Addiscombe (ward)

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Addiscombe
Former ward
for Croydon Council
Croydon Addiscombe ward.PNG
Boundary of Addiscombe in Croydon Central (orange) within the London Borough of Croydon (yellow) from 2002 to 2018.
County Greater London
1965 (1965)–2018 (2018)
Number of councillorsThree
Replaced by Addiscombe West
UK Parliament constituency Croydon Central

Addiscombe was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering much of the Addiscombe and East Croydon areas of London in the United Kingdom. It extended from East Croydon railway station towards Woodside Green but did not actually cover the retail centre of Addiscombe, which was in the neighbouring Ashburton ward.

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The ward currently formed part of the Croydon Central constituency, which was the most marginal in London at the 2015 General Election, as 165 votes separated the Conservatives and Labour. At the 2017 General Election, Gavin Barwell was ousted as the local MP. Despite achieving the highest numerical vote share for the Conservatives since 1992, he was replaced by Labour's Sarah Jones. Shortly after losing his seat, Barwell was appointed Downing Street Chief of Staff by Theresa May, following the resignations of Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy on 10 June.

The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,883. [1] The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. In the 2006 London local elections and the 2014 London local elections, the Green Party candidates got more votes than the Liberal Democrat. At the 2014 council elections, Labour retained all three seats. (The lowest Labour vote was 1,962 and the highest Conservative vote was 1,723. [2] )

For the 2018 London local elections, the ward was abolished, with the majority becoming Addiscombe West (which also includes part of the old Fairfield ward) and part contributing to Addiscombe East (which also includes part of the old Ashburton ward).

List of Councillors

ElectionCouncillorPartyCouncillorPartyCouncillorParty
1964 Ward created
1964 R. Taverner Labour J Grieve Smith Labour L. W. Wood Labour
1968 A. W. Elliot Conservative A. R. Hills Conservative Mrs D. C. H. Hobbs Conservative
1971 L. E. Deane Labour Mrs M. E. Curson Labour Miss A. K. Usher Labour
1973 by-electionMrs M. M. Walker Labour
2018 Ward abolished

Ward result

1964 - 1974

1964

Croydon Council Election 1964: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Taverner 2,300
Labour J. Grieve Smith 2,269
Labour L. W. Wood 2,247
Conservative D. Nye1,789
Conservative A. W. Elliott1,733
Conservative A. F. Gloak1,724
Liberal R. Tapsell662
Liberal K. Evans613
Liberal K. Simmons560
Turnout 4,79942.8
Registered electors 11,211
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

1968

Croydon Council Election 1968: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A.W. Elliot 2,380
Conservative A.R. Hills 2,261
Conservative Mrs D.C.H Hobbs 2,241
Labour A.D Goddard1005
Labour S. Boden993
Labour L.W Wood938
Liberal P. Miles710
Liberal Miss P.H. Tapsell684
Liberal V. Martin653
Turnout 38.4Decrease2.svg 4.4%
Registered electors 10,863
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1971

Croydon Council Election 1971: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L.E. Deane 2,665
Labour Mrs M. E. Curson 2,615
Labour Miss A. K. Usher 2,604
Conservative W. A. Elliot2,130
Conservative Mrs D. C. H. Hobbs2,025
Conservative J. C. Mann2,011
Turnout 42.6Increase2.svg 4.2%
Registered electors 11,421
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

1973 by-election

Addiscombe by-election, 2 August 1973
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs M. M. Walker 2,161
Conservative J. A. Arnold1,321
Liberal B. F. Steggles790
Turnout 38.2%

1974

Croydon Council Election 1974: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs M. M. Walker 2,177
Labour Mrs M. E. Curson 2,157
Labour L. E. Deane 2,150
Conservative D. F. Todd2,142
Conservative J. A. Arnold2,133
Conservative J. C. Mann2,034
Liberal A. S. Morriss508
Liberal B. Foster493
Liberal C. C. Anderson485
Majority8
Turnout 46.0Increase2.svg 3.4%
Registered electors 10,967
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

1978 - 1998

1978

Croydon Council Election 1978: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Muriel C. Elliott 2,461
Conservative Dennis F. Todd 2,426
Conservative Megan Holt-Thomas 2,393
Labour James L. Walker, J.P.2,041
Labour Robert J. Irwin2,038
Labour Michael Cohen2,021
Liberal Martin D. Patrick271
Liberal Peter D. Rees270
Liberal Brenda A. Piesing246
Majority352
Turnout 48.5Increase2.svg 2.5%
Registered electors 10,744
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1982

Croydon Council Election 1982: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter G. Holt-Thomas 2,312
Conservative Megan Holt-Thomas 2,291
Conservative Ronald W. Richens 2,211
Labour Co-op Nancy T. Irwin1,480
Labour Co-op Rona A. Thomson1,447
Labour Co-op Patricia F.L. Knight1,418
Alliance Angela C. Thomson992
Alliance Paul D. Wiggin943
Alliance Patricia A. Charman875
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

1986

Croydon Council Election 1986: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick 1,680
Labour Co-op Martin D. Walker 1,630
Labour Co-op Nancy T. Irwin 1,627
Conservative Megan Holt-Thomas1,608
Conservative Peter G. Holt-Thomas1,581
Conservative Christopher A. Fink1,517
Liberal Paul D. Wiggin1,277
Liberal Leslie A. Rowe1,242
Liberal Susan E. Wiggin1,215
Majority19
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing

1990

Croydon Council Election 1990: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick 2,241
Labour Co-op Nancy T. Irwin 2,219
Conservative Richard J. Billington 2,088
Labour Co-op Martin D. Walker2,073
Conservative Desmond J. Wright2,009
Conservative Robert T.L. Vaudry1,941
Green Patricia A. Matthews478
Green Christopher J. Reeves424
Liberal Democrats Patricia F. West414
Majority
Turnout 4,96749.3
Registered electors
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op Swing

1994

Croydon Council Election 1994: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick 2,349
Labour Co-op Sean E. Fitzsimons 2,136
Labour Co-op Bernadette Khan 1,946
Conservative Martin W. Brown1,784
Conservative Hella P. H. El-Droubie1,572
Conservative Mohammad I. Khokhar1,382
Liberal Democrats Kay L. Schilich614
Liberal Democrats Patricia F. West609
Green Russell N. Heath543
Independent James P. Smyth237
Majority162
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing

2002 - 2014

Croydon Council Election 2006: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Price1,948
Conservative Maria Garcia de la Huerta1,842
Conservative Russell Jackson1,793
Labour Sean Fitzsimons1,672
Labour Amanda Campbell1,653
Labour Mark Watson1,607
Green Mario Barnsley850
Liberal Democrats Paul Rogers760
Turnout 4,43740.0%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Croydon Council Election 2010: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Fitzsimons2,83938.4
Labour Mark Watson2,68336.3
Labour Patricia Hay-Justice2,49733.8
Conservative Maria Garcia de la Huerta2,44533.1
Conservative Andrew Price2,17129.4
Conservative Robert King2,07628.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Adams1,56921.2
Liberal Democrats Gavin Howard-Jones1,40019.0
Liberal Democrats Ejnar Sorensen1,19516.2
Green Tracey Hague4325.9
Green David Petro3534.8
Green Martyn Post3524.8
UKIP Peter Staveley2964.0
Turnout 7,38662.9%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Croydon Council Election 2014: Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Fitzsimons2,165
Labour Patricia Hay-Justice2,027
Labour Mark Watson1,962
Conservative David Harmes1,723
Conservative Lisa Terry1,653
Conservative Partha Chatterjee1,630
UKIP Peter Staveley659
Green Paul Anderson458
Green Esther Sutton439
Green Joseph Hague362
Liberal Democrats Christopher Adams266
Liberal Democrats William Tucker186
Liberal Democrats Gavin Howard-Jones169
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 4,99542.5%

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References

  1. "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. Elvery, Nathan (22 May 2014). Declaration of Result of Polls- Election of Borough Councillors for Addiscombe (PDF) (Technical report).[ sic ]

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