Addiscombe East (ward)

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Addiscombe East
ward
for Croydon Council
Croydon Addiscombe East Ward.svg
Boundary of Addiscombe East in Croydon from 2018.
County Greater London
Current ward
Created2018 (2018)
CouncillorMaddie Henson (Labour)
CouncillorJeet Bains (Conservative)
Number of councillorsTwo
Created from Ashburton
UK Parliament constituency Croydon Central

Addiscombe East is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, in London in the United Kingdom. The ward replaced the former Ashburton Ward, which covered the Ashburton area, as well as covering the main retail area of Addiscombe, the Stroud Green, Tollgate and Longheath Garden estates, and large parts of northern Shirley. The population of the former ward at the 2011 Census was 14,721. [1]

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The ward currently forms part of the Croydon Central constituency, which is one of the most marginal in the country. In 2015, only 165 votes separated the Conservatives and Labour.

The ward returns two councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2018 London local elections Maddie Henson and Jeet Bains were elected. They were both re-elected at the 2022 London local elections.

List of Councillors

ElectionCouncillorPartyCouncillorParty
2018 Ward created
Maddie Henson Labour Jeet Bains Conservative

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election.

YearMayoral candidatePartyWinner?
2022 Val Shawcross Labour Red x.svg

Ward Results

Croydon Council Election 2022: Addiscombe East (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeet Bains* 1,545 22.0
Labour Maddie Henson* 1,377 19.6
Conservative Kyle Knight1,34719.2
Labour Tom Bowell1,18416.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bennett4346.2
Green Bernice Golberg4256.1
Liberal Democrats Rachel Howard4005.7
Green Nicholas Burman-Vince3084.4
Turnout 3,81743.04
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing


Croydon Council Election 2018: Addiscombe East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maddie Henson 1,903 23.1
Conservative Jeet Bains 1,754 21.3
Labour Caragh Louise Skipper174621.2
Conservative Joseph Lee170920.8
Green Tim Eveleigh2733.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bennett2072.5%
Green Bernice Clare Goldberg1972.4
Liberal Democrats Valerie Barbara Astles1972.4
Majority80.10
Turnout 411146.77
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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References

  1. "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. "Addiscombe East 2022 election results | Croydon Council". www.croydon.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

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