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Croydon North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955–1997


Croydon North East was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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History

Croydon North East was created for the 1955 general election just five years after a previous re-organisation of the three seats in the County Borough of Croydon. It took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon East constituencies and bordered Croydon North West and Croydon South, as well as, when originally created, the constituency of Beckenham.

The constituency was abolished at the 1997 general election with one third going to the new Croydon North seat (the Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood and South Norwood wards) and the rest (the wards of Woodside, Rylands, Addiscombe, Ashburton and Monks Orchard) becoming part of an expanded Croydon Central.

For all of its history, Croydon North East had Conservative Members of Parliament, although in 1987 its long-serving and most notable MP, Bernard Weatherill, stood as Speaker. Following its abolition at the 1997 election both successor seats elected Labour MPs.

Boundaries

1955–1965: The County Borough of Croydon wards of Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, and Woodside.

1965–1983: The same wards in the London Borough of Croydon.

1983–1997: Wards of the above borough: Addiscombe, Ashburton, Monks Orchard, Rylands, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, and Woodside.

When first created, Croydon North East included the areas of South Norwood and Addiscombe and parts of Thornton Heath and Shirley. It saw various boundary changes, largely stretching further north. At the time of its abolition in 1997, Croydon North East covered all of South Norwood, Upper Norwood, Addiscombe, northern Shirley and parts of Thornton Heath around Thornton Heath High Street, within the London Borough of Croydon.

Members of Parliament

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Elections

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See also


Notes and references

  1. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. The swing against the Conservatives in the 1992 election, both for the candidate and the seat, are shown relative to the Speaker's 1987 result. This is reasonable as both the Labour and Liberal parties stood against Bernard Weatherill in 1987.
  3. "UK General Election results June 1987". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  4. "UK General Election results June 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  5. "UK General Election results May 1979". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  6. Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 11. ISBN 0102374805.
  7. "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  8. "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  9. "UK General Election results 1970". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  10. "UK General Election results March 1966". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  11. "UK General Election results October 1964". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  12. "UK General Election results October 1959". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  13. "UK General Election results May 1955". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

Sources

  • The Times House of Commons 1955. 1955. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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