Bensham Manor (ward)

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Bensham Manor
ward
for Croydon Council
Croydon Bensham Manor Ward.svg
Boundary of Bensham Manor in from 2018.
County Greater London
Current ward
Created1965 (1965)
CouncillorHumayun Kabir (Labour)
CouncillorEnid Mollyneaux (Labour)
CouncillorEunice O'Dame (Labour)
Number of councillorsThree
UK Parliament constituency Croydon West

Bensham Manor is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Thornton Heath area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward extends from Thornton Heath railway station westwards and is largely residential with a retail or industrial core. The population of the Ward at the 2011 Census was 16,201. [1]

Contents

The ward currently forms part of Steve Reed MP's Croydon North constituency.

The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election, Raj Rajendran, Paula Shaw, and Greta Sohoye were elected to the council. All of them were running as Labour Party candidates. Councillor Shaw resigned in 2007 triggering a by-election on 18 February 2007 which was won by Labour's Alison Butler.

The former Bensham Manor ward (red) shown within Croydon North constituency (orange) and the London Borough of Croydon (yellow) Croydon Bensham Manor ward.PNG
The former Bensham Manor ward (red) shown within Croydon North constituency (orange) and the London Borough of Croydon (yellow)

List of Councillors

ElectionCouncillorPartyCouncillorPartyCouncillorParty
1964 Ward created
F.C. Emmerson Residents H.A. Steward Residents Ronald J. Bowker Residents
1971 G.P. Belcher Labour Mrs S.E. Lord Labour A. Devesar Labour
1972 By-electionMrs W.M. Holt Labour
1974 Ronald J. Bowker Conservative Arthur Bourne Conservative J.V. Simpson Conservative
1977 By-electionChristopher B. Wesson Conservative
1980 By-electionIan Smedley Labour
1982 Joan M. Goodman Conservative Julia A. Wood Conservative
1986 Graham A. Dean Labour Paul R. Mee Labour Hillary A. Key Labour
1988 By-electionHelen S. Salmon Labour
1990 Alison J. Roberts Labour
1996 By-electionPaula M. Shaw Labour
1998 Alexander Burridge Labour
2002 Greta Sohoye Labour
2004 By-electionNanoo Rajendran Labour
2007 By-electionAlison Butler Labour
2009 [2] Conservative
2010 Donna Gray Labour
2014 Jamie Audsley Labour Humayun Kabir Labour
2022 Enid Mollyneaux Labour Eunice O'Dame Labour

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 Result

Croydon Council Election 2022: Bensham Manor (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Humayan Kabir* 1,616 18.9
Labour Enid Mollyneaux 1,577 18.4
Labour Eunice O'Dame 1,530 17.9
Conservative Joyce Bright5997.0
Independent Graham Mitchell5486.4
Conservative John Newberry5196.1
Conservative Dev Parashar4585.3
Green Vinod Birdi4244.9
Green Clifford Fleming3724.3
Green Alex Raskovic3313.9
Taking the Initiative Renata Allman2573.0
Taking the Initiative Carl Collins1682.0
Taking the Initiative Jayson Miller1671.9
Turnout 3,24728.17
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Croydon Council Election 2018: Bensham Manor (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Jane Butler 2,665 25.05
Labour Jamie Audsley 2,652 24.93
Labour Humayun Kabir 2,546 23.93
Conservative Alan James Bowden7266.82
Conservative Kumari Anupama5685.34
Conservative Jebun Quadir4724.44
Green Varyl Robert Thorndycraft3673.45
Green Pravina Ellis3323.12
Green Raj Mehta3112.92
Majority 1,82017.11
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Bensham Manor (3) - 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raj Rajendran1,846
Labour Paula Shaw1,805
Labour Greta Sohoye1,670
Conservative Roger Taylor1,117
Conservative John Tooze861
Conservative Alan Winborn774
Green Susan Parsons531
UKIP James Feisenberger305
Turnout 3,40732.9%

References

  1. ↑ "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Croydon Labour councillor makes shock switch to Tories". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bensham Manor 2022 election results | Croydon Council". www.croydon.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

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