Croydon North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon North East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Greater London
1955 (1955)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Croydon Central and Croydon North
Created from	Croydon East and Croydon North

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.

History

Croydon Norh 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-standing and most notable MP, Bernard Weatherill, stood as Speaker. Following its abolition at the 1997 election both successor seats elected Labour MPs.

Boundaries

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.

1983-1997: The following eight wards of the London Borough of Croydon; Addiscombe, Ashburton, Monks Orchard, Rylands, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, and Woodside.

Members of Parliament

Event		Member[1]	Party
	1955	John Hughes-Hallett	Conservative
	1964	Bernard Weatherill	Conservative
	1983		Speaker
	1992	David Congdon	Conservative
	1997	Constituency abolished: see Croydon Central and Croydon North

Elections

Elections 1974–1992

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General election, April 1992 [2][3] Electorate: 64,405 Turnout: 46,383 (72.0%) +2.3		Conservative win Majority: 7,473 (16.1%) −12.4 Swing: 6.2% from Con to Lab		David Congdon	Conservative	23,835	51.4	−3.6
				Mrs Mary Walker	Labour	16,362	35.3	+8.7
				J. Fraser	Liberal Democrat	6,186	13.3	−5.1
General election, June 1987 [4] Electorate: 63,129 Turnout: 43,985 (69.7%) 2.2		Speaker hold Majority: 12,519 (28.5%) +1.1 Swing: 0.8% from Spkr to Lab		Bernard Weatherill	Speaker	24,188	55.0	+2.5
				Christine Patrick	Labour	11,669	26.5	+4.1
				J. D. Goldie	Social Democrat	8,128	18.5	−6.6
General election, June 1983 [5] Electorate: 62,923 Turnout: 38,460 (67.5%)		Conservative hold Majority: 11,637 (27.4%) −5.7 Swing: 8.8% from Con to SDP		Bernard Weatherill	Conservative	22,292	52.5	+1.5
				J. D. Goldie	Social Democrat	10,665	25.1	+19.0
				K. A. Riley	Labour	9,503	22.4	−12.6
General election, May 1979 [6] Electorate: 57,022 Turnout: 42,267 (74.1%) +3.1		Conservative hold Majority: 6,776 (16.0%) +10.8 Swing: 4.5% from Lab to Con		Bernard Weatherill	Conservative	21,560	51.0	+6.7
				D. H. Simpson	Labour	14,784	35.0	−3.2
				P. T. Streeter	Liberal	5,459	12.9	−5.5
				P. W. Moss	National Front	464	1.1	N/A
General election, October 1974 [7] Electorate: 58,306 Turnout: 45,629 (71.0%) −7.7		Conservative hold Majority: 2,151 (5.2%) −3.2 Swing: 1.6% from Con to Lab		Bernard Weatherill	Conservative	17,938	43.3	+0.8
				D. H. Simpson	Labour	15,787	38.1	+4.0
				P. T. Streeter	Liberal	7,228	17.5	−5.9
				W. Stringer	Independent British Nationalist	451	1.1	N/A
General election, February 1974 [8] New boundaries Electorate: 57,951 Turnout: 78.7% (+9.2)		Conservative hold Majority: 3,820 (8.4%) −6.2 Swing: 1.3% from Con to Lab		Bernard Weatherill	Conservative	19,395	42.5	−7.2
				C. R. Coyne	Labour	15,575	34.1	−5.9
				P. Streeter	Liberal	10,659	23.4	+13.1

Elections 1955–1970

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General election, June 1970 [9] Electorate: 58,819 Turnout: 40,934 (69.6%) −6.7		Conservative hold Majority: 3,978 (9.7%) +8.3 Swing: 4.2% from Lab to Con		Bernard Weatherill	Conservative	20,351	49.7	+6.2
				G. F. Elliot	Labour	16,373	40.0	−2.2
				R. J. Mayhew	Liberal	4,210	10.3	−4.0
General election, March 1966 [10] Electorate: 55,094 Turnout: 42,023 (76.3%) +1.2		Conservative hold Majority: 588 (1.4%) −7.6 Swing: 3.8% from Con to Lab		Bernard Weatherill	Conservative	18,302	43.6	−3.2
				G. F. Elliott	Labour	17,714	42.2	4.4
				J. D. O. Henchley	Liberal	6,007	14.3	−1.1
General election, October 1964 [11] Electorate: 56,765 Turnout: 42,596 (75.0%) −5.3		Conservative hold Majority: 3,831 (9.0%) −10.4 Swing: 2.4% from Con to Lab		Bernard Weatherill	Conservative	19,930	46.8	−3.3
				D. Storer	Labour	16,099	37.8	+1.2
				S. R. R. de la Mahotiere	Liberal	6,567	15.4	+2.1
General election, October 1959 [12] Electorate: 57,174 Turnout: 45,894 (80.3%) +2.6		Conservative hold Majority: 8,905 (19.4%) +0.8 Swing: 0.5% from Lab to Con		John Hughes-Hallett	Conservative	24,345	53.1	−1.9
				Walter Wolfgang	Labour	15,440	33.6	−2.8
				A. E. Bender	Liberal	6,109	13.3	+4.7
General election, May 1955 [13] Electorate: 58,663 Turnout: 45,605 (77.7%)		Conservative win Majority: 8,481 (18.6%)		John Hughes-Hallett	Conservative	25,097	55.0	N/A
				Gordon Borrie	Labour	16,616	36.4	N/A
				James Walters	Liberal	3,892	8.6	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Notes and references

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
2. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "UK General Election results June 1987". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
5. ^ "UK General Election results June 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
6. ^ "UK General Election results May 1979". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
7. ^ "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
8. ^ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
9. ^ "UK General Election results 1970". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
10. ^ "UK General Election results March 1966". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
11. ^ "UK General Election results October 1964". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
12. ^ "UK General Election results October 1959". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
13. ^ "UK General Election results May 1955". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i06.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 

Sources

• The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955. 

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Cardiff West	Constituency represented by the Speaker 1983 – 1992	Succeeded by West Bromwich West