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The village-like [[Selsdon]] - one of the few places in the seat where transport links are poor - has a place on the political map having spawned the phrase '[[Selsdon Man]]', its [[swing (politics)|swing]] and voters first seen as an ideal [[bellwether]] for the national swing by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]; the Purley Way, which runs mainly through Waddon, has become home to large retail estates for out-of-town shopping and leisure, the latter area being the sole Labour ward in the constituency. |
The village-like [[Selsdon]] - one of the few places in the seat where transport links are poor - has a place on the political map having spawned the phrase '[[Selsdon Man]]', its [[swing (politics)|swing]] and voters first seen as an ideal [[bellwether]] for the national swing by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]; the Purley Way, which runs mainly through Waddon, has become home to large retail estates for out-of-town shopping and leisure, the latter area being the sole Labour ward in the constituency. |
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At the southern end of the constituency, Coulsdon has much in common with the county of [[Surrey]] of which it was historically a part [(until 1965)]. |
At the southern end of the constituency, [[Coulsdon]] has much in common with the county of [[Surrey]] of which it was historically a part [(until 1965)]. |
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! colspan="6" |[[United Kingdom general election, 2010|General Election 2010]]: Croydon South |
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
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! colspan="2" style="width: 130px" |Party |
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! style="width: 17em" |Candidate |
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! style="width: 5em" |Votes |
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! style="width: 3.5em" |% |
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! style="width: 3.5em" |±% |
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! style="background-color: <nowiki>#0087DC</nowiki>; width: 5px;" | |
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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| class="fn" | [[Richard Ottaway]] |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 28,684 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 50.9 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | -1.1 |
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|- class="vcard" |
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! style="background-color: <nowiki>#FDBB30</nowiki>; width: 5px;" | |
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] |
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| class="fn" | Simon Rix |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 12,866 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 22.8 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | +2.4 |
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! style="background-color: <nowiki>#DC241f</nowiki>; width: 5px;" | |
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| class="fn" | Jane Avis |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 11,287 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 20.0 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | -4.0 |
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! style="background-color: <nowiki>#70147A</nowiki>; width: 5px;" | |
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | [[United Kingdom Independence Party|UKIP]] |
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| class="fn" | Jeffrey Bolter |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 2,504 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 4.4 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | +2.3 |
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! style="background-color: <nowiki>#6AB023</nowiki>; width: 5px;" | |
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| class="org" style="width: 130px" | [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] |
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| class="fn" | Gordon Ross |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 981 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 1.7 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | +1.7 |
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| colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | '''Majority''' |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 15,818 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 28.1 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | |
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| colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | '''[[Voter turnout|Turnout]]''' |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 56,322 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 69.3 |
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| style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | +5.8 |
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|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6" |
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! style="background-color: <nowiki>#0087DC</nowiki>" | |
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| colspan="2" | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] '''hold''' |
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| style="text-align:right;" | '''[[Swing (politics)|Swing]]''' |
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| style="text-align:right;" | +1.7 |
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===Elections in 2000s=== |
===Elections in 2000s=== |
Revision as of 17:23, 15 April 2015
Croydon South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 81,554 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Richard Ottaway (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Croydon South is a United Kingdom parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament since 1992 by Richard Ottaway, a Conservative.[n 1]
History
In 1974 Croydon South constituency was renamed Croydon Central and a new Croydon South was created out of East Surrey.
The constituency has had two Conservative MPs. Sir William Clark, who had represented East Surrey in the previous Parliament, won the election in February 1974, and served until 1992 when he was succeeded by Richard Ottaway. In October 2012, Ottaway stated his intention to stand down at the next election.[2]
Constituency profile
Croydon South is one of the safest Conservative seats in Greater London, consisting almost entirely of highly affluent suburban areas with well-to-do businesspeople taking advantage of the fast commuter trains to the City and Gatwick airport, plus a significant proportion of retired people. The neighbouring constituency of Croydon Central is far more marginal, alternating between Labour and Tory representation since 1997; the borough's other seat, Croydon North, is now looked on as safely Labour.
The village-like Selsdon - one of the few places in the seat where transport links are poor - has a place on the political map having spawned the phrase 'Selsdon Man', its swing and voters first seen as an ideal bellwether for the national swing by the Conservative Party; the Purley Way, which runs mainly through Waddon, has become home to large retail estates for out-of-town shopping and leisure, the latter area being the sole Labour ward in the constituency.
At the southern end of the constituency, Coulsdon has much in common with the county of Surrey of which it was historically a part [(until 1965)].
Boundaries
Croydon South covers the south west of the London Borough of Croydon. It is made up of eight borough electoral wards:
- Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croham, Kenley, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon and Ballards, Waddon
Boundary review
Following its review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England made minor changes to the constituency: parts of Croham ward, Selsdon and Ballards ward and Waddon ward were transferred to Croydon South from Croydon Central.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | February 1974 | Sir William Clark | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1992 | Sir Richard Ottaway | Conservative |
Election results
Elections in 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emily Benn | ||||
Class War | Jon Bigger[4] | ||||
UKIP | Kathleen Garner | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Gill Hickson | ||||
Conservative | Chris Philp[5] | ||||
Green | Peter Underwood |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Ottaway | 28,684 | 50.9 | -1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Rix | 12,866 | 22.8 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Jane Avis | 11,287 | 20.0 | -4.0 | |
UKIP | Jeffrey Bolter | 2,504 | 4.4 | +2.3 | |
Green | Gordon Ross | 981 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 15,818 | 28.1 | |||
Turnout | 56,322 | 69.3 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 |
General Election 2010: Croydon South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Richard Ottaway | 28,684 | 50.9 | -1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Simon Rix | 12,866 | 22.8 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Jane Avis | 11,287 | 20.0 | -4.0 | |
UKIP | Jeffrey Bolter | 2,504 | 4.4 | +2.3 | |
Green | Gordon Ross | 981 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 15,818 | 28.1 | |||
Turnout | 56,322 | 69.3 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Elections in 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Ottaway | 25,320 | 51.8 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Paul Smith | 11,792 | 24.1 | –5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Lawman | 10,049 | 20.6 | +2.3 | |
UKIP | James Feisenberger | 1,054 | 2.2 | 0.0 | |
Veritas | Graham Dare | 497 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
The People's Choice! | Mark Samuel | 185 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 13,528 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 48,897 | 63.6 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Ottaway | 22,169 | 49.2 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Gerry Ryan | 13,472 | 29.9 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna-Nicolett Gallop | 8,226 | 18.3 | –2.9 | |
UKIP | Kathleen Garner | 998 | 2.2 | +1.6 | |
The People's Choice! | Mark Samuel | 195 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,697 | 19.3 | |||
Turnout | 45,060 | 61.4 | –12.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –1.3 |
Elections in 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Ottaway | 25,649 | 47.3 | ||
Labour | Charlie Burling | 13,719 | 25.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Steven Gauge | 11,441 | 21.1 | ||
Referendum | A Barber | 2,631 | 4.9 | ||
BNP | Paul Ferguson | 354 | 0.7 | ||
UK Independent | A Harker | 309 | 0.6 | ||
The People's Choice! | Mark Samuel | 96 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 11,930 | 22 | |||
Turnout | 54,199 | 73.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Ottaway | 31,993 | 63.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Billenness | 11,568 | 23.0 | ||
Labour | Helen Salmon | 6,444 | 12.8 | ||
The People's Choice! | Mark Samuel | 239 | 0.5 | ||
Majority | 20,425 | ||||
Turnout | 50,244 | 77.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir William Clark | 30,732 | 64.05 | - | |
Alliance | I Morrison | 11,669 | 24.32 | ||
Labour | G Davies | 4,679 | 9.75 | ||
Green | P Baldwin | 900 | 1.88 | ||
Majority | 19,063 | 39.73 | |||
Turnout | 47,980 | 73.72 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir William Clark | 30,732 | 64.05 | - | |
Alliance | J Forrest | 12,402 | 27.07 | ||
Labour | RCE Brooks | 3,568 | 7.79 | ||
Majority | 17,440 | 38.07 | |||
Turnout | 46,702 | 71.05 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Clark | 30,874 | 64.86 | - | |
Liberal | P Billenness | 10,006 | 21.02 | ||
Labour | JM Bloom | 6,249 | 13.13 | ||
National Front | R Dummer | 469 | 0.99 | ||
Majority | 20,868 | 43.84 | |||
Turnout | 47,598 | 76.74 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Clark | 25,703 | 57.86 | - | |
Liberal | D Nunneley | 11,514 | 25.92 | ||
Labour | DW Keene | 7,203 | 16.22 | ||
Majority | 14,189 | 31.94 | |||
Turnout | 44,420 | 73.92 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Clark | 28,915 | 59.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | J.P. Coleman | 13,048 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Labour | H.E. Hodge | 6,965 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,867 | 32.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,928 | 82.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20108756
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/croydonsouth/
- ^ http://www.classwarparty.org.uk/the-candidates/jon-bigger-croydon-south/
- ^ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/croydon-south-2015.html
- ^ Croydon South UK Polling Report
- ^ Croydon South UK Polling Report