11 July 2024 \|work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News \|publisher=UK Parliament}}
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
{{party color cell\|Labour Party (UK)}} \| Labour	align=right\| 24,340	align=right\| 48.1
{{party color cell\|Conservative Party (UK)}} \| Conservative	align=right\| 20,927	align=right\| 41.3
{{party color cell\|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} \| Liberal Democrats	align=right\| 3,341	align=right\| 6.6
{{party color cell\|Green Party of England and Wales}} \| Green	align=right\| 1,177	align=right\| 2.3
{{party color cell\|Brexit Party}} \| Brexit Party	align=right\| 837	align=right\| 1.7
colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"\|
colspan="2"\|Turnout \|align=right\|50,622 \|align=right\|67.2
colspan="2"\|Electorate \|align=right\|75,346

=Elections in the 1950s=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Herbert Williams

|votes=29,484

|percentage=53.3

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Marion Billson

|votes=20,903

|percentage=37.8

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=George Laing Gray

|votes=4,882

|percentage=8.8

|change=

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=8,581

|percentage=15.5

|change=

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=55,269

|percentage=

|change=

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Herbert Williams

|votes=32,282

|percentage=58.8

|change=+5.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Alexander Bain

|votes=22,615

|percentage=41.2

|change=+3.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=9,667

|percentage=17.6

|change=+2.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=54,897

|percentage=

|change=

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+1.0

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=John Hughes-Hallett

|votes=21,640

|percentage=56.6

|change=-2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=JW Wellwood

|votes=13,546

|percentage=35.4

|change=-5.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=James Walters

|votes=3,060

|percentage=8.0

|change= New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=8,094

|percentage=21.2

|change=+3.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=38,460

|percentage=57.5

|change=

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+1.8

}}

References

Sources

{{cite book | title=The Times House of Commons 1950 | work=The Times | year=1950 }}
{{Rayment-hc|c|6|date=March 2012}}

External links

[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168518.html Croydon East UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Category:Politics of the London Borough of Croydon

Category:History of the London Borough of Croydon

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in London

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1955

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024

colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party	Notes
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1950 \| Herbert Williams \| Conservative \| Died July 1954
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1954 by-election \| John Hughes-Hallett \| Conservative
\|1955 \|colspan="2"\| constituency abolished \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2024 \| Natasha Irons \| Labour

colspan="4" \| 2019 notional result{{Cite web\|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 \|title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 \|date= \|access-date=11 July 2024 \|work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News \|publisher=UK Parliament}}
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
{{party color cell\|Labour Party (UK)}} \| Labour	align=right\| 24,340	align=right\| 48.1
{{party color cell\|Conservative Party (UK)}} \| Conservative	align=right\| 20,927	align=right\| 41.3
{{party color cell\|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} \| Liberal Democrats	align=right\| 3,341	align=right\| 6.6
{{party color cell\|Green Party of England and Wales}} \| Green	align=right\| 1,177	align=right\| 2.3
{{party color cell\|Brexit Party}} \| Brexit Party	align=right\| 837	align=right\| 1.7
colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"\|
colspan="2"\|Turnout \|align=right\|50,622 \|align=right\|67.2
colspan="2"\|Electorate \|align=right\|75,346