Croydon West 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.
| Croydon West | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Croydon West in Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 70,812 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | None |
| Seats | One |
| 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 |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election. It primarily comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Croydon North, with the addition of Croydon town centre and the community of Waddon.[2]
Politics and history
editCroydon 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
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| Dates | Local authority | Maps | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–1955 | County Borough of Croydon |  | Broad Green, Central, South, Waddon, and Whitehorse Manor. |
| 2024-present | London Borough of Croydon | | Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Selhurst, South Norwood, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside (polling district WDS1)[3] |
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Richard Thompson | Conservative | |
| 1955 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
editElections in the 2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUSC | April Ashley | ||||
| Conservative | Simon Fox | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jahir Hussain | ||||
| Labour | Sarah Jones | ||||
| Reform UK | Vinayak Malhotra | ||||
| Taking the Initiative | Donna Murray-Turner | ||||
| Green | Ria Patel | ||||
| Workers Party | Ahsan Ullah | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1950s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Thompson | 23,484 | 52.2 | +4.9 | |
| Labour | Gerald Gardiner | 21,534 | 47.8 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 1,950 | 4.3 | +2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 45,018 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Thompson | 21,411 | 47.3 | ||
| Labour | David Rees-Williams | 20,424 | 45.1 | ||
| Liberal | Arthur Russell Mayne | 3,101 | 6.8 | ||
| Communist | Bob Jarvie[5] | 336 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 987 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 45,272 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Sources
edit- The Times House of Commons 1950. Times Media. 1950.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6) [Archived]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Candidate information". Croydon Council. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ Stevenson, Graham. "Jarvie Bob". Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
External links
edit- Croydon West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK