Old Coulsdon (ward)

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Old Coulsdon
ward
for Croydon Council
Croydon Old Coulsdon Ward.svg
Boundary of Old Coulsdon in Croydon from 2018.
County Greater London
Current ward
Created2018 (2018)
CouncillorMargaret Bird (Conservative)
CouncillorNikhil Sherine Thampi (Conservative)
Number of councillorsTwo
Created from Coulsdon East
UK Parliament constituency Croydon South

Old Coulsdon is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Coulsdon area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward currently forms part of Chris Philp MP's Croydon South constituency. At the 2011 Census the population of the former Coulsdon East Ward was 12,244. [1]

Contents

The ward returns two councillors every four years to Croydon Council.

The ward was formed from part of the former Coulsdon East ward, following a boundary review in Croydon, ahead of the 2018 election.

Boundaries

Old Coulsdon (ward)
Map of present boundaries

List of Councillors

ElectionCouncillorPartyCouncillorParty
2018 Ward created
Margaret Bird Conservative Steve Hollands Conservative
2022 Nikhil Sherine Thampi Conservative

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 Jason Perry Conservative Green check.svg

Ward Results

Croydon Council Election 2022: Old Coulsdon (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Bird* 1,999
Conservative Nikhil Sherine Thampi 1,555
Liberal Democrats Gill Hickson1,376
Liberal Democrats John Jefkins932
Green Mick Kilkelly209
Labour Jason O'Dwyer208
Labour Mary Wolf194
Turnout 3,47945.79
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Croydon Council Election 2018: Old Coulsdon (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Bird 2,099 31.95
Conservative Steven Leslie Victor Hollands 1,779 27.08
Liberal Democrats Gill Hickson83812.75
Liberal Democrats Richard Michael Howard5728.71
Labour Alan Donovan4857.38
Labour Ann Creighton4316.56
UKIP Hoong-Wai Cheah1291.96
Green Alison Gillett1291.96
Green Jonathan Mark Moles1081.64
Majority94114.32
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

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