Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Croydon East Borough constituency
Created:	1950
Abolished:	1955
Type:	House of Commons

Croydon East was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Politics and history of the constituency 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 1950 - 1955 4 Election results 5 References

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency

Croydon East was a short-lived seat created for the 1950 general election, in an effort to create three seats in the County Borough of Croydon from the previous two, also taking in areas from the Surrey East constituency to the south. The new Croydon East took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon South constituencies as well as Surrey East. It bordered Croydon West, Croydon North and Surrey East, as well as, when originally created, the constituency of Beckenham.

All three Croydon constituencies were abolished just five years later at the 1955 general election, re-creating Croydon South and creating the new Croydon North East and Croydon North West seats.

For all of its short history, Croydon East had Conservative Members of Parliament. It actually 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.

[edit] Boundaries

Croydon East covered the communities of South Norwood, Addiscombe, Woodside, Shirley and Addington.

[edit] Members of Parliament 1950 - 1955

• Constituency created 1950
• 1950 — 1954: Sir Herbert Williams, Conservative
• 1954 — 1955: John Hughes-Hallett, Conservative
• Constituency abolished 1955

[edit] Election results

General Election 1950: Croydon East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Herbert Williams	29,484	53.3	N/A
	Labour	Marian Billson	20,903	37.8	N/A
	Liberal	G.L Gray	4,882	8.8	N/A
Majority			8,581	15.5	N/A
Turnout			55,269		N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1951: Croydon East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Herbert Williams	32,282	58.8	+5.5
	Labour	Alexander Bain	22,615	41.2	+3.4
Majority			9,667	17.6
Turnout			54,897
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

By-election 1954: Croydon East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hughes-Hallett	21,640	56.6
	Labour	B Parkin	13,546	35.4
	Liberal	W E Waters	3,060	8.0
Majority			8,094	21.2
Turnout			38,460	67.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] References

• (1950) The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times.