Croydon London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Croydon since 2002

Elections for the Council in the London Borough of Croydon are held every four years to elect 70 councillors. At the last elections, which were held in May 2014, 30 Conservative councillors and 40 Labour councillors, providing a Labour majority of ten seats.

At the 2002 local elections, 37 Labour councillors, 32 Conservative councillors and one Liberal Democrat councillor were elected, maintaining Labour control of the Council. Subsequently, one Conservative councillor defected to Labour, defected back to the Conservatives, became an independent and then a Liberal Democrat. Following the death of one Labour councillor and the resignation of two councillors, three by-elections were won by the incumbent party in each case. A 6% swing from Labour to Conservative was seen in the last two in the run-up to the 2006 elections. However, following the Conservatives' victory in 2006, a February 2007 by-election saw a large swing back to Labour.

In 2002, Labour held Croydon with a tiny majority of votes in its marginal wards - one councillor won by just eight votes - and it was inevitable that in the 2006 election the fight would be keenly fought and closely observed. In the end, the Conservatives won 43 seats on the Council, defeating the lone Liberal Democrat and taking ten Labour seats in Waddon, Addiscombe, South Norwood and Upper Norwood.

In 2010, Labour gained six seats (net) from the Conservatives, reducing the Conservative majority on the Council to four seats.

Political control

Summary of council election results:

Leaders of the council

• 2014 - present: Tony Newman, Labour Co-operative
• 2006 - 2014: Mike Fisher, Conservative
• 2005 - 2006: Tony Newman, Labour Co-operative
• 1999 - 2005: Hugh Malyan, Labour
• 1997 - 1999: Valerie Shawcross, Labour
• 1996 - 1997: Geraint Davies, Labour
• 1994 - 1996: Mary Walker, Labour Co-operative
• 1976 - 1994: Peter Bowness, Conservative

Council elections

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

Borough result maps

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  2002 results map

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  2006 results map

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  2010 results map

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  2014 results map

Councillors by party

The controlling and majority group in the borough is the Labour Party. Since the 2014 election the composition has been:

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.^[4]

1968-1971

1971-1974

1974-1978

1986-1990

1990-1994

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Susan T. Taylor.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David L. Congdon.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John D. P. Yaxley.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony J. Slatcher.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ann A. Allan.

1994-1998

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sherwan H. Chowdhury.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Bruce T. H. Marshall.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alison J. Roberts.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Geraint R. Davies.

1998-2002

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Louisa P. Woodley.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Valerie Shawcross.

2002-2006

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alexander Burridge.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Mary M. Walker.

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Audrey-Marie M. Yates.

2006-2010

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paula M. Shaw.

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Jonathan M. Driver.

2010-2014

There were no by-elections.^[13]

2014-2018

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Emily Benn to pursue a job in New York City, United States^[15]

Wards

The 24 electoral wards of the London Borough of Croydon

There are 24 wards which represent Croydon Council. All Croydon Council seats were up for re-election for the first time since the 2002 elections, during the election on 4 May 2006. Previously Labour held control of the council. In the election, the Conservatives took 10 seats from Labour and one from the Liberal Democrats. Since the election, Cllr Mike Mogul defected from Labour to the Conservatives adding another Conservative councillor, whilst Cllr Enley Taylor left the Conservative Group and Cllr Jonathan Driver, the Mayor at the time, died.

In the 2010 elections Labour gained six seats from the Conservatives, giving the council's political composition as:

References

External links

• Croydon Council

Council elections in Greater London
Barking and Dagenham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Barnet	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Bexley	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Brent	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Bromley	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Camden	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Croydon	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Ealing	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Enfield	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Greenwich	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Hackney	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Hammersmith and Fulham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Haringey	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Harrow	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Havering	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Hillingdon	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Hounslow	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Islington	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Kensington and Chelsea	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Kingston upon Thames	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Lambeth	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Lewisham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Merton	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Newham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Redbridge	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Richmond upon Thames	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Southwark	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Sutton	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Tower Hamlets	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Waltham Forest	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Wandsworth	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Westminster	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Greater London	1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 Abolished
See also: London-wide elections Wards Boundary changes