Croydon West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Croydon West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Croydon West (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Croydon West 2023 Constituency.svg
County Greater London
Electorate 70,812 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Sarah Jones (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Croydon Central, Croydon North and Croydon South
19501955
Created from Croydon North, Croydon South and East Surrey
Replaced by Croydon North West and Croydon South

Croydon West is a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1955 by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election. It primarily comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Croydon North, with the addition of Croydon town centre and the community of Waddon. [2]

Politics and history

Croydon West was a short-lived seat for the 1950 general election, creating three seats in the County Borough of Croydon from the previous two, also taking in areas from the East Surrey constituency to the south.

Croydon West took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon South constituencies, and East Surrey. It bordered Croydon East, Croydon North, East Surrey and Mitcham.

All three Croydon constituencies were abolished five years later at the 1955 general election, re-creating Croydon South and creating Croydon North East and Croydon North West seats.

For all of its history, Croydon West's Member of Parliament was Conservative Richard Thompson. It was contested in two elections: the 1950 general election and the 1951 general election. Prior to 1950, Croydon South had been held by Labour and most of the Labour voters were re-drawn into Croydon West, making it a marginal seat.

Boundaries

DatesLocal authorityMaps Wards
19501955 County Borough of Croydon Croydon West 1950 Constituency.svg
Shown within Surrey
Broad Green, Central, South, Waddon, and Whitehorse Manor.
2024-present London Borough of Croydon Croydon West 2023 Constituency.svg
Shown within Greater London
Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Selhurst, South Norwood, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside (part) [3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1950 Richard Thompson Conservative
1955 constituency abolished
2024 Sarah Jones Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Croydon West [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Jones 20,612 54.1 –12.6
Conservative Simon Fox6,38616.8–4.7
Green Ria Patel3,85110.1+7.4
Liberal Democrats Jahir Hussain3,6679.6+2.6
Reform UK Vinayak Malhotra2,1485.6+4.3
Workers Party Ahsan Ullah7081.9+1.9
Taking the Initiative Donna Murray-Turner5031.3+1.3
TUSC April Ashley2470.6+0.6
Majority14,22637.3–7.9
Turnout 38,12248.9–13.9
Registered electors 77,942
Labour hold Swing –4.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [6]
PartyVote %
Labour 29,65166.7
Conservative 9,56121.5
Liberal Democrats 3,0977.0
Green 1,2052.7
Brexit Party 5871.3
Others3480.8
Turnout44,44962.8
Electorate70,812

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1951: Croydon West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Thompson 23,484 52.2 +4.9
Labour Gerald Gardiner 21,53447.8+2.7
Majority1,9504.3+2.1
Turnout 45,018
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
General election 1950: Croydon West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Thompson 21,411 47.3
Labour David Rees-Williams 20,42445.1
Liberal Arthur Russell Mayne3,1016.8
Communist Bob Jarvie [7] 3360.7
Majority9872.2
Turnout 45,272
Conservative win (new seat)

Sources

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