New Addington North | |
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ward for Croydon Council | |
County | Greater London |
Current ward | |
Created | 2018 |
Councillor | Kola Agboola (Labour) |
Councillor | Adele Benson (Conservative) |
Number of councillors | Two |
Created from | Fieldway |
UK Parliament constituency | Croydon East |
New Addington North is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the New Addington estate in London in the United Kingdom. The ward currently forms part of the Croydon East constituency.
The ward returns two councillors every four years. On 6 May 2021, 5 by-elections were held in Croydon following the resignation of 5 councillors across New Addington North, South Norwood, Kenley, Park Hill and Whitgift and Woodside. [1]
Election | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | ||||||||
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2018 | Ward created | |||||||||||
2018 | Simon Hall | Labour | Felicity Flynn | Labour | ||||||||
2021 | Kola Agboola | Labour | ||||||||||
2022 | Adele Benson | Conservative |
Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election.
Year | Mayoral candidate | Party | Winner? | |
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2022 | Val Shawcross | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kola Agboola* | 832 | |||
Conservative | Adele Benson | 711 | |||
Conservative | Michael Castle | 679 | |||
Labour | Sangeeta Gobidaas | 653 | |||
Green | Alison Gillett | 172 | |||
Green | Graham Jones | 146 | |||
Turnout | 1,843 | 25.63 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kola Agboola | 1,214 | 48.6 | 15.9 | |
Conservative | Lara Fish | 985 | 39.5 | 18.0 | |
Independent | Michael Castle | 109 | 4.4 | New | |
Green | Tracey Hague | 95 | 3.8 | 2.6 | |
BNP | John Clarke | 55 | 2.2 | 5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Miller | 38 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 229 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,496 | 35.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Simon Alexander Hall | 1,209 | 33.65 | ||
Labour | Felicity Anne Marie Flynn | 1,119 | 31.14 | ||
Conservative | Ace Nnorom | 402 | 11.19 | ||
Conservative | Phil Sheppard | 360 | 10.02 | ||
BNP | John James Clarke | 142 | 3.95 | ||
UKIP | Dan Heaton | 141 | 3.92 | ||
Green | David Thomas Beall | 120 | 3.34 | ||
UKIP | Robert King | 100 | 2.78 | ||
Majority | 717 | 19.96 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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