Bensham Manor (ward)

Bensham Manor (ward)

Bensham Manor is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Thornton Heath area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward extends from Thornton Heath railway station westwards and is largely residential with a retail or industrial core.

The ward currently forms part of Malcolm Wicks MP's Croydon North constituency, which has one of the highest majority's for the Labour Party in London.

The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the Croydon Council election 2006, Raj Rajendran, Paula Shaw, and Greta Sohoye were elected to the council. All of them were running as Labour Party candidates. Councillor Shaw resigned in 2007 triggering a by-election on 18 February 2007 which was won by Labour's Alison Butler.

Ward Result

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raj Rajendran
votes = 1,846
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paula Shaw
votes = 1,805
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Greta Sohoye
votes = 1,670
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Taylor
votes = 1,117
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Tooze
votes = 861
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Winborn
votes = 774
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Susan Parsons
votes = 531
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = James Feisenberger
votes = 305
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,407
percentage = 32.9%
change =

External links

* [http://www.croydon.gov.uk/democracy/dande/elections/results/local/benshammanor Council Elections 2006 results - Bensham Manor]
* [http://www.croydonlabour.org.uk/f1013687-0807-af64-b1da-0757ac94b12d Labour Councillors for Croydon.]
* [http://www.croydon.gov.uk/content/departments/570770/570872/wardmap.pdf London Borough of Croydon map of wards.]


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