Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency)

Croydon and Sutton
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Croydon and Sutton shown within London
Created	2000 (2000)
Number of members	One
Member	Steve O'Connell
Party	Conservative
Last election	2012
Next election	2016

Croydon and Sutton is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Croydon and the London Borough of Sutton.

Overlapping constituencies

The south of Croydon is traditionally a more Conservative area, while the north of Croydon has traditionally Labour-voting areas. Sutton is competitive between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. The equivalent Westminster seats are:

Carshalton and Wallington (Liberal Democrat)
Croydon Central (Conservative)
Croydon North (Labour)
Croydon South (Conservative)
Sutton and Cheam (Conservative)

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	2000	Andrew Pelling	Conservative
	2008	Steve O'Connell	Conservative

Election results

London Assembly election, 2012: Croydon and Sutton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell	60,152	39.1	-4.2
	Labour	Louisa Woodley	50,734	32.9	+13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Abigail Lock	21,889	14.2	-4.1
	UKIP	Winston McKenzie	10,757	6.9	+1.5
	Green	Gordon Ross	10,287	6.6	+1.5
Majority			9,418	6.1	-18.0
Total formal votes			153,819	98.6
Informal votes			2,165	1.4
Turnout			155,984	35.7	-13.3

London Assembly election, 2008: Croydon and Sutton ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell	76,477	43.3	+4.7
	Labour	Shafi Khan	33,812	19.2	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Abigail Lock	32,335	18.3	–2.8
	UKIP	David Pickles	9,440	5.4	–1.8
	Green	Shasha Khan	8,969	5.1	+0.5
	Christian (Christian Peoples)	David Campanale	6,910	3.9	+0.8
	English Democrats	Richard Castle	4,186	2.4	N/A
	Left List	Zana Hussain	1,361	0.8	N/A
Majority			42,665	24.1	+6.6
Turnout			176,474	49.0	+13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Assembly election, 2004: Croydon and Sutton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Pelling	52,330	38.6	–2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Gauge	28,636	21.1	–4.5
	Labour	Sean Fitzsimons	25,861	19.1	–5.7
	UKIP	James Feisenberger	15,203	11.2	N/A
	Green	Shasha Khan	6,175	4.6	–2.9
	Christian Peoples	David Campanale	4,234	3.1	N/A
	Respect	Waqas Hussain	3,108	2.3	N/A
Majority			23,694	17.5	+2.6
Turnout			135,547	36.0	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

London Assembly election, 2000: Croydon and Sutton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Pelling	48,421	40.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Gallop	30,614	25.7	N/A
	Labour	Maggie Mansell	29,514	24.8	N/A
	Green	Peter Hickson	8,884	7.4	N/A
	London Socialist	Mark Steel	1,823	1.5	N/A
Majority			17,807	14.9	N/A
Turnout			119,256	32.7	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

London Assembly

Territorial constituencies

Elections

Voting system

Additional Member System

Political Parties with seats

Current	Conservative Party Green Party Labour Party Liberal Democrats

Former	British National Party UK Independence Party

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