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Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)

UK Parliament constituency since 1997


Croydon North is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Steve Reed of Labour Co-op.[n 2] The seat was created in 1918 and split in two in 1955 (taking in neighbouring areas) and re-devised in a wholly different form in 1997.

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Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will be subject to major boundary changes. Northern parts, including the areas of Norbury, Thornton Heath and Upper Norwood, will form part of the newly created constituency of Streatham and Croydon North. To compensate, the seat is to be extended southwards to include Croydon town centre and Waddon. As a consequence of these changes, the seat will be abolished and succeeded by the re-established seat of Croydon West, to be first contested at the next general election.[2]

History

The seat was created from the former Croydon North West and part of the former North East constituencies. In its previous form it existed from 1918 until 1955.

On re-creation at the 1997 general election the MP for the seat became Malcolm Wicks of the Labour Party with the fourth largest Labour majority in Greater London. Wicks was victorious at the next two general elections and died on 29 September 2012, prompting a by-election which was won by Steve Reed of the same party. The 2015 result made the seat the 31st safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[3]

Constituency profile

Croydon North is the most densely populated of Croydon's three seats, regarded as a safe Labour seat with all wards controlled by them at local level, consisting for the most part of rows of modest terraced houses, interspersed with tower blocks, much of it social and ex-social housing and with recreational areas.[4]

Passing through the constituency are London Overground and Southern services to London Victoria and Croydon — the seat is well connected by several stations to rail services. There has been some regeneration since 2000 with new-build developments for affluent commuters.[5]

The seat includes Crystal Palace FC's ground at Selhurst Park and the northeastern end of the seat is near the site of the former Crystal Palace itself.

Boundaries

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1918–1950: The County Borough of Croydon wards of North, South Norwood, and Upper Norwood.

1950–1955: Wards of the above borough: Bensham Manor, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, and West Thornton.

1997–2010: The London Borough of Croydon wards of Bensham Manor, Beulah, Broad Green, Norbury, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, West Thornton, and Whitehorse Manor.

2010–present: As above less Beulah and Whitehorse Manor, plus Selhurst.

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1918–1955

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Election results

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See also

Notes

  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years

References

  1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  3. Get a Map Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Ordnance survey
  4. Planning Applications Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine Croydon Council
  5. "Ribeiro-Addy is shunted aside for Reed's political ambitions". Inside Croydon. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  6. "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Croydon North parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  9. "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
  10. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. Election 2015 - Croydon North Archived 2017-12-13 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 8 May 2015
  13. "1948 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  14. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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