Park Hill and Whitgift (ward)

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Park Hill and Whitgift
ward
for Croydon Council
Croydon Park Hill & Whitgift Ward.svg
Boundary of Park Hill and Whitgift in Croydon from 2018.
County Greater London
Current ward
Created2018 (2018)
CouncillorAndrew Price (Conservative)
Number of councillorsOne
Created from Fairfield
UK Parliament constituency Croydon South

Park Hill and Whitgift is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon in the United Kingdom, [1] [2] covering the Park Hill and Whitgift estates. It is the only ward in Croydon with one councillor elected every four years. The ward was created following the Croydon Council boundary change in 2018. [1]

Contents

As part of the 2023 Boundary Review, Park Hill and Whitgift will move from Croydon Central constituency to Croydon South at the 2024 general election.

List of councillors

TermCouncillorParty
2018–2021Vidhi Mohan Conservative
2021–2024Jade Appleton Conservative
2024–presentAndrew Price Conservative

Croydon council elections

2024 by-election

The by-election was held on 2 May 2024, following the resignation of Jade Appleton. [3] [4] It took place on the same day as the 2024 London mayoral election, the GLA election and 14 other borough council by-elections across London. [5]

2024 Park Hill and Whitgift by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Price 960 42.9 Decrease2.svg 10.8
Labour Melanie Felten70131.4Increase2.svg 7.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Pelling 29513.2Increase2.svg 3.9
Green James Cork22910.2Decrease2.svg 0.4
Independent Mark Samuel321.4New
TUSC Ben Goldstone190.8New
Majority25911.6Decrease2.svg 18.6
Turnout 2,24851.8Increase2.svg 9.7
Registered electors 4,336
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 9.4

2022 election

2022 Croydon London Borough Council election: Park Hill and Whitgift (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jade Appleton* 969 53.7 Increase2.svg1.2
Labour Joseph Erber42423.5Decrease2.svg8.5
Green James Cork19110.6Increase2.svg1.8
Liberal Democrats Szymon Zaborski1679.2Increase2.svg2.4
Taking the Initiative Caleap Wagner543.0Increase2.svg3.0
Turnout 181242.07Decrease2.svg11.23
Conservative hold Swing 4.85

2021 by-election

The by-election was held on 6 May 2021.

2021 Park Hill and Whitgift by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jade Appleton 1,188 52.5 Decrease2.svg3.5
Labour Chrishni Reshekaron72432.0Increase2.svg1.0
Green Catherine Graham1998.8Increase2.svg2.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Howard1536.8Increase2.svg0.1
Majority46420.5Decrease2.svg4.3
Turnout 229553.3Increase2.svg7.36
Conservative hold Swing 2.25

2018 election

2018 Croydon London Borough Council election: Park Hill and Whitgift (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vidhi Mohan* 1,110 55.86
Labour Ranil Perera61831.10
Green James Cork1266.34
Liberal Democrats Robert George Williams1336.69
Majority49224.76
Turnout 1,99145.94N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Croydon mayoral elections

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

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References

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