Bensham Manor (ward)
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox London ward Bensham Manor is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Thornton Heath area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward extends from Thornton Heath railway station westwards and is largely residential with a retail or industrial core. The population of the Ward at the 2011 Census was 16,201.[1]
The ward currently forms part of Steve Reed MP's Croydon North constituency.
The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election, Raj Rajendran, Paula Shaw, and Greta Sohoye were elected to the council. All of them were running as Labour Party candidates. Councillor Shaw resigned in 2007 triggering a by-election on 18 February 2007 which was won by Labour's Alison Butler.
List of Councillors
| Election | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Ward created | |||||||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | F.C. Emmerson | Residents | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | H.A. Steward | Residents | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Ronald J. Bowker | Residents | ||||
| 1971 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | G.P. Belcher | Labour | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Mrs S.E. Lord | Labour | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | A. Devesar | Labour | |||
| 1972 By-election | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Mrs W.M. Holt | Labour | |||||||||
| 1974 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Ronald J. Bowker | Conservative | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Arthur Bourne | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | J.V. Simpson | Conservative | |||
| 1977 By-election | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Christopher B. Wesson | Conservative | |||||||||
| 1980 By-election | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Ian Smedley | Labour | |||||||||
| 1982 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Joan M. Goodman | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Julia A. Wood | Conservative | ||||||
| 1986 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Graham A. Dean | Labour | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Paul R. Mee | Labour | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Hillary A. Key | Labour | |||
| 1988 By-election | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Helen S. Salmon | Labour | |||||||||
| 1990 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Alison J. Roberts | Labour | |||||||||
| 1996 By-election | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Paula M. Shaw | Labour | |||||||||
| 1998 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Alexander Burridge | Labour | |||||||||
| 2002 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Greta Sohoye | Labour | |||||||||
| 2004 By-election | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Nanoo Rajendran | Labour | |||||||||
| 2007 By-election | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Alison Butler | Labour | |||||||||
| 2009[2] | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Conservative | ||||||||||
| 2010 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Donna Gray | Labour | |||||||||
| 2014 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Jamie Audsley | Labour | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Humayun Kabir | Labour | ||||||
| 2022 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Enid Mollyneaux | Labour | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Eunice O'Dame | Labour | ||||||
Mayoral election results
Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election.
| Year | Mayoral candidate | Party | Winner? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2022 | Val Shawcross | Labour | Red X |
Ward Result
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Raj Rajendran | 1,846 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Paula Shaw | 1,805 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Greta Sohoye | 1,670 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Roger Taylor | 1,117 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Tooze | 861 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Alan Winborn | 774 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Susan Parsons | 531 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James Feisenberger | 305 | |||
| Turnout | 3,407 | 32.9% | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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References
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External links
- Croydon Council Bensham Manor Ward Profile Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Metropolitan Police Crime Mapping
- Safer Neighbourhoods Team Priorities
- Council Elections 2006 results - Bensham Manor
- Labour Councillors for Croydon.
- London Borough of Croydon map of wards.
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