Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Infobox UK constituency main Croydon North was a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2012 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Steve Reed of Labour Co-op.^{[n 2]} The seat was created in 1918 and split in two in 1955 (taking in neighbouring areas) and re-devised in a wholly different form in 1997.

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the constituency was incorporated into the re-established seat of Croydon West, with northern parts, including the areas of Norbury, Thornton Heath and Upper Norwood, forming part of the newly created constituency of Streatham and Croydon North.^[1]

History

The seat was created from the former Croydon North West and part of the former North East constituencies. In its previous form it existed from 1918 until 1955.

On re-creation at the 1997 general election the MP for the seat became Malcolm Wicks of the Labour Party with the fourth largest Labour majority in Greater London. Wicks was victorious at the next two general elections and died on 29 September 2012, prompting a by-election which was won by Steve Reed of the same party. The 2015 result made the seat the 31st safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.^[2]

Constituency profile

Croydon North is the most densely populated of Croydon's three seats, regarded as a safe Labour seat with all wards controlled by them at local level, consisting for the most part of rows of modest terraced houses, interspersed with tower blocks, much of it social and ex-social housing and with recreational areas.^[3]

Passing through the constituency are London Overground and Southern services to London Victoria and Croydon — the seat is well connected by several stations to rail services. There has been some regeneration since 2000 with new-build developments for affluent commuters.^[4]

The seat includes Crystal Palace FC's ground at Selhurst Park and the northeastern end of the seat is near the site of the former Crystal Palace itself.

Boundaries

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Dates	Local authority	Maps	Wards
1918-1950	County Borough of Croydon	File:Croydon North 1945 Constituency.svg	North, South Norwood and Upper Norwood.
1950–1955	County Borough of Croydon	File:Croydon North 1950 Constituency.svg	Bensham Manor, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood and West Thornton.
1997–2010	London Borough of Croydon	File:Croydon North 1997 Constituency.svg	Bensham Manor, Beulah, Broad Green, Norbury, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, West Thornton and Whitehorse Manor.
2010–2024	London Borough of Croydon	File:CroydonNorth2007Constituency.svg	Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Norbury, Selhurst, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood and West Thornton.

Members of Parliament

As Croydon North

MPs 1918–1955

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1918	George Borwick	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1922	Glyn Mason	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1940 by-election	Henry Willink	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1948 by-election	Fred Harris	Conservative
1955		constituency abolished

MPs since 1997

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1997	Malcolm Wicks	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	2012 by-election	Steve Reed	Labour Co-op