Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.[1] 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.[2]

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

Dates Local authority Map Wards
1950–1955 County Borough of Croydon File:Croydon East 1950 Constituency.svg Addington, Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, and Woodside
2024-present London Borough of Croydon File:Croydon East 2023 Constituency.svg 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).[3]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party Notes
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1950 Herbert Williams Conservative Died July 1954
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1954 by-election John Hughes-Hallett Conservative
1955 constituency abolished
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2024 Natasha Irons Labour

Election results

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Election results 2019-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Croydon East[4]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Jason Cummings 11,716 26.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Scott Holman 5,862 13.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Underwood 4,097 9.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Andrew Pelling 3,563 8.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,825 15.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 43,779 57.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 76,660 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[5]
Party Vote %
Labour 24,340 48.1
Conservative 20,927 41.3
Liberal Democrats 3,341 6.6
Green 1,177 2.3
Brexit Party 837 1.7
Turnout 50,622 67.2
Electorate 75,346

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Croydon East
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Herbert Williams Template:Replace 53.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marion Billson 20,903 37.8
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Laing Gray 4,882 8.8
Majority 8,581 15.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 55,269 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1951: Croydon East
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Herbert Williams Template:Replace 58.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Bain 22,615 41.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,667 17.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 54,897 Script error: No such module "String".
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1954 Croydon East by-election
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John Hughes-Hallett Template:Replace 56.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". JW Wellwood 13,546 35.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Walters 3,060 8.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,094 21.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 38,460 57.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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References

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  2. ↑ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Croydon+East
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Sources

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External links

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