Norbury & Pollards Hill (ward)

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Norbury & Pollards Hill
ward
for Croydon Council
Croydon Norbury & Pollards Hill Ward.svg
Boundary of Norbury & Pollards Hill in Croydon from 2018.
County Greater London
Current ward
Created2018 (2018)
CouncillorLeila Ben-Hassel (Labour)
CouncillorMatthew Griffiths (Labour)
Number of councillorsTwo
Created from Norbury
UK Parliament constituency Croydon North

Norbury & Pollards Hill is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon. [1] [2] It will elect 2 councillors, with the first election being held on 3 May 2018.[ citation needed ]

Contents

List of Councillors

ElectionCouncillorPartyCouncillorParty
2018 Ward created
Maggie Mansell Labour Shafi Khan Labour
2021Leila Ben-Hassel Labour
2022 Matthew Griffiths Labour

Mayoral election results

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

YearMayoral candidatePartyWinner?
2022 Val Shawcross Labour Red x.svg

Ward Results

Croydon Council Election 2022: Norbury & Pollards Hill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leila Ben-Hassel* 1,276
Labour Matthew Griffiths 1,152
Conservative Tirena Gunter622
Conservative Mike Mogul495
Liberal Democrats Christopher Adams315
Green Cheryl Zimmerman252
Green Larissa Amor250
Liberal Democrats Mark Chalmers188
Taking the Initiative Ghazala Akhtar101
Taking the Initiative Laura Manser97
Turnout 2,70630.96%
Registered electors 8,740
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Norbury & Pollards Hill by-election, 14 March 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leila Ben-Hassel 1,379 64.5 Decrease2.svg3.3
Conservative Tirena Hilary Gunter32415.2Decrease2.svg6.9
Independent Mark James Gerard O'Grady1627.6Increase2.svg7.6
Green Rachel Mary Chance914.3Decrease2.svg6.0
Independent Malgorzata Maria Roznerska723.4Increase2.svg3.4
Liberal Democrats Guy Michael Clinton Burchett703.3Increase2.svg3.3
UKIP Kathleen Garner401.9Increase2.svg1.9
Majority1,055
Turnout 2,14525.3
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was caused following the death of Councillor Maggie Mansell.

Croydon Council Election 2018: Norbury & Pollards Hill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maggie Mansell 1,981 34.23
Labour Shafi Khan 1,934 33.42
Conservative Calum Lee Bardsley64411.13
Conservative Mike Mogul63811.02
Green Stephen Lee Amor2995.17
Green Cheryl Ann Zimmerman2915.03
Majority1,29022.29
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. "Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Croydon Borough of Croydon" (PDF). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. legislation.gov.uk -The London Borough of Croydon (Electoral Changes) Order 2017. Retrieved on 10 April 2018.