Coulsdon East (ward)

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Coulsdon East
Former ward
for Croydon Council
Croydon Coulsdon East ward.PNG
Boundary of Coulsdon East in Croydon South within the London Borough of Croydon from 2002 to 2018.
County Greater London
1965 (1965)–2018 (2018)
Number of councillorsThree
Replaced by Old Coulsdon
UK Parliament constituency Croydon South

Coulsdon East was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Coulsdon area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward formed part of Chris Philp MP's Croydon South constituency. At the 2011 Census the population of the Ward was 12,244. [1]

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The ward returned three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election, Terry Lenton, Brian Udell and Chris Wright were elected to the council. All stood as Conservative Party candidates. In Coulsdon East in 2006, the Labour Party did not field any candidates. The local election marked the highest turnout (57.2%) in the London Borough elections in 2006.

At the 2010 local elections the ward was retained by the Conservatives. The 2010 election coincided with the General election which had the effect of improving turnout amongst voters. Turnout climbed to 73.5%.

The successful Conservative candidates were Justin Cromie, Terry Lenton and Chris Wright. The Conservative share of the vote fell from 63.2% to 48.6% with the Liberal Democrats' share of the vote falling to 26.9%. The Labour party polled 9.9%, their lowest share in Borough of Croydon wards in the 2010 election.

List of Councillors

ElectionCouncillorPartyCouncillorPartyCouncillorParty
1964 Ward created
1964 Miss J.C. Simpson Residents A. Bonsier Residents L. Blair Residents
1968 H.C.E. Lovejoy Liberal
1971 Mrs Pamela A.M. Little Conservative Conservative A.B. Horton Conservative
1974 Mrs K.A. Littlechild Conservative P.D. Cove Conservative
1976 By-electionMartin A. Levie Conservative
1978 Stanley E. Littlechild Conservative
1986 Michael S. Barber Conservative Andrew J. Pelling Conservative
1987 By-electionSusan T. Taylor Conservative
1990 Christopher Wright Conservative
1992 By-electionChristine A. Prentice Conservative
1994 Jason S. Perry Conservative
1998 Ian R. Atkins Liberal Democrat
2002 Brian A. Udell Conservative
2006 Theresa R. Lenton Conservative
2010 Justin W. Cromie Conservative
2014 Margaret Bird Conservative James Thompson Conservative
2018 Ward abolished

Ward Result

Coulsdon East (2014) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Wright 2,294 19.6 +1.4
Conservative Margaret Bird 2,230 19.0 +1.7
Conservative James Thompson 1,864 15.9 -1.0
UKIP Alan Smith9688.3+5.0
Liberal Democrats Gill Hickson6965.9-5.0
Liberal Democrats Arfan Bhatti6495.5-3.8
Liberal Democrats Ashley Burridge5744.9-3.8
Labour Lee Findell5274.5+0.6
Labour Helen Lovesey4754.0+0.5
Labour Joanne Milligan4303.7+0.4
Green Ernest Bullimore3563.0+1.2
Green Helena Farndon3553.0+2.1
Green Jennifer Ginn3142.7+1.4
Total votes11,732
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. [Results in Croydon Advertiser http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Croydon-elections-Coulsdon-East-results/story-21128793-detail/story.html#ixzz3SsJvqtIk]

Coordinates: 51°18′22″N0°07′26″W / 51.306°N 0.124°W / 51.306; -0.124