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Croydon North 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 Malcolm Wicks of the Labour Party, who has the largest Labour majority in London, despite being the first Labour MP for the area. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ...
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Malcolm Hunt Wicks (born 1 July 1947) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
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The seat was created at the 1997 general election from the former Croydon North-West and part of the former Croydon North-East constituencies. There had previously been a Croydon North constituency from 1918 until 1955. The 1 May 1997 UK general election brought the first change in UK Government for 18 years. ...
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Members of Parliament - 1997 - present Malcolm Wicks, Labour (previously represented Croydon North-West)
MPs 1918 to 1955 Malcolm Hunt Wicks (born 1 July 1947) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
- 1948 - 1955 Fred Harris, Conservative
- 1940 - 1948 Henry Willink, Conservative
- 1922 - 1940 Glyn Mason, Conservative
- 1918 - 1922 G O Borwick, Conservative
For the American politician Fred Harris, see Fred R. Harris. ...
Rt Hon Sir Henry Urmston Willink, Bt (1894-1973) was Conservative Minister of Health from 1943-1945 in the wartime Coalition Government. ...
Election results | General Election 2005: Croydon North | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | | Labour | Malcolm Wicks | 23,555 | 53.7 | −9.8 | | Conservative | Tariq Ahmad | 9,667 | 22.0 | −1.3 | | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Gee-Turner | 7,560 | 17.2 | +6.8 | | Green | Shasha Khan | 1,248 | 2.8 | N/A | | UKIP | Henry Pearce | 770 | 1.8 | +0.4 | | Croydon Pensions Alliance | Peter Gibson | 394 | 0.9 | N/A | | Veritas | Winston McKenzie | 324 | 0.7 | N/A | | Independent | Farhan Rasheed | 197 | 0.4 | N/A | | The People's Choice! Exclusively For All | Michelle Chambers | 132 | 0.3 | N/A | | Majority | 13,888 | 31.7 | | | Turnout | 43,847 | 52.3 | −0.9 | | Labour hold | Swing | −4.3 | | Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ...
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Malcolm Hunt Wicks (born 1 July 1947) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
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Malcolm Hunt Wicks (born 1 July 1947) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
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