Croydon_London_Borough_Council_elections

Croydon London Borough Council elections

Class of UK elections

Elections for the Croydon London Borough Council are held every four years to elect 70 councillors. The last ward boundary changes came into force at the 2018 local elections.

A map showing the wards of Croydon from 2002 to 2018

Political control

The first elections to the council were held in 1964, ahead of the new system coming into full effect in 1965. Political control of the council since 1964 has been held by the following parties:

Election	Council control		Conservative	Labour	Lib Dem	Greens	Others
1964		No overall control	21	21	-	-	18
1968		Conservative	47	1	1	-	11
1971		Conservative	30	27	-	-	3
1974		Conservative	40	17	-	-	3
1978		Conservative	56	11	-	-	3
1982		Conservative	62	5	-	-	3
1986		Conservative	44	26	-	-	-
1990		Conservative	41	29	-	-	-
1994		Labour	30	40	-	-	-
1998		Labour	31	38	1	-	-
2002		Labour	32	37	1	-	-
2006		Conservative	43	27	-	-	-
2010		Conservative	37	33	-	-	-
2014		Labour	30	40	-	-	-
2018		Labour	29	41	-	-	-
2022		No overall control	33 (plus Mayor)	34	1	2	-

Council elections

1964 Croydon London Borough Council election
1968 Croydon London Borough Council election
1971 Croydon London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[1]^{[n 1]}
1974 Croydon London Borough Council election
1978 Croydon London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by ten)^[2]
1982 Croydon London Borough Council election
1986 Croydon London Borough Council election
1990 Croydon London Borough Council election
1994 Croydon London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 2]}^{[n 3]}^{[n 4]}^{[n 5]}
1998 Croydon London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 6]}
2002 Croydon London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
2006 Croydon London Borough Council election
2010 Croydon London Borough Council election
2014 Croydon London Borough Council election
2018 Croydon London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
2022 Croydon London Borough Council election (boundaries remained the same, but the introduction of the Mayor of Croydon increased the number of seats by 1)

Borough result maps

1978 results map
1982 results map
1986 results map
1990 results map
1994 results map
1998 results map
2002 results map
2006 results map
2010 results map
2014 results map
2018 results map
2022 results map

Councillors by party

The party holding the executive Mayor, and as a result executive power, is the Conservative Party. No party holds a majority of Councillors. Since the 2022 Croydon London Borough Council election the composition of the Council is as follows:

More information Party, Councillors ...

Party		Councillors
	Conservative	33 plus Mayor
	Labour	34
	Greens	2
	Liberal Democrat	1