Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Croydon North in Greater London.
County Greater London
Electorate 85,107 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament Malcolm Wicks (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Croydon North East and Croydon North West
1918 (1918)–1955 (1955)
Number of members One
Replaced by Croydon North East and Croydon North West
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency London

Croydon North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current Member of Parliament is Malcolm Wicks of the Labour Party, who has one of the largest Labour majorities in London, despite being the first ever Labour MP for the area.

The seat was created for the 1997 general election from the former Croydon North West and part of the former Croydon North East constituencies. There had previously been a Croydon North constituency from 1918 until 1955.

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Constituency profile

Croydon North is by far the most urban of Croydon's three seats, consisting for the most part of row upon row of modest terraced houses, liberally littered with tower blocks, much of it social and ex-social housing.

There is a London Overground service to Croydon, and the seat is well connected to central London by suburban rail services. There has been some regeneration since 2000 with new-build developments for middle-class commuters.

The seat includes Crystal Palace FC's ground at Selhurst Park and the North Eastern tip of the seat is near the site of the former Crystal Palace itself.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the north west of the London Borough of Croydon and includes Thornton Heath, Norbury, Selhurst and parts of South and Upper Norwood. It is made up of eight electoral wards from the borough:

Croydon's three constituencies are contiguous with the boundaries of the London Borough of Croydon. Croydon North borders the seats of Carshalton and Wallington, Mitcham and Morden, Streatham, Dulwich and West Norwood, Beckenham, Croydon Central, and Croydon South.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England made minor changes to the constituency. Parts of Broad Green ward and South Norwood ward were transferred to Croydon North from Croydon Central constituency.

If the boundary changes had been in existence at the 2005 general election, it would have had the largest electorate in England, after the Isle of Wight, at 86,178. In the boundary changes, it received over 2,500 electors from Croydon Central.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 George Oldroyd Borwick Conservative
1922 Glyn Mason Conservative
1940 by-election Henry Willink Conservative
1948 by-election Fred Harris Conservative
1955 Constituency abolished: see Croydon North East and Croydon North West
1997 Constituency re-created
1997 Malcolm Wicks Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Croydon North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 28,947 56.0 +2.4
Conservative Jason Hadden 12,466 24.1 +1.9
Liberal Democrat 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 N/A
Respect Mohommad Shaikh 272 0.5 N/A
Communist Ben Stevenson 160 0.3 N/A
Independent Mohamed Seyed 111 0.2 N/A
Majority 16,481 31.9 +0.5
Turnout 51,676 60.6 +8.0
Labour hold Swing +0.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Croydon North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 23,555 53.7 −9.8
Conservative Tariq Ahmad 9,667 22.0 −1.3
Liberal Democrat Adrian Gee-Turner 7,590 17.2 +6.8
Green Shasha Khan 1,248 2.8 N/A
UKIP Henry Pearce 770 1.8 +0.4
Croydon Pensions Alliance Peter Gibson 394 0.9 N/A
Veritas Winston McKenzie 324 0.7 N/A
Independent Farhan Rasheed 197 0.4 N/A
The People's Choice Michelle Chambers 132 0.3 N/A
Majority 13,888 31.7
Turnout 43,877 52.3 −0.9
Labour hold Swing −4.3
General Election 2001: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 26,610 63.5 +1.4
Conservative Simon Allison 9,752 23.3 -3.9
Liberal Democrat Sandra Lawman 4,375 10.4 +2.7
UKIP Alan Smith 606 1.4 +0.7
Socialist Alliance Don Madgwick 539 1.3 N/A
Majority 16,858 40.2
Turnout 41,882 53.2 -15.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Wicks 32,672 62.2 N/A
Conservative Ian Martin 14,274 27.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat Martin Morris 4,066 7.7 N/A
Referendum Party R. Billis 1,155 2.2 N/A
UKIP James Feisenberger 396 0.8 N/A
Majority 18,398 N/A
Turnout 68.2 N/A
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1951: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Harris 29,984 55.5 +2.1
Labour Reginald Prentice 19,738 36.6 +0.1
Liberal Brian Collins 4,272 7.9 -2.3
Majority 10,246 19.0
Turnout 53,994
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
General Election 1950: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Harris 29,420 53.4
Labour Reginald Prentice 20,116 36.5
Liberal F. O. H. Rowlands 5,600 10.2
Majority 9,304 16.9
Turnout 55,136
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1948 By-election: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Harris 36,200 54.0 +13.9
Labour Hon. Harold Nicolson 24,536 36.6 -3.5
Liberal Donald Bennett 6,321 9.4 -9.4
Majority 11,664 17.4 +16.3
Turnout 67,057
Conservative hold Swing +8.7
General Election 1945: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Willink 23,417 41.1 -26.0
Labour Marian Billson 22,810 40.1 +7.2
Liberal John Howard 10,714 18.8 +18.8
Majority 607 1.1 -33.0
Turnout 56,941
Conservative hold Swing -16.6
v. 1935
1940 By-election: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Henry Willink 14,163 90.7 N/A
Independent A. L. Lucas 1,445 9.3 N/A
Majority 12,718 81.4 N/A
Turnout 15,608
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glyn Mason 36,383 67.1 -13.8
Labour F. Mitchell 17,872 32.9 +13.8
Majority 18,511 34.1 -27.6
Turnout 54,255
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 61.7 +37.8
Turnout 56,490
Conservative hold Swing +19.0

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glyn Mason 26,336 50.4 -19.9
Labour Gilbert Foan 13,852 26.5 -3.2
Liberal C. W. Nunneley 12,053 23.1 +23.1
Majority 12,484 23.9
Turnout 52,241
Conservative hold Swing -8.3
General Election 1924: Croydon North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glyn Mason 25,972 70.3
Labour Gilbert Foan 10,954 29.7
Majority 15,018 40.7
Turnout 36,926
Conservative hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Parliamentary election results 2010, Croydon North Croydon Council
  3. ^ UK general election 2005 - Results for Croydon North Electoral Commission

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