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Croydon East (constituency)

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Croydon East is a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1955 by the first past the post system of election.

Croydon East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate75,346 (March 2020) [1]
Major settlementsAddiscombe, New Addington, Selsdon, Shirley, Woodside
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentNatasha Irons (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromCroydon Central and Croydon South
1950–1955
SeatsOne
Created fromCroydon North and Croydon South
Replaced byCroydon North East and Croydon South

Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election.[2] It primarily comprises the abolished Croydon Central constituency – excluding Croydon town centre.

The seat has been represented since 2024 by Natasha Irons of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

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Croydon East is a suburban constituency located in the Borough of Croydon on the outskirts of Greater London. It covers the eastern neighbourhoods of the large town of Croydon, including Addiscombe, Woodside, Shirley, Monks Orchard, Selsdon and New Addington. Like much of suburban London, Croydon grew rapidly during the 19th century with the arrival of rail transport and now serves as a commuter town.[3][4] Wealth in the constituency is divided; the constituency contains four golf courses in the highly affluent area around Selsdon and Shirley, whilst New Addington has high levels of deprivation.[5][6]

On average, residents of Croydon East have similar levels of income and professional employment to the rest of London, although they are less likely to be degree-educated.[7] At the 2021 census, White people made up 55% of the population. Black people were the largest ethnic minority group at 22% and Asians were 13%.[8] At the local borough council, most of the constituency is represented by Conservatives, although the areas closer to Croydon town centre (Addiscombe and Woodside) elected Labour Party councillors. In the 2016 referendum on European Union membership, an estimated 51% of voters in Croydon East favoured leaving the EU, similar to the country as a whole.[7]

Politics and history

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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.

During its first existence, 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.

In 2024, the re-established seat was won by the Labour Party with a majority of 15.6%.

In April 2026, four Labour party activists were charged with criminal offences over allegations that a party database was manipulated to increase a candidate's chance of selection for the 2024 election.[9][10]

Boundaries

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DatesLocal authority MapWards
1950–1955County Borough of Croydon

Location within Surrey

 Addington, Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, and Woodside
2024-presentLondon Borough of Croydon

Location within Greater London

 Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, New Addington North, New Addington South, Selsdon & Addington Village, Selsdon Vale & Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, Woodside (most comprising polling districts WDS2, WDS3, WDS4, WDS5 and WDS6).[11]

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1950 Herbert Williams Conservative Died July 1954
1954 by-election John Hughes-Hallett Conservative
1955 constituency abolished
2024 Natasha Irons Labour

Election results

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Election results 2019-2024

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Croydon East[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Natasha Irons 18,541 42.4 –5.7
Conservative Jason Cummings 11,716 26.8 –14.6
Reform Scott Holman 5,862 13.4 +11.7
Green Peter Underwood 4,097 9.4 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Pelling 3,563 8.1 +1.5
Majority 6,825 15.6 +8.9
Turnout 43,779 57.1 –10.1
Registered electors 76,660
Labour hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[13]
Party Vote %
Labour24,34048.1
Conservative20,92741.3
Liberal Democrats3,3416.6
Green1,1772.3
Brexit Party8371.7
Turnout 50,622 67.2
Electorate 75,346

Elections in the 1950s

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1954 Croydon East by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hughes-Hallett 21,640 56.6 −2.2
Labour JW Wellwood 13,546 35.4 −5.8
Liberal James Walters 3,060 8.0 New
Majority 8,094 21.2 +3.6
Turnout 38,460 57.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.8
General election 1951: Croydon East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Williams 32,282 58.8 +5.5
Labour Alexander Bain 22,615 41.2 +3.4
Majority 9,667 17.6 +2.1
Turnout 54,897
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
General election 1950: Croydon East
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Herbert Williams 29,484 53.3
Labour Marion Billson 20,903 37.8
Liberal George Laing Gray 4,882 8.8
Majority 8,581 15.5
Turnout 55,269
Conservative win (new seat)

References

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  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Ayto, John; Crofton, Ian (2005). Brewer's Britain and Ireland. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35385-X.
  4. ↑ "Croydon | London, England, Map, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Gareth Davies (22 November 2013). "DATA BLOG: Where is the best place to live in Croydon?". Croydon Advertiser. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  7. 1 2 Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Croydon+East
  8. ↑ "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Quinn, Ben (21 April 2026). "Four Labour activists charged with trying to fix candidate selection process". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Four face cybercrime charges over Croydon selection scandal". Inside Croydon. 21 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  12. ↑ "Candidate information". Croydon Council. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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