Addiscombe (ward)
Addiscombe | |
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Former ward for Croydon Council | |
Boundary of Addiscombe in Croydon Central (orange) within the London Borough of Croydon (yellow) from 2002 to 2018. | |
County | Greater London |
1965 | –2018|
Number of councillors | Three |
Replaced by | Addiscombe West |
UK Parliament constituency | Croydon Central |
Addiscombe was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering much of the Addiscombe and East Croydon areas of London in the United Kingdom. It extended from East Croydon railway station towards Woodside Green but did not actually cover the retail centre of Addiscombe, which was in the neighbouring Ashburton ward.
The ward currently formed part of the Croydon Central constituency, which was the most marginal in London at the 2015 General Election, as 165 votes separated the Conservatives and Labour. At the 2017 General Election, Gavin Barwell was ousted as the local MP. Despite achieving the highest numerical vote share for the Conservatives since 1992, he was replaced by Labour's Sarah Jones. Shortly after losing his seat, Barwell was appointed Downing Street Chief of Staff by Theresa May, following the resignations of Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy on 10 June.
The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,883.[1] The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. In the 2006 London local elections and the 2014 London local elections, the Green Party candidates got more votes than the Liberal Democrat. At the 2014 council elections, Labour retained all three seats. (The lowest Labour vote was 1,962 and the highest Conservative vote was 1,723.[2])
For the 2018 London local elections, the ward was abolished, with the majority becoming Addiscombe West (which also includes part of the old Fairfield ward) and part contributing to Addiscombe East (which also includes part of the old Ashburton ward).
List of Councillors[]
Election | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Ward created | |||||||||||
1964 | R. Taverner | Labour | J Grieve Smith | Labour | L. W. Wood | Labour | ||||||
1968 | A. W. Elliot | Conservative | A. R. Hills | Conservative | Mrs D. C. H. Hobbs | Conservative | ||||||
1971 | L. E. Deane | Labour | Mrs M. E. Curson | Labour | Miss A. K. Usher | Labour | ||||||
1973 by-election | Mrs M. M. Walker | Labour | ||||||||||
2018 | Ward abolished |
Ward result[]
1964 - 1974[]
1964[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Taverner | 2,300 | |||
Labour | J. Grieve Smith | 2,269 | |||
Labour | L. W. Wood | 2,247 | |||
Conservative | D. Nye | 1,789 | |||
Conservative | A. W. Elliott | 1,733 | |||
Conservative | A. F. Gloak | 1,724 | |||
Liberal | R. Tapsell | 662 | |||
Liberal | K. Evans | 613 | |||
Liberal | K. Simmons | 560 | |||
Turnout | 4,799 | 42.8 | |||
Registered electors | 11,211 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
1968[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A.W. Elliot | 2,380 | |||
Conservative | A.R. Hills | 2,261 | |||
Conservative | Mrs D.C.H Hobbs | 2,241 | |||
Labour | A.D Goddard | 1005 | |||
Labour | S. Boden | 993 | |||
Labour | L.W Wood | 938 | |||
Liberal | P. Miles | 710 | |||
Liberal | Miss P.H. Tapsell | 684 | |||
Liberal | V. Martin | 653 | |||
Turnout | 38.4 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 10,863 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
1971[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L.E. Deane | 2,665 | |||
Labour | Mrs M. E. Curson | 2,615 | |||
Labour | Miss A. K. Usher | 2,604 | |||
Conservative | W. A. Elliot | 2,130 | |||
Conservative | Mrs D. C. H. Hobbs | 2,025 | |||
Conservative | J. C. Mann | 2,011 | |||
Turnout | 42.6 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 11,421 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
1973 by-election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs M. M. Walker | 2,161 | |||
Conservative | J. A. Arnold | 1,321 | |||
Liberal | B. F. Steggles | 790 | |||
Turnout | 38.2% |
1974[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mrs M. M. Walker | 2,177 | |||
Labour | Mrs M. E. Curson | 2,157 | |||
Labour | L. E. Deane | 2,150 | |||
Conservative | D. F. Todd | 2,142 | |||
Conservative | J. A. Arnold | 2,133 | |||
Conservative | J. C. Mann | 2,034 | |||
Liberal | A. S. Morriss | 508 | |||
Liberal | B. Foster | 493 | |||
Liberal | C. C. Anderson | 485 | |||
Majority | 8 | ||||
Turnout | 46.0 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 10,967 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
1978 - 1998[]
1978[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Muriel C. Elliott | 2,461 | |||
Conservative | Dennis F. Todd | 2,426 | |||
Conservative | Megan Holt-Thomas | 2,393 | |||
Labour | James L. Walker, J.P. | 2,041 | |||
Labour | Robert J. Irwin | 2,038 | |||
Labour | Michael Cohen | 2,021 | |||
Liberal | Martin D. Patrick | 271 | |||
Liberal | Peter D. Rees | 270 | |||
Liberal | Brenda A. Piesing | 246 | |||
Majority | 352 | ||||
Turnout | 48.5 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 10,744 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
1982[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter G. Holt-Thomas | 2,312 | |||
Conservative | Megan Holt-Thomas | 2,291 | |||
Conservative | Ronald W. Richens | 2,211 | |||
Labour | Nancy T. Irwin | 1,480 | |||
Labour | Rona A. Thomson | 1,447 | |||
Labour | Patricia F.L. Knight | 1,418 | |||
Alliance | Angela C. Thomson | 992 | |||
Alliance | Paul D. Wiggin | 943 | |||
Alliance | Patricia A. Charman | 875 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1986[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick | 1,680 | |||
Labour | Martin D. Walker | 1,630 | |||
Labour | Nancy T. Irwin | 1,627 | |||
Conservative | Megan Holt-Thomas | 1,608 | |||
Conservative | Peter G. Holt-Thomas | 1,581 | |||
Conservative | Christopher A. Fink | 1,517 | |||
Liberal | Paul D. Wiggin | 1,277 | |||
Liberal | Leslie A. Rowe | 1,242 | |||
Liberal | Susan E. Wiggin | 1,215 | |||
Majority | 19 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
1990[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick | 2,241 | |||
Labour | Nancy T. Irwin | 2,219 | |||
Conservative | Richard J. Billington | 2,088 | |||
Labour | Martin D. Walker | 2,073 | |||
Conservative | Desmond J. Wright | 2,009 | |||
Conservative | Robert T.L. Vaudry | 1,941 | |||
Green (UK) | Patricia A. Matthews | 478 | |||
Green (UK) | Christopher J. Reeves | 424 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia F. West | 414 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,967 | 49.3 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
1994[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick | 2,349 | |||
Labour | Sean E. Fitzsimons | 2,136 | |||
Labour | Bernadette Khan | 1,946 | |||
Conservative | Martin W. Brown | 1,784 | |||
Conservative | Hella P. H. El-Droubie | 1,572 | |||
Conservative | Mohammad I. Khokhar | 1,382 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kay L. Schilich | 614 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia F. West | 609 | |||
Green | Russell N. Heath | 543 | |||
Independent | James P. Smyth | 237 | |||
Majority | 162 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
2002 - 2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Price | 1,948 | |||
Conservative | Maria Garcia de la Huerta | 1,842 | |||
Conservative | Russell Jackson | 1,793 | |||
Labour | Sean Fitzsimons | 1,672 | |||
Labour | Amanda Campbell | 1,653 | |||
Labour | Mark Watson | 1,607 | |||
Green | Mario Barnsley | 850 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Rogers | 760 | |||
Turnout | 4,437 | 40.0% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sean Fitzsimons | 2,839 | 38.4 | ||
Labour | Mark Watson | 2,683 | 36.3 | ||
Labour | Patricia Hay-Justice | 2,497 | 33.8 | ||
Conservative | Maria Garcia de la Huerta | 2,445 | 33.1 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Price | 2,171 | 29.4 | ||
Conservative | Robert King | 2,076 | 28.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Adams | 1,569 | 21.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Howard-Jones | 1,400 | 19.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ejnar Sorensen | 1,195 | 16.2 | ||
Green | Tracey Hague | 432 | 5.9 | ||
Green | David Petro | 353 | 4.8 | ||
Green | Martyn Post | 352 | 4.8 | ||
UKIP | Peter Staveley | 296 | 4.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,386 | 62.9% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sean Fitzsimons | 2,165 | |||
Labour | Patricia Hay-Justice | 2,027 | |||
Labour | Mark Watson | 1,962 | |||
Conservative | David Harmes | 1,723 | |||
Conservative | Lisa Terry | 1,653 | |||
Conservative | Partha Chatterjee | 1,630 | |||
UKIP | Peter Staveley | 659 | |||
Green | Paul Anderson | 458 | |||
Green | Esther Sutton | 439 | |||
Green | Joseph Hague | 362 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Adams | 266 | |||
Liberal Democrats | William Tucker | 186 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Howard-Jones | 169 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 4,995 | 42.5% |
References[]
- ^ "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ Elvery, Nathan (22 May 2014). Declaration of Result of Polls- Election of Borough Councillors for Addiscombe (PDF) (Technical report). [sic]
External links[]
- Former wards of the London Borough of Croydon
- 2018 disestablishments in England