Croydon North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Croydon North in Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate85,107 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsThornton Heath, Norbury, Selhurst, South Norwood, Upper Norwood
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentSteve Reed (Labour Co-op)
SeatsOne
Created fromCroydon North East and Croydon North West
1918–1955
SeatsOne
Created fromCroydon
Replaced byCroydon North East and Croydon North West

Croydon North is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 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 constituency will be subject to major boundary changes. Northern parts, including the areas of Norbury, Thornton Heath and Upper Norwood, will form part of the newly created constituency of Streatham and Croydon North. To compensate, the seat is to be extended southwards to include Croydon town centre and Waddon. As a consequence of these changes, the seat will be abolished and succeeded by the re-established seat of Croydon West, to be first contested at the next general election.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

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

Map
Map of present boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Croydon wards of North, South Norwood, and Upper Norwood.

1950–1955: Wards of the above borough: Bensham Manor, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, and West Thornton.

1997–2010: The London Borough of Croydon wards of Bensham Manor, Beulah, Broad Green, Norbury, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, West Thornton, and Whitehorse Manor.

2010–present: As above less Beulah and Whitehorse Manor, plus Selhurst.

Members of Parliament

As Croydon North

MPs 1918–1955

Election Member Party
1918 George Borwick Conservative
1922 Glyn Mason Conservative
1940 by-election Henry Willink Conservative
1948 by-election Fred Harris Conservative
1955 constituency abolished

MPs since 1997

Election Member Party
1997 Malcolm Wicks Labour
2012 by-election Steve Reed Labour Co-op

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Reed[6]
Liberal Democrats Claire Bonham[7]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Croydon North[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Reed 36,495 65.6 -8.6
Conservative Donald Ekekhomen 11,822 21.3 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Claire Bonham 4,476 8.0 +5.2
Green Rachel Chance 1,629 2.9 +1.3
Brexit Party Chidi Ngwaba 839 1.5 New
CPA Candace Mitchell 348 0.6 New
Majority 24,673 44.4 -10.0
Turnout 55,609 62.9 -5.3
Registered electors 88,466
Labour Co-op hold Swing -5.0
General election 2017: Croydon North[10][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Reed 44,213 74.2 +11.6
Conservative Samuel Kasumu 11,848 19.9 -2.8
Liberal Democrats Maltby Pindar 1,656 2.8 -0.8
Green Peter Underwood 983 1.6 -3.1
UKIP Michael Swadling 753 1.3 -4.1
Independent Lee Berks 170 0.3 0.0
Majority 32,365 54.3 +14.4
Turnout 59,623 68.2 +5.9
Registered electors 87,461
Labour Co-op hold Swing +7.2
General election 2015: Croydon North[13][14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Reed 33,513 62.6 +6.6
Conservative Vidhi Mohan 12,149 22.7 -1.4
UKIP Winston McKenzie 2,899 5.4 +3.7
Green Shasha Khan 2,515 4.7 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Joanna Corbin 1,919 3.6 -10.4
TUSC Glen Hart 261 0.5 New
Independent Lee Berks 141 0.3 New
Communist Ben Stevenson 125 0.2 -0.1
Majority 21,364 39.9 -8.0
Turnout 53,522 62.3 +1.7
Registered electors 85,941
Labour Co-op hold Swing +4.0
2012 Croydon North by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Steve Reed 15,892 64.7 +8.7
Conservative Andrew Stranack 4,137 16.8 -7.3
UKIP Winston McKenzie 1,400 5.7 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Marisha Ray 860 3.5 -10.5
Green Shasha Khan 855 3.5 +1.5
Respect Lee Jasper 707 2.9 +2.4
CPA Stephen Hammond 192 0.8 New
National Front Richard Edmonds 161 0.7 New
Communist Ben Stevenson 119 0.5 +0.2
Monster Raving Loony John Cartwright 110 0.4 New
Nine Eleven Was An Inside Job Simon Lane 66 0.3 New
Young People's Robin Smith 63 0.3 New
Majority 11,755 47.9 +16.0
Turnout 24,562 26.5 -34.1
Rejected ballots 112 0.1
Registered electors 93,036
Labour Co-op hold Swing +8.0
General election 2010: Croydon North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 28,947 56.0 +2.4
Conservative Jason Hadden 12,466 24.1 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Gerry Jerome 7,226 14.0 −3.2
Green Shasha Khan 1,017 2.0 −0.9
UKIP Jonathan Serter 891 1.7 0.0
Christian Novlette Williams 586 1.1 New
Respect Mohommad Shaikh 272 0.5 New
Communist Ben Stevenson 160 0.3 New
Independent Mohamed Seyed 111 0.2 New
Majority 16,481 31.9 +0.5
Turnout 51,676 60.6 +8.0
Registered electors 85,216
Labour hold Swing +0.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Croydon North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 23,555 53.7 -9.8
Conservative Tariq Ahmad 9,667 22.0 -1.3
Liberal Democrats Adrian Gee-Turner 7,590 17.2 +6.8
Green Shasha Khan 1,248 2.8 New
UKIP Henry Pearce 770 1.8 +0.4
Croydon Pensions Alliance Peter Gibson 394 0.9 New
Veritas Winston McKenzie 324 0.7 New
Independent Farhan Rasheed 197 0.4 New
The People's Choice! Exclusively For All Michelle Chambers 132 0.3 New
Majority 13,888 31.7 -8.5
Turnout 43,877 52.3 -0.9
Registered electors 83,629
Labour hold Swing -4.3
General election 2001: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 26,610 63.5 +1.3
Conservative Simon Allison 9,752 23.3 -3.9
Liberal Democrats Sandra Lawman 4,375 10.4 +2.7
UKIP Alan Smith 606 1.4 +0.6
Socialist Alliance Don Madgwick 539 1.3 New
Majority 16,858 40.2 +5.2
Turnout 41,882 53.2 -15.0
Registered electors 78,675
Labour hold Swing -2.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 32,672 62.2
Conservative Ian Martin 14,274 27.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Morris 4,066 7.7
Referendum Roger Billis 1,155 2.2
UKIP James R. Feisenberger 396 0.8
Majority 18,398 35.0
Turnout 52,563 68.2
Registered electors 77,063
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1951: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Harris 29,984 55.5 +2.1
Labour Reg Prentice 19,738 36.6 +0.1
Liberal Brian Dudley Collins 4,272 7.9 -2.3
Majority 10,246 18.9 +2.0
Turnout 53,994 83.7 -3.1
Registered electors 64,522
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
General election 1950: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Harris 29,420 53.4 +12.3
Labour Reg Prentice 20,116 36.5 -3.6
Liberal Frederick Owen Halsall Rowlands 5,600 10.2 +0.8
Majority 9,304 16.9 -0.5
Turnout 55,136 86.8 +13.4
Registered electors 63,537
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1948 Croydon North by-election[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Harris 36,200 54.0 +13.9
Labour Harold Nicolson 24,536 36.6 -3.5
Liberal Don Bennett 6,321 9.4 -9.4
Majority 11,664 17.4 +16.4
Turnout 67,057 74.8 +1.4
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing +8.7
General election 1945: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Willink 23,417 41.1 -26.0
Labour Marion Billson 22,810 40.1 +7.2
Liberal John Howard 10,714 18.8 New
Majority 607 1.0 -33.2
Turnout 56,941 73.4 +8.8
Registered electors 77,594
Conservative hold Swing -16.6
1940 Croydon North by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Willink 14,163 90.7 +23.6
Independent Arthur Lascelles Lucas 1,445 9.3 New
Majority 12,718 81.4 +47.2
Turnout 15,608 18.3 -46.3
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glyn Mason 36,383 67.1 -13.8
Labour Frank Mitchell 17,872 32.9 +13.8
Majority 18,511 34.2 -27.6
Turnout 54,255 64.6 -4.8
Registered electors 83,986
Conservative hold Swing -13.8
General election 1931: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glyn Mason 45,595 80.9 +30.5
Labour H.W. Ray 10,795 19.1 -7.4
Majority 34,800 61.8 +37.9
Turnout 56,490 69.4 -0.4
Registered electors 81,305
Conservative hold Swing +19.0

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Glyn Mason 26,336 50.4 -19.9
Labour Gilbert Foan 13,852 26.5 -3.2
Liberal Cyril Walter Nunneley 12,053 23.1 New
Majority 12,484 23.9 -16.7
Turnout 52,241 69.8 -3.0
Registered electors 74,835
Unionist hold Swing -8.4
General election 1924: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Glyn Mason 25,972 70.3 +7.3
Labour Gilbert Foan 10,954 29.7 -7.3
Majority 15,018 40.6 +14.6
Turnout 36,926 72.8 +17.1
Registered electors 50,697
Unionist hold Swing +7.3
General election 1923: Croydon North[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Glyn Mason 17,085 63.0 N/A
Labour Gilbert Foan 10,054 37.0 New
Majority 7,031 26.0 N/A
Turnout 27,139 55.7 N/A
Registered electors 48,760
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1922: Croydon North[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Glyn Mason Unopposed
Registered electors 47,675
Unionist hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Croydon North[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist George Borwick 16,520 70.0
Liberal James Trumble 7,094 30.0
Majority 9,426 40.0
Turnout 23,614 54.1
Registered electors 43,669
Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years

References

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  4. ^ Get a Map Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Ordnance survey
  5. ^ Planning Applications Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine Croydon Council
  6. ^ "Ribeiro-Addy is shunted aside for Reed's political ambitions". Inside Croydon. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Liberal Democrats Announce Croydon Councillor Claire Bonham as their Parliamentary Candidate for Streatham & Croydon North". Lambeth Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ^ https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll%20Croydon%20North.pdf [dead link]
  9. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Croydon North parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ Election 2015 - Croydon North Archived 2017-12-13 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 8 May 2015
  16. ^ Croydon North by-election: Labour's Steve Reed secures win Archived 2018-10-07 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 30 November 2012
  17. ^ Parliamentary election results 2010, Croydon North Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Croydon Council
  18. ^ UK general election 2005 - Results for Croydon North Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission
  19. ^ "1948 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  20. ^ a b c British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Sources

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