Croydon West (UK Parliament constituency)
Croydon West was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1955. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) 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 |
| Major settlements | Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | Next United Kingdom general election |
| 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 will be re-established for the next general election. It will comprise primarily of the majority of the existing (to be abolished) constituency of Croydon North, with the addition of Croydon town centre and the community of Waddon.[1]
Politics and history edit
Croydon 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 edit
| Dates | Local authority | Wards |
|---|---|---|
| 1950–1955 | County Borough of Croydon | Broad Green, Central, South, Waddon, and Whitehorse Manor. |
| Next United Kingdom general election | London Borough of Croydon | Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Selhurst, South Norwood, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside (polling district WDS1)[2] |
Members of Parliament edit
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Richard Thompson | Conservative | |
| 1955 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results edit
Elections in the 2020s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Fox[3] | ||||
| Labour | Sarah Jones | ||||
| Green | Marley King[4] | ||||
| 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.
- [Archived]
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Simon Fox selected for Croydon West". Croydon Conservatives. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Croydon Green Party [@CroydonGreens] (30 October 2023). "We are delighted to announce that Marley King has been selected as our General Election candidate for the new seat of Croydon West Marley lives in the constituency and is standing to empower people who have suffered under the other parties" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Stevenson, Graham. . Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.