Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)
Croydon East was a borough 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.
Politics and history
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 East Surrey 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.
Boundaries
Croydon East covered the communities of South Norwood, Addiscombe, Woodside, Shirley and Addington.
Members of Parliament 1950 - 1955
Election results
References