Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency)

Croydon and Sutton

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Croydon and Sutton shown within London
Created	2000 (2000)
Number of members	One
Member	Neil Garratt
Party	Conservative
Last election	2024
Next election	2028

Croydon and Sutton is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Croydon and the London Borough of Sutton.

Overlapping constituencies

The south of Croydon is traditionally a more Conservative area, while the north of Croydon has traditionally Labour-voting areas. Sutton is competitive between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. The equivalent Westminster seats are:

• Carshalton and Wallington (Conservative)
• Croydon Central (Labour)
• Croydon North (Labour)
• Croydon South (Conservative)
• Sutton and Cheam (Conservative)

Assembly members

Election		Member	Party
	2000	Andrew Pelling	Conservative
	2008	Steve O'Connell	Conservative
	2021	Neil Garratt	Conservative

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

Year		Member	Party
	2000	Ken Livingstone	Independent
	2004	Steven Norris	Conservative
	2008	Boris Johnson	Conservative
	2012	Boris Johnson	Conservative
	2016	Zac Goldsmith	Conservative
	2021	Shaun Bailey	Conservative
	2024	Susan Hall	Conservative

Assembly election results

2024 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Garratt	64,674	35.0	6.4	60,955	33.0	6.3
	Labour	Maddie Henson	54,380	29.4	1.9	53,473	28.9	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Trish Fivey	29,160	15.8	1.4	22,023	11.9	2.7
	Green	Peter Underwood	19,434	10.5	0.6	17,682	9.6	0.6
	Reform UK	Marian Lynn Newton	14,375	7.8	6.0	13,624	7.4	6.4
	TUSC	April Jacqueline Ashley	2,766	1.5	New
	Rejoin EU					3,801	2.1	0.4
	Animal Welfare					3,023	1.6	0.2
	Britain First					2,936	1.6	New
	CPA					2,678	1.4	0.1
	SDP					1,911	1.0	0.7
	Laurence Fox					1,147	0.6	New
	Communist					664	0.4	0.1
	Farah London					596	0.3	New
	Heritage					311	0.2	0.4
	Gabe Romualdo					78	0.0	New
Majority			10,294
Valid Votes			184,789			184,902
Invalid Votes			1,332			1,195
Turnout			186,121	42.23%		186,097	42.23%
	Conservative hold		Swing

2021 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Garratt	75,246	41.4	2.8	71,168	39.3	4.4
	Labour Co-op	Patsy Cummings	56,975	31.3	0.9	53,534	29.6	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Bonham	26,258	14.4	4.0	16,683	9.2	0.6
	Green	Peter Underwood	18,069	9.9	2.5	18,450	10.2	4.1
	Reform UK	Robert Poll	3,190	1.8	New	1,736	1.0	New
	Let London Live	Renos Sampson	2,021	1.1	New	1,198	0.7	New
	Animal Welfare					3,298	1.8	0.8
	Rejoin EU					2,990	1.7	New
	CPA					2,766	1.5	0.1
	Women's Equality					2,762	1.5	0.7
	UKIP					2,132	1.2	7.8
	London Real					1,217	0.7	New
	Heritage					1,035	0.6	New
	SDP					560	0.3	New
	Communist					528	0.3	New
	TUSC					398	0.2	New
	Londependence Party					337	0.2	New
	National Liberal					178	0.1	New
Majority			18,271	10.1	3.7
Valid Votes			181,759			180,970
Invalid Votes			2,659			3,457
Turnout			184,418	42.7	2.9	184,427	42.7	2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing		1.9

2016 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell [lower-alpha 1]	70,156	38.6	0.5	63,550	34.9	1.7
	Labour	Marina Ahmad	58,542	32.2	0.7	57,284	31.5	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Amna Ahmad	18,859	10.4	3.8	17,749	9.8	0.1
	UKIP	Peter Staveley	18,338	10.1	3.2	16,368	9.0	2.3
	Green	Tracey Hague	13,513	7.4	0.8	11,076	6.1	0.3
	All People's Party	Madonna Lewis	1,386	0.8	New
	National Front	Richard Edmonds	1,106	0.6	New
	Women's Equality					4,071	2.2	New
	Britain First					3,476	1.9	New
	CPA					2,564	1.4	1.0
	Respect					2,161	1.2	New
	Animal Welfare					1,822	1.0	New
	BNP					1,160	0.6	1.9
	The House Party					629	0.3	0.0
Majority			11,614	6.4	0.2
Valid Votes			181,900			181,910
Invalid Votes			1,668			1,666
Turnout			183,568	45.6	9.9	183,576	45.6	9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing		0.2

2012 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell [lower-alpha 1]	60,152	39.1	4.2	56,495	36.6	4.3
	Labour	Louisa Woodley	50,734	32.9	13.7	49,804	32.3	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail Lock	21,889	14.2	4.1	15,228	9.9	4.6
	UKIP	Winston McKenzie	10,757	6.9	1.5	10,339	6.7	3.8
	Green	Gordon Ross	10,287	6.6	1.5	9,866	6.4	0.8
	BNP					3,842	2.5	3.5
	CPA					3,701	2.4	1.3
	English Democrat					2,205	1.4	0.0
	TUSC					877	0.6	New
	Independent	Rathy Alagaratnam				605	0.4	0.1
	National Front					582	0.4	New
	Independent	Ijaz Hayat				427	0.3	New
	The House Party					394	0.3	New
Majority			9,418	6.2	17.9
Valid Votes			153,819			154,365
Invalid Votes			2,165			1,723
Turnout			155,984	35.7	13.3	156,088	35.8	13.2
	Conservative hold		Swing		9.0

2008 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell	76,477	44.1	+4.7	71,149	40.9	7.0
	Labour	Shafi Khan	33,812	19.5	+0.1	35,859	20.6	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail Lock	32,335	18.6	–2.8	25,240	14.5	4.5
	UKIP	David Pickles	9,440	5.4	–1.8	5,064	2.9	7.4
	Green	Shasha Khan	8,969	5.2	+0.5	9,813	5.6	0.3
	CPA	David Campanale	6,910	4.0	+0.8	6,442	3.7	0.2
	English Democrat	Richard Castle	4,186	2.4	New	2,349	1.4	New
	Left List	Zana Hussain	1,361	0.8	New	1,002	0.6	New
	BNP					10,499	6.0	1.2
	Abolish the Congestion Charge					3,542	2.0	New
	Respect					1,994	1.1	1.1
	Independent	Rathy Alagaratnam				446	0.3	New
	Unity for Peace and Socialism					355	0.2	New
	One London					184	0.1	New
Majority			42,665	24.1	6.6
Valid Votes			173,490			173,938
Invalid Votes			2,984			2,547
Turnout			176,474	49.0	11.2	176,485	49.0	11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing		3.3

2004 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Pelling [lower-alpha 1]	52,330	38.6	2.0	47,226	33.9	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Gauge	28,636	21.1	4.5	26,421	19.0	0.3
	Labour	Sean Fitzsimons	25,861	19.1	5.7	27,636	19.9	3.8
	UKIP	James Feisenberger	15,203	11.2	New	14,262	10.3	8.0
	Green	Shasha Khan	6,175	4.6	2.9	8,233	5.9	1.9
	CPA	David Campanale	4,234	3.1	New	5,463	3.9	1.0
	Respect	Waqas Hussain	3,108	2.3	New	3,001	2.2	New
	BNP					6,699	4.8	2.2
	Alliance for Diversity in Community, Uppal					167	0.1	New
Majority			23,694	17.5	2.6
Valid Votes			135,547			139,108
Invalid Votes			6,727			3,166
Turnout			142,274	37.8	2.3	142,274	37.8	2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing		1.3

2000 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Pelling	48,421	40.6	N/A	43,666	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Gallop	30,614	25.7	N/A	23,837	19.3
	Labour	Maggie Mansell	29,514	24.8	N/A	29,221	23.7
	Green	Peter Hickson	8,884	7.4	N/A	9,658	7.8
	London Socialist	Mark Steel	1,823	1.5	N/A	907	0.7
	CPA					6,039	4.9
	BNP					3,206	2.6
	UKIP					2,902	2.3
	Pro-Motorist Small Shop					1,028	0.8
	Independent	Peter Tatchell				803	0.7
	Campaign Against Tube Privatisation					779	0.6
	Socialist Labour					675	0.5
	Natural Law					440	0.4
	Communist					354	0.3
Majority			17,807	14.9	N/A
Valid Votes			119,256			123,515
Invalid Votes			10,370			6,111
Turnout			129,626	35.5	N/A	129,626	35.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

1. Incumbent member for this constituency

References

1. "GLA 2024 Elections, Constituency Member of the London Assembly Results, Croydon and Sutton" (PDF). London Elects.
2. "GLA 2024 Elections, London Wide Assembly, Croydon and Sutton" (PDF). London Elects.
3. London Elects, 08 May 2021
4. London Elects, 13 May 2016
5. GLA Election Results 2012 - Croydon and Sutton London Elects, 4 May 2012
6. Election 2008: results BBC News
7. Greater London Authority Election Results Election Demon
8. London & Local Elections 2000: Croydon and Sutton, BBC News