Coulsdon West (ward)

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Coulsdon West
Former ward
for Croydon Council
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Boundary of Coulsdon West in Croydon South within the London Borough of Croydon from 2002 to 2018.
County Greater London
1964 (1964)–2018 (2018)
Number of councillorsThree
Replaced by Coulsdon Town
Created fromWoodcote and Coulsdon West
UK Parliament constituency Croydon South
UK Parliament constituency Croydon Central

Coulsdon West 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, which has one of the highest majority's for the Conservative Party in London. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 13,449. [1]

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The ward returned three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election, Gavin Barwell, Brian Cakebread and David Osland were elected to the council. All of them were running as Conservative Party candidates. In the ward the Labour Party's highest ranking candidate got only 481 votes, one of the lowest for them in London.

Ward result

Croydon Council Election 2006: Coulsdon West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Osland2,706
Conservative Gavin Barwell 2,685
Conservative Brian Cakebread2,640
Liberal Democrats Avril Bristow775
Liberal Democrats Jean Callen745
Liberal Democrats Brian Glaister627
Labour Sarah Ward481
Labour Richard Ackland475
Labour Lee Findell435
Green Andrew Lindsay429
The People's Choice Sheila Lockwood168
Turnout 4,22642.8%

References

  1. ↑ "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

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