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Croydon London Borough Council elections

Elections for the Council in the London Borough of Croydon are held every four years to elect 70 councillors. At the last elections, which were held in May 2014, 30 Conservative councillors and 40 Labour councillors, providing a Labour majority of ten seats.

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At the 2002 local elections, 37 Labour councillors, 32 Conservative councillors and one Liberal Democrat councillor were elected, maintaining Labour control of the Council. Subsequently, one Conservative councillor defected to Labour, defected back to the Conservatives, became an independent and then a Liberal Democrat. Following the death of one Labour councillor and the resignation of two councillors, three by-elections were won by the incumbent party in each case. A 6% swing from Labour to Conservative was seen in the last two in the run-up to the 2006 elections. However, following the Conservatives' victory in 2006, a February 2007 by-election saw a large swing back to Labour.

In 2002, Labour held Croydon with a tiny majority of votes in its marginal wards - one councillor won by just eight votes - and it was inevitable that in the 2006 election the fight would be keenly fought and closely observed. In the end, the Conservatives won 43 seats on the Council, defeating the lone Liberal Democrat and taking ten Labour seats in Waddon, Addiscombe, South Norwood and Upper Norwood.

In 2010, Labour gained six seats (net) from the Conservatives, reducing the Conservative majority on the Council to four seats.

Political control

Summary of council election results:

Leaders of the council

  • 2014 - present: Tony Newman, Labour Co-operative
  • 2006 - 2014: Mike Fisher, Conservative
  • 2005 - 2006: Tony Newman, Labour Co-operative
  • 1999 - 2005: Hugh Malyan, Labour
  • 1997 - 1999: Valerie Shawcross, Labour
  • 1996 - 1997: Geraint Davies, Labour
  • 1994 - 1996: Mary Walker, Labour Co-operative
  • 1976 - 1994: Peter Bowness, Conservative

    • Council elections

  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 1964
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 1968
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 1971 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 1974
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 1978 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by ten)
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 1982
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 1986
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 1990
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 1994 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 1998 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 2002 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 2006
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 2010
  • Croydon London Borough Council election, 2014

    • Councillors by party

    The controlling and majority group in the borough is the Labour Party. Since the 2014 election the composition has been:

    1964-1968

    There were no by-elections.

    1990-1994

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Susan T. Taylor.

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David L. Congdon.

    The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John D. P. Yaxley.

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony J. Slatcher.

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ann A. Allan.

    1994-1998

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sherwan H. Chowdhury.

    The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Bruce T. H. Marshall.

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alison J. Roberts.

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Geraint R. Davies.

    1998-2002

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Louisa P. Woodley.

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Valerie Shawcross.

    2002-2006

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alexander Burridge.

    The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Mary M. Walker.

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Audrey-Marie M. Yates.

    2006-2010

    The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paula M. Shaw.

    The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Jonathan M. Driver.

    2010-2014

    There were no by-elections.

    2014-2018

    The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Emily Benn to pursue a job in New York City, United States

    Wards

    There are 24 wards which represent Croydon Council. All Croydon Council seats were up for re-election for the first time since the 2002 elections, during the election on 4 May 2006. Previously Labour held control of the council. In the election, the Conservatives took 10 seats from Labour and one from the Liberal Democrats. Since the election, Cllr Mike Mogul defected from Labour to the Conservatives adding another Conservative councillor, whilst Cllr Enley Taylor left the Conservative Group and Cllr Jonathan Driver, the Mayor at the time, died.

    In the 2010 elections Labour gained six seats from the Conservatives, giving the council's political composition as:

    References

    Croydon London Borough Council elections Wikipedia
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