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Croydon Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current member of parliament is Conservative Andrew Pelling, who won by just 75 votes, making Croydon Central the most marginal Tory seat in the country. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Andrew Pelling is a British Conservative politician. ...
It was created for the 1997 general election from most of the old Croydon Central (losing Waddon to the new Croydon South) and part of the old Croydon North East constituencies. It covers an area known as Croydon South constituency until 1974 when part of East Surrey was incorporated into the London Borough of Croydon, creating a new Croydon South constituency. The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ...
Croydon South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Croydon South was formerly a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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Boundaries Croydon Central covers a wedge of the London Borough of Croydon to the east of central Croydon. The northern parts are characterised by terraced houses and urban areas, with small council estates. Labour gains much of its strength from these ethnically-mixed wards of Addiscombe and Woodside, and similar parts of Fairfield and Ashburton. The southern area, largely Conservative, consists of suburban semi-detached houses, populated by commuters, surrounded by golf courses and parkland. The wards of Shirley, Heathfield and parts of Ashburton give large Conservative votes. In the south east corner, there is a large former council estate, New Addington, with two electoral wards for the more than 10,000 rather isolated residents. The estate is largely white and there have been strong BNP showings, although Labour has traditionally won the bulk of the votes on the estate. Croydon is a large suburban town and commercial centre to the south of London and forms part of the Greater London conurbation. ...
Addiscombe is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. ...
Shirley is a district of Croydon, south London between Addington and Addiscombe, and West Wickham (in the London Borough of Bromley). ...
New Addington is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. ...
Croydon Central is bordered by Croydon North and Croydon South, as well as the Beckenham constituency to the east. Croydon North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Croydon South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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Members of Parliament 1974 - present MPs for former Croydon Central constituency (see also Croydon North-East (historic UK Parliament constituency)) Andrew Pelling is a British Conservative politician. ...
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Andrew Pelling is a British Conservative politician. ...
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David Leonard Congdon was Conservative Member of Parliament for Croydon North East, South London (1992 - 1997), David Congdon was first elected in Croydon in April 1992, taking over from Bernard Weatherill. ...
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Politics and history of the constituency The constituency that preceded Croydon Central in this area, Croydon South (not to be confused with the current Croydon South constituency) had twice seen Croydon's only Labour MPs before the 1990s. David Rees-Williams had held the seat from the 1945 Labour landslide until unfavourable boundary changes in 1950. David Winnick won the seat in 1966 before losing in 1970. Otherwise the seat, and indeed the rest of Croydon, had always been firm Conservative territory. Croydon South was formerly a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Croydon South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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Historically, Labour's strength in the area had been on the council estates, particularly New Addington. However, there were important demographic changes across Croydon that saw greater numbers of ethnic minorities and residents of inner London move to Croydon from the 1970s onwards, making the area, especially north west Croydon, more favourable for Labour. New Addington is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. ...
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In 1997, Croydon's seats were reduced from four to three and the Conservative Members had to face one another for the right to stand in the new Croydon Central seat, Croydon North by now a Labour-held seat. The MP for Croydon North East, David Congdon, beat off Sir Paul Beresford, the MP for the former Croydon Central seat. However, three years after Labour had taken control of Croydon Council, Labour's Geraint Davies saw off Congdon with a majority of 4,000. He held the seat with a similar majority in 2001 but lost by just 75 votes to Conservative Andrew Pelling in 2005, with the Liberal Democrats and Green Party gaining some 7,000 votes between them. David Leonard Congdon was Conservative Member of Parliament for Croydon North East, South London (1992 - 1997), David Congdon was first elected in Croydon in April 1992, taking over from Bernard Weatherill. ...
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Croydon Council is the local authority covering the London Borough of Croydon. ...
Geraint Davies MP Geraint Richard Davies (born 3 May 1960) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
Andrew Pelling is a British Conservative politician. ...
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