Croydon North East

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Croydon North East
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Croydon North East in for the 1983 general election
County1955–1965: Surrey
1965–1997: Greater London
1955–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromCroydon East and Croydon North
Replaced byCroydon Central 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

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

Boundaries

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Dates Local authority Maps Wards
1955–1974 County Borough of Croydon File:Croydon North East 1955 Constituency.svg Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, and Woodside.
1974–1983 London Borough of Croydon File:Croydon North East 1974 Constituency.svg Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, and Woodside.
1983–1997 File:CroydonNE1983Constituency.svg Addiscombe, Ashburton, Monks Orchard, Rylands, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, and Woodside.

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.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[1] Party Notes
1955 John Hughes-Hallett Conservative Member for main predecessor seat (1954–1955)
1964 Bernard Weatherill Conservative Chairman of Ways and Means 1979–1983
1983 Speaker Speaker of the House of Commons 1983–1992
1992 David Congdon Conservative Contested Croydon Central following redistribution
1997 constituency abolished: see Croydon Central & Croydon North

Elections

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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1955: Croydon North East[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Hughes-Hallett 25,097 55.0
Labour Gordon Borrie 16,616 36.4
Liberal James Walters 3,892 8.6
Majority 8,481 18.6
Turnout 45,605 77.7
Registered electors 58,663
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1959: Croydon North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hughes-Hallett 24,345 53.0 –2.0
Labour Walter Wolfgang 15,440 33.6 –2.8
Liberal Arnold Bender 6,109 13.3 +4.8
Majority 8,905 19.4 +0.8
Turnout 45,894 80.3 +2.5
Registered electors 57,174
Conservative hold Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Croydon North East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Weatherill 19,930 46.8 –6.3
Labour D. Storer 16,099 37.8 +4.2
Liberal Stuart de la Mahotiere 6,567 15.4 +2.1
Majority 3,831 9.0 –10.4
Turnout 42,596 75.0 –5.3
Registered electors 56,765
Conservative hold Swing –5.2
General election 1966: Croydon North East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Weatherill 18,302 43.6 –3.2
Labour Gerald Elliot 17,714 42.2 +4.4
Liberal Johndon Henchley 6,007 14.3 –1.1
Majority 588 1.4 –7.6
Turnout 42,023 76.3 +1.2
Registered electors 55,094
Conservative hold Swing –3.8

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Croydon North East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Weatherill 20,351 49.7 +6.2
Labour Gerald Elliot 16,373 40.0 –2.3
Liberal Roger Mayhew 4,210 10.3 –4.0
Majority 3,978 9.7 +8.3
Turnout 40,934 69.6 –6.7
Registered electors 58,819
Conservative hold Swing +4.2
1970 notional result[7]
Party Vote %
Conservative 20,500 50.2
Labour 16,100 39.5
Liberal 4,200 10.3
Turnout 40,800 71.3
Electorate 57,228
General election February 1974: Croydon North East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Weatherill 19,395 42.5 –7.7
Labour C. R. Coyne 15,575 34.1 –5.3
Liberal Patrick Streeter 10,659 23.4 +13.1
Majority 3,820 8.4 –2.4
Turnout 45,629 78.7 +7.4
Registered electors 57,951
Conservative hold Swing –1.2
General election October 1974: Croydon North East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Weatherill 17,938 43.3 +0.8
Labour David Simpson 15,787 38.1 +4.0
Liberal Patrick Streeter 7,228 17.5 –5.9
Independent British Nationalist William Stringer 451 1.1 New
Majority 2,151 5.2 –3.2
Turnout 41,404 71.0 –7.7
Registered electors 58,306
Conservative hold Swing –1.6
General election 1979: Croydon North East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Weatherill 21,560 51.0 +7.7
Labour David Simpson 14,784 35.0 –3.2
Liberal Patrick Streeter 5,459 12.9 –4.5
National Front Peter Moss[11] 464 1.1 New
Majority 6,776 16.0 +10.8
Turnout 42,267 74.1 +3.1
Registered electors 57,022
Conservative hold Swing +5.4
1979 notional result[12]
Party Vote %
Conservative 24,253 51.3
Labour 16,454 34.8
Liberal 6,064 12.8
Others 464 1.0
Turnout 47,235
Electorate

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Croydon North East[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Weatherill 22,292 52.5 +1.2
SDP Julian Goldie 10,665 25.1 +12.3
Labour Kathryn Riley 9,503 22.4 –12.5
Majority 11,637 27.4 +10.9
Turnout 38,460 67.5 –6.6
Registered electors 62,923
Conservative hold Swing –5.6
General election 1987: Croydon North East[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker Bernard Weatherill 24,188 55.0 +2.5
Labour Christine Patrick 11,669 26.5 +4.1
SDP Julian Goldie 8,128 18.5 –6.6
Majority 12,519 28.5 +1.1
Turnout 43,985 69.7 +2.2
Registered electors 63,129
Speaker hold Swing –0.8

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Croydon North East[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Congdon 23,835 51.4 –3.6
Labour Mary Walker 16,362 35.3 +8.7
Liberal Democrats John Fraser 6,186 13.3 –5.1
Majority 7,473 16.1 –12.4
Turnout 46,383 72.0 +2.3
Registered electors 64,405
Conservative gain from Speaker Swing –6.2

See also

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Notes and references

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Sources

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