Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency)

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Croydon and Sutton
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Croydon and Sutton shown within London.PNG
Croydon and Sutton shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
Member Neil Garratt
Party Conservative
Last election 2021
Next election 2024

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

Contents

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:

Assembly Members

ElectionMemberParty
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.

YearMemberParty
2000 Ken Livingstone Independent
2004 Steven Norris Conservative
2008 Boris Johnson Conservative
2012 Boris Johnson Conservative
2016 Zac Goldsmith Conservative
2021 Shaun Bailey Conservative

Assembly election results

2024 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
TUSC April Jacqueline Ashley
Liberal Democrats Trish Fivey
Conservative Neil Garratt
Labour Maddie Henson
Reform UK Marian Lynn Newton
Green Peter Underwood


2021 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Neil Garratt 75,24641.4Increase2.svg2.871,16839.3Increase2.svg4.4
Labour Co-op Patsy Cummings56,97531.3Decrease2.svg0.953,53429.6Decrease2.svg1.9
Liberal Democrats Claire Bonham26,25814.4Increase2.svg4.016,6839.2Decrease2.svg0.6
Green Peter Underwood18,0699.9Increase2.svg2.518,45010.2Increase2.svg4.1
Reform UK Robert Poll3,1901.8New1,7361.0New
Let London Live Renos Sampson2,0211.1New1,1980.7New
Animal Welfare 3,2981.8Increase2.svg0.8
Rejoin EU 2,9901.7New
CPA 2,7661.5Increase2.svg0.1
Women's Equality 2,7621.5Decrease2.svg0.7
UKIP 2,1321.2Decrease2.svg7.8
London Real 1,2170.7New
Heritage 1,0350.6New
SDP 5600.3New
Communist 5280.3New
TUSC 3980.2New
Londependence Party3370.2New
National Liberal 1780.1New
Majority18,27110.1Increase2.svg3.7
Valid Votes181,759180,970
Invalid Votes2,6593,457
Turnout 184,41842.7Decrease2.svg2.9184,42742.7Decrease2.svg2.9
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg1.9
2016 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton [3]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Steve O'Connell [lower-alpha 1] 70,15638.6Decrease2.svg0.563,55034.9Decrease2.svg1.7
Labour Marina Ahmad 58,54232.2Decrease2.svg0.757,28431.5Decrease2.svg0.8
Liberal Democrats Amna Ahmad18,85910.4Decrease2.svg3.817,7499.8Decrease2.svg0.1
UKIP Peter Staveley18,33810.1Increase2.svg3.216,3689.0Increase2.svg2.3
Green Tracey Hague13,5137.4Increase2.svg0.811,0766.1Decrease2.svg0.3
All People's Party Madonna Lewis1,3860.8New
National Front Richard Edmonds 1,1060.6New
Women's Equality 4,0712.2New
Britain First 3,4761.9New
CPA 2,5641.4Decrease2.svg1.0
Respect 2,1611.2New
Animal Welfare 1,8221.0New
BNP 1,1600.6Decrease2.svg1.9
The House Party6290.3Steady2.svg0.0
Majority11,6146.4Increase2.svg0.2
Valid Votes181,900181,910
Invalid Votes1,6681,666
Turnout 183,56845.6Increase2.svg9.9183,57645.6Increase2.svg9.8
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg0.2
2012 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton [4]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Steve O'Connell [lower-alpha 1] 60,15239.1Decrease2.svg4.256,49536.6Decrease2.svg4.3
Labour Louisa Woodley50,73432.9Increase2.svg13.749,80432.3Increase2.svg11.7
Liberal Democrats Abigail Lock21,88914.2Decrease2.svg4.115,2289.9Decrease2.svg4.6
UKIP Winston McKenzie 10,7576.9Increase2.svg1.510,3396.7Increase2.svg3.8
Green Gordon Ross10,2876.6Increase2.svg1.59,8666.4Increase2.svg0.8
BNP 3,8422.5Decrease2.svg3.5
CPA 3,7012.4Decrease2.svg1.3
English Democrat 2,2051.4Steady2.svg0.0
TUSC 8770.6New
Independent Rathy Alagaratnam6050.4Increase2.svg0.1
National Front 5820.4New
Independent Ijaz Hayat4270.3New
The House Party3940.3New
Majority9,4186.2Decrease2.svg17.9
Valid Votes153,819154,365
Invalid Votes2,1651,723
Turnout 155,98435.7Decrease2.svg13.3156,08835.8Decrease2.svg13.2
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.0
2008 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Steve O'Connell 76,47744.1+4.771,14940.9Increase2.svg7.0
Labour Shafi Khan33,81219.5+0.135,85920.6Increase2.svg0.7
Liberal Democrats Abigail Lock32,33518.6–2.825,24014.5Decrease2.svg4.5
UKIP David Pickles9,4405.4–1.85,0642.9Decrease2.svg7.4
Green Shasha Khan8,9695.2+0.59,8135.6Decrease2.svg0.3
CPA David Campanale6,9104.0+0.86,4423.7Decrease2.svg0.2
English Democrat Richard Castle4,1862.4New2,3491.4New
Left List Zana Hussain1,3610.8New1,0020.6New
BNP 10,4996.0Increase2.svg1.2
Abolish the Congestion Charge3,5422.0New
Respect 1,9941.1Decrease2.svg1.1
Independent Rathy Alagaratnam4460.3New
Unity for Peace and Socialism 3550.2New
One London 1840.1New
Majority42,66524.1Increase2.svg6.6
Valid Votes173,490173,938
Invalid Votes2,9842,547
Turnout 176,47449.0Increase2.svg11.2176,48549.0Increase2.svg11.2
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg3.3
2004 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton [6]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Andrew Pelling [lower-alpha 1] 52,33038.6Decrease2.svg2.047,22633.9Decrease2.svg1.5
Liberal Democrats Steve Gauge28,63621.1Decrease2.svg4.526,42119.0Decrease2.svg0.3
Labour Sean Fitzsimons25,86119.1Decrease2.svg5.727,63619.9Decrease2.svg3.8
UKIP James Feisenberger15,20311.2New14,26210.3Increase2.svg8.0
Green Shasha Khan6,1754.6Decrease2.svg2.98,2335.9Decrease2.svg1.9
CPA David Campanale4,2343.1New5,4633.9Decrease2.svg1.0
Respect Waqas Hussain3,1082.3New3,0012.2New
BNP 6,6994.8Increase2.svg2.2
Alliance for Diversity in Community, Uppal1670.1New
Majority23,69417.5Increase2.svg2.6
Valid Votes135,547139,108
Invalid Votes6,7273,166
Turnout 142,27437.8Increase2.svg2.3142,27437.8Increase2.svg2.3
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg1.3
2000 London Assembly election: Croydon and Sutton [7]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Andrew Pelling 48,42140.6N/A43,66635.4
Liberal Democrats Anne Gallop30,61425.7N/A23,83719.3
Labour Maggie Mansell29,51424.8N/A29,22123.7
Green Peter Hickson8,8847.4N/A9,6587.8
London Socialist Mark Steel 1,8231.5N/A9070.7
CPA 6,0394.9
BNP 3,2062.6
UKIP 2,9022.3
Pro-Motorist Small Shop1,0280.8
Independent Peter Tatchell 8030.7
Campaign Against Tube Privatisation7790.6
Socialist Labour 6750.5
Natural Law 4400.4
Communist 3540.3
Majority17,80714.9N/A
Valid Votes119,256123,515
Invalid Votes10,3706,111
Turnout 129,62635.5N/A129,62635.5N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Incumbent member for this constituency

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