Croydon North West (UK Parliament constituency)
Croydon North West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County |
1955–1965: Surrey 1965–1997: Greater London |
1955–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Croydon North |
Created from | Croydon North and Croydon West |
Croydon North West 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.
Politics and history of the constituency
The Croydon North West constituency 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 West constituencies and bordered Croydon North East and Croydon South, as well as, when originally created, the constituencies of Streatham, Norwood, Beckenham and Mitcham.
The constituency was abolished at the 1997 general election and was entirely subsumed within the new Croydon North, with the addition of the Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood and South Norwood wards.
For almost all of its history, Croydon North West had Conservative Members of Parliament. It was the scene of a famous by-election in 1981, following the death of its MP, won by Bill Pitt for the SDP-Liberal Alliance. However, it returned to the Conservatives two years later, remaining so until it was snatched by Malcolm Wicks for the Labour Party at the 1992 general election.
Boundaries
1955-1974: The County Borough of Croydon wards of Bensham Manor, Norbury, Upper Norwood, West Thornton, and Whitehorse Manor.
1974-1983: The London Borough of Croydon wards of Bensham Manor, Norbury, Upper Norwood, West Thornton, and Whitehorse Manor.
1983-1997: The London Borough of Croydon wards of Bensham Manor, Beulah, Broad Green, Norbury, West Thornton, and Whitehorse Manor.
When first created, Croydon North West included the areas of Norbury, Upper Norwood and parts of west Croydon and Thornton Heath. It saw various boundary changes, largely stretching further south and losing its more easterly parts. At the time of its abolition in 1997, Croydon North West covered all of West Croydon, Selhurst, Norbury and parts of Thornton Heath around the Thornton Heath Pond, within the London Borough of Croydon.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1955 | Fred Harris | Conservative | ||
1970 | Robert Taylor | Conservative | Died 1981 | |
1981 by-election | Bill Pitt | Liberal | ||
1983 | Humfrey Malins | Conservative | ||
1992 | Malcolm Wicks | Labour | ||
1997 | constituency abolished: see Croydon North |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Frederic Walter Harris | 26,297 | 56.9 | ||
Labour | Ronald Huzzard | 15,760 | 34.1 | ||
Liberal | Ivy Elizabeth Hallett Thurston | 4,139 | 9.0 | ||
Majority | 10,537 | 22.8 | |||
Turnout | 46,196 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Frederic Walter Harris | 25,111 | 54.79 | ||
Labour | David W. Chalkley | 14,658 | 31.98 | ||
Liberal | Ivy Elizabeth Hallett Thurston | 6,061 | 13.22 | ||
Majority | 10,453 | 22.81 | |||
Turnout | 78.78 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Frederic Walter Harris | 19,577 | 46.90 | ||
Labour | J.A.P. Palmer | 13,967 | 33.46 | ||
Liberal | Ronald E J Banks | 8,201 | 19.65 | ||
Majority | 5,610 | 13.44 | |||
Turnout | 74.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederic Walter Harris | 18,578 | 45.39 | ||
Labour | Michael J Stewart | 15,882 | 38.81 | ||
Liberal | Ronald E J Banks | 6,466 | 15.80 | ||
Majority | 2,696 | 6.59 | |||
Turnout | 74.35 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Robert George Taylor | 19,260 | 49.88 | +4.49 | |
Labour | Stanley John Boden | 14,687 | 38.04 | -0.77 | |
Liberal | Ronald E J Banks | 4,666 | 12.08 | -3.72 | |
Majority | 4,573 | 11.84 | +5.25 | ||
Turnout | 38,613 | 67.66 | -6.69 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert George Taylor | 17,887 | 42.18 | -7.70 | |
Labour | Stanley John Boden | 14,816 | 34.94 | -3.10 | |
Liberal | William Henry Pitt | 9,707 | 22.89 | +10.81 | |
Majority | 3,071 | 7.24 | -4.60 | ||
Turnout | 42,410 | 77.45 | +9.79 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert George Taylor | 16,035 | 41.97 | -0.21 | |
Labour | Stanley John Boden | 14,556 | 38.10 | +3.16 | |
Liberal | William Henry Pitt | 6,563 | 17.18 | -5.71 | |
National Front | Peter John Holland | 1,049 | 2.75 | +2.75 | |
Majority | 1,479 | 3.87 | -3.37 | ||
Turnout | 38,203 | 69.24 | -8.21 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert George Taylor | 19,928 | 49.42 | +7.45 | |
Labour | Stanley John Boden | 16,159 | 40.07 | +1.97 | |
Liberal | William Henry Pitt | 4,239 | 10.51 | -6.67 | |
Majority | 3,769 | 9.35 | +5.48 | ||
Turnout | 40,326 | 72.52 | +3.28 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.74 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | William Henry Pitt | 13,800 | 39.95 | +29.44 | |
Conservative | John Valentine Butterfill | 10,546 | 30.53 | -18.89 | |
Labour | Stanley John Boden | 8,967 | 25.96 | -14.11 | |
National Front | Nicholas John Griffin | 429 | 1.24 | ||
Independent Pro-Life | Marilyn Gillies Carr | 340 | 0.98 | ||
Ecology | John Foster | 155 | 0.45 | ||
Constitutional Movement | Suzan McKenzie | 111 | 0.32 | ||
Disabled War Pensioners Association | Lawrence Brooks | 81 | 0.23 | ||
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident | William George Boaks | 51 | 0.15 | ||
Family Law Reform Party | George Major | 31 | 0.09 | ||
London Federation of Self-Employed | Josef Joseph | 20 | 0.06 | ||
Anti-Common Market - Free Trade | Stephen Done | 11 | 0.03 | ||
Majority | 3,254 | 9.42 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,542 | 62.5 | -10 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 19,415 | 46.3 | |||
Labour | 18,006 | 42.9 | |||
Liberal | 4,491 | 10.7 | |||
Other | 46 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 1,409 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 41,958 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Humfrey Jonathon Malins | 16,674 | 42.3 | -4.0 | |
Liberal | William Henry Pitt | 12,582 | 31.9 | +21.2 | |
Labour | Ian Smedley | 9,561 | 24.2 | -18.7 | |
National Front | Nicholas John Griffin | 336 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Ecology | Tim A.J. Rowe | 286 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 4,092 | 10.4 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,439 | 67.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Humfrey Jonathon Malins | 18,665 | 47.0 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Malcolm Hunt Wicks | 14,677 | 37.0 | +12.8 | |
Liberal | Leslie Anthony Rowe | 6,363 | 16.0 | −15.9 | |
Majority | 3,988 | 10.0 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,705 | 69.2 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Malcolm Hunt Wicks | 19,153 | 47.3 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Humfrey Jonathon Malins | 17,626 | 43.5 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs Linda F. Hawkins | 3,728 | 9.2 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 1,527 | 3.8 | −6.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,507 | 70.1 | +0.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.9 | |||
See also
References
- ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Election 1992. Political Science Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955.
Coordinates: 51°23′N 0°07′W / 51.39°N 0.11°W