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Croydon West
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| Croydon West | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
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| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 70,812 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Sarah Jones (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Croydon Central, Croydon North and Croydon South |
| 1950–1955 | |
| Created from | Croydon North, Croydon South and East Surrey |
| Replaced by | Croydon North West and Croydon South |
Croydon West is a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1955 by the first past the post system of election.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election. It primarily comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Croydon North, with the addition of Croydon town centre and the community of Waddon.[2]
Constituency profile
[edit]Croydon West is an entirely urban and suburban constituency located in the Borough of Croydon on the outskirts of Greater London. It covers the centre of the large town of Croydon and the neighbourhoods to its north and west, including Waddon, Selhurst and South Norwood. Like much of suburban London, Croydon grew rapidly during the 19th century with the arrival of rail transport and now serves as a commuter town.[3][4] The constituency has high levels of deprivation, with much of it falling within the 20% most-deprived areas in England.[5]
Residents of Croydon West are generally young and have low levels of income and professional employment compared with the rest of London. House prices are similar to the national average but much lower than the London average.[6] The constituency has a high level of ethnic diversity; at the 2021 census, White people made up 33% of the population, one-third of whom were not of British origin. Black people were 31% and Asians were 23%.[7] At the local borough council, most of the constituency is represented by Labour Party councillors, with a small number of Conservative and Green Party representatives in the south of the constituency. Voters in Croydon West were mostly supportive of remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum; an estimated 56% voted to remain compared to 48% nationwide.[6]
Politics and history
[edit]Croydon West was a short-lived seat for the 1950 general election, creating three seats in the County Borough of Croydon from the previous two, also taking in areas from the East Surrey constituency to the south.
Croydon West took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon South constituencies, and East Surrey. It bordered Croydon East, Croydon North, East Surrey and Mitcham.
All three Croydon constituencies were abolished five years later at the 1955 general election, re-creating Croydon South and creating Croydon North East and Croydon North West seats.
For the entirety of its first iteration in the 1950s, Croydon West's Member of Parliament was Conservative Richard Thompson. It was contested in two elections: the 1950 general election and the 1951 general election. Prior to 1950, Croydon South had been held by Labour and most of the Labour voters were re-drawn into Croydon West, making it a marginal seat.
Boundaries
[edit]| Dates | Local authority | Maps | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–1955 | County Borough of Croydon |  Shown within Surrey |
Broad Green, Central, South, Waddon, and Whitehorse Manor. |
| 2024-present | London Borough of Croydon | Shown within Greater London |
Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Selhurst, South Norwood, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside (part)[8] |
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Richard Thompson | Conservative | Contested Croydon South following redistribution | |
| 1955 | constituency abolished | |||
| 2024 | Sarah Jones | Labour | Member for main predecessor seat (2017–2024) | |
Election results
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Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sarah Jones | 20,612 | 54.1 |  12.6
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| Conservative | Simon Fox | 6,386 | 16.8 | 4.7
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| Green | Ria Patel | 3,851 | 10.1 |  7.4
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| Liberal Democrats | Jahir Hussain | 3,667 | 9.6 | 2.6
| |
| Reform | Vinayak Malhotra | 2,148 | 5.6 | 4.3
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| Workers Party | Ahsan Ullah | 708 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Taking the Initiative | Donna Murray-Turner | 503 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| TUSC | April Ashley | 247 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,226 | 37.3 | 7.9
| ||
| Turnout | 38,122 | 48.9 | 13.9
| ||
| Registered electors | 77,942 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.0
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Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| 2019 notional result[11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 29,651 | 66.7 | |
| Conservative | 9,561 | 21.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,097 | 7.0 | |
| Green | 1,205 | 2.7 | |
| Brexit Party | 587 | 1.3 | |
| Others | 348 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | 44,449 | 62.8 | |
| Electorate | 70,812 | ||
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Thompson | 23,484 | 52.2 | +4.9 | |
| Labour | Gerald Gardiner | 21,534 | 47.8 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 1,950 | 4.3 | +2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 45,018 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Thompson | 21,411 | 47.3 | ||
| Labour | David Rees-Williams | 20,424 | 45.1 | ||
| Liberal | Arthur Russell Mayne | 3,101 | 6.8 | ||
| Communist | Bob Jarvie[12] | 336 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 987 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 45,272 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Sources
[edit]- The Times House of Commons 1950. Times Media. 1950.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6) [Archived]
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Ayto, John; Crofton, Ian (2005). Brewer's Britain and Ireland. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35385-X.
- ^ "Croydon | London, England, Map, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Croydon West: Seat Details". Electoral Calculus. 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Legislation.gov.uk. 2023. Schedule 1 Part 3 London region. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ "General election results 2024". Croydon Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Croydon West - General election results 2024". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ Stevenson, Graham. "Jarvie Bob". Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
External links
[edit]- Croydon West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) MapIt UK