- Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)
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Croydon East Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons County Surrey 1950–1955 Number of members One Replaced by Croydon North East and Croydon South Created from Croydon North and Croydon South Croydon East was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Politics and history
Croydon East was a short-lived seat created for the 1950 general election, in an effort to create three seats in the County Borough of Croydon from the previous two, also taking in areas from the East Surrey constituency to the south. The new Croydon East took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon South constituencies as well as Surrey East. It bordered Croydon West, Croydon North and Surrey East, as well as, when originally created, the constituency of Beckenham.
All three Croydon constituencies were abolished just five years later at the 1955 general election, re-creating Croydon South and creating the new Croydon North East and Croydon North West seats.
For all of its short history, Croydon East had Conservative Members of Parliament. It actually 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.
Boundaries
Croydon East covered the communities of South Norwood, Addiscombe, Woodside, Shirley and Addington.
Members of Parliament 1950 - 1955
Election Member Party 1950 Sir Herbert Williams Conservative 1954 by-election John Hughes-Hallett Conservative 1955 constituency abolished Election results
General Election 1950: Croydon East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sir Herbert Williams 29,484 53.3 N/A Labour Marian Billson 20,903 37.8 N/A Liberal G.L Gray 4,882 8.8 N/A Majority 8,581 15.5 N/A Turnout 55,269 N/A Conservative hold Swing N/A General Election 1951: Croydon East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sir Herbert Williams 32,282 58.8 +5.5 Labour Alexander Bain 22,615 41.2 +3.4 Majority 9,667 17.6 Turnout 54,897 Conservative hold Swing +1.1 By-election 1954: Croydon East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Hughes-Hallett 21,640 56.6 Labour B Parkin 13,546 35.4 Liberal W E Waters 3,060 8.0 Majority 8,094 21.2 Turnout 38,460 67.5 Conservative hold Swing References
- The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 1950.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
Categories:- Politics of Croydon
- History of Croydon
- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1950
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1955
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