Bensham Manor | |
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ward for Croydon Council | |
![]() Boundary of Bensham Manor in from 2018. | |
County | Greater London |
Current ward | |
Created | 1965 |
Councillor | Humayun Kabir (Labour) |
Councillor | Enid Mollyneaux (Labour) |
Councillor | Eunice O'Dame (Labour) |
Number of councillors | Three |
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]
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.
Election | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | ||||||
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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-election | Mrs W.M. Holt | Labour | ||||||||||
1974 | Ronald J. Bowker | Conservative | Arthur Bourne | Conservative | J.V. Simpson | Conservative | ||||||
1977 By-election | Christopher B. Wesson | Conservative | ||||||||||
1980 By-election | Ian 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-election | Helen S. Salmon | Labour | ||||||||||
1990 | Alison J. Roberts | Labour | ||||||||||
1996 By-election | Paula M. Shaw | Labour | ||||||||||
1998 | Alexander Burridge | Labour | ||||||||||
2002 | Greta Sohoye | Labour | ||||||||||
2004 By-election | Nanoo Rajendran | Labour | ||||||||||
2007 By-election | Alison Butler | Labour | ||||||||||
2009 [2] | Conservative | |||||||||||
2010 | Donna Gray | Labour | ||||||||||
2014 | Jamie Audsley | Labour | Humayun Kabir | Labour | ||||||||
2022 | Enid Mollyneaux | Labour | Eunice O'Dame | Labour |
Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election.
Year | Mayoral candidate | Party | Winner? | |
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2022 | Val Shawcross | Labour | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 Bright | 599 | 7.0 | ||
Independent | Graham Mitchell | 548 | 6.4 | ||
Conservative | John Newberry | 519 | 6.1 | ||
Conservative | Dev Parashar | 458 | 5.3 | ||
Green | Vinod Birdi | 424 | 4.9 | ||
Green | Clifford Fleming | 372 | 4.3 | ||
Green | Alex Raskovic | 331 | 3.9 | ||
Taking the Initiative | Renata Allman | 257 | 3.0 | ||
Taking the Initiative | Carl Collins | 168 | 2.0 | ||
Taking the Initiative | Jayson Miller | 167 | 1.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,247 | 28.17 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 Bowden | 726 | 6.82 | ||
Conservative | Kumari Anupama | 568 | 5.34 | ||
Conservative | Jebun Quadir | 472 | 4.44 | ||
Green | Varyl Robert Thorndycraft | 367 | 3.45 | ||
Green | Pravina Ellis | 332 | 3.12 | ||
Green | Raj Mehta | 311 | 2.92 | ||
Majority | 1,820 | 17.11 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Raj Rajendran | 1,846 | |||
Labour | Paula Shaw | 1,805 | |||
Labour | Greta Sohoye | 1,670 | |||
Conservative | Roger Taylor | 1,117 | |||
Conservative | John Tooze | 861 | |||
Conservative | Alan Winborn | 774 | |||
Green | Susan Parsons | 531 | |||
UKIP | James Feisenberger | 305 | |||
Turnout | 3,407 | 32.9% |
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