Croydon_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1955


Croydon East was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election.[1] It will comprise primarily of the existing (to be abolished) Croydon Central constituency - excluding Croydon town centre.

Politics and history

Croydon East was a short-lived seat for the 1950 general election, creating three seats in the County Borough of Croydon from the previous two, taking in areas from the East Surrey constituency to the south. Croydon East took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon South constituencies, and East Surrey. It bordered Croydon West, Croydon North and East Surrey, and, when created, Beckenham.

All three Croydon constituencies were abolished at the 1955 general election, re-creating Croydon South and creating Croydon North East and Croydon North West seats.

For all of its history Croydon East had Conservative Members of Parliament. It saw three elections: the 1950 general election, the 1951 general election and a 1954 by-election. Prior to 1950, Croydon South had been held by Labour but most of its voters were re-drawn into Croydon West.

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024
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Members of Parliament

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Election results

Elections in the 2020s

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Elections in the 1950s

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References

  1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  3. "Jason Cummings selected as Conservative Candidate for Croydon East". Croydon Conservatives. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. "Find My PPC" (PDF). Reform UK. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. London Labour [@LondonLabour] (23 March 2024). "Congratulations @NDIrons, your Labour candidate for Croydon East" (Tweet) via Twitter.

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