Croham (ward)

Croham
Croham
Former ward; for Croydon Council
	Boundary of Croham in Croydon from 2002 to 2018.
County	Greater London
Electorate	11,318
1978–2018
Number of councillors	Three
Replaced by	South Croydon
Created from	Sanderstead North
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon South

Croham was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, London in the United Kingdom, covering part of the Croham Hurst and South Croydon. The ward returned three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2002 election, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal and Jason Perry were elected, as Conservative Party candidates, positions which they retained in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 elections. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 15,790.^[1]

The ward was in Croydon South constituency held by Chris Philp MP, one of the safest Conservative seats in London.

Boundaries

1978-2002

Commencing at a point where the eastern boundary of Waddon Ward meets the southern boundary of Fairfield Ward, thence southeastwards along said southern boundary to the northwestern boundary of Heathfield Ward, thence southwestwards along said boundary and continuing southwestwards and southeastwards along the western boundary of the Croham Hurst Golf Course to Upper Selsdon Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Arkwright Road, thence southwestwards, southeastwards and southwestwards along said road to Briton Hill Road, thence westwards along said road to Sanderstead Road, thence southeastwards along said road to Purley Oaks Road, thence westwards along said road to the road known as Downsway, thence southwards along said road to a point opposite the northern boundary of No 2 Downsway thence northwestwards to and along said boundary and generally southwestwards along the rear boundaries of Nos 2-40 Downsway to the southern boundary of No 40 Downsway, thence southeastwards along said boundary to said road, thence southwestwards along said road to Purley Downs Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Grid Reference TQ 3278561842, thence southwestwards in a straight line to Grid Reference TQ 3270061700 being a point in prolongation southeastwards of the rear boundary of No 104 Purley Downs Road, thence northwestwards along said prolongation and the rear boundaries of Nos 104-98 Purley Downs Road to the Beckenham-Woodside railway, thence northeastwards along said railway to Purley Oaks Road, thence northwestwards along said road to the southeastern boundary of No 1 Station Approach, thence northeastwards along said boundary and northwestwards along the northeastern boundary of said property, and in continuation crossing the railway at Purley Oaks Station to Brantwood Road to the station, thence northeastwards along said road and northwestwards along Brantwood Road to Brighton Road, thence southwestwards along said road to Biddulph Road (northern arm), thence northwestwards along said road to the access road to the rear of Nos 544-436 Brighton Road, thence northeastwards along said access road to a point opposite the southwestern boundary of No 47 Kingsdown Avenue, thence northwestwards to and along said boundary and southwestwards along the rear boundaries of Nos 49-73 Kingsdown Avenue to the southwestern boundary of No 73 Kingsdown Avenue, thence northwestwards along said boundary to said avenue, thence northeast-wards along said avenue to Coningsby Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Mount Park Avenue, thence southwards along said avenue to a point opposite the southern boundary of No 52 Mount Park Avenue, thence northwestwards to and along said boundary to the eastern boundary of Waddon Ward, thence generally northwards along said boundary to the point of commencement.^[2]

2002-2018

Map of Croham ward between 2002 and 2018

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Party	Notes		Party	Notes		Party	Notes
1978	Ward created
1978		Paul W. Rickards	Conservative	Previously Councillor for Sanderstead North	Keith A. Wells	Conservative	Previously Councillor for Sanderstead North	William N. Peet	Conservative	Previously councillors for Sanderstead North
1982		Ian Croft	Conservative		Keith A. Wells	Conservative	Previously Councillor for Sanderstead North	John P.B. Hecks	Conservative
1986		Ian Croft	Conservative		Peter Bowness	Conservative	Leader of the Council 1976-1994
1994		Andrew D.W. Berry	Conservative		Peter Bowness	Conservative	Leader of the Council 1976-1994
1998		Nicholas S. P-J. Keable	Conservative		Paul J. McCombie	Conservative		Mark B. Stockwell	Conservative
2002		Maria Gatland	Conservative	Subsequently became Councillor for South Croydon	Jason Perry	Conservative	Subsequently became Councillor for South Croydon. Previously a Councillor in Coulsdon East, 1994-2002.	Michael Neal	Conservative	Subsequently became Councillor for South Croydon
2018	Ward abolished

Croham Election Results

1978-2002

1978

Croydon Council Election 1978: Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul W. Rickards	2,989
	Conservative	Keith A. Wells	2,922
	Conservative	William N. Peet	2,907
	Labour	Wendy M. Holt	698
	Labour	Mary Jones	673
	Labour	Raymond G.M. Jones	664
	Liberal	Judith A. Stuart	386
	Liberal	Alan J. Hussey	355
	Liberal	John Hatherley	349
Turnout				41.1%
Registered electors			10,217
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1982

Croydon Council Election 1982: Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Croft	2,961
	Conservative	John P.B. Hecks	2,944
	Conservative	Keith A. Wells	2,884
	Alliance	Christopher G. Peacock	1,308
	Alliance	Richard T. Mascall	1,215
	Alliance	Richard E. Tudway	1,148
	Labour	William E. Short	382
	Labour	Pauline H. Scharp	373
	Labour	David J. White	342
Turnout				44.8%	3.7%
Registered electors			10,187
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1986

Croydon Council Election 1986: Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Croft	2,315
	Conservative	Peter S. Bowness	2,225
	Conservative	John P.B. Hecks	2,189
	Alliance	James S. Forrest	2,117
	Alliance	Christopher G. Peacock	1,928
	Alliance	Stephen P.J. Maloney	1,905
	Labour	David J. White	401
	Labour	Pauline H. Scharp	399
	Labour	Claire E.M. Bailey Newton	372
	Green	Michael Spencer-Bowdage	255
Turnout				48.3%	3.5%
Registered electors			10,479
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990

Croydon Council Election 1990: Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Croft	2,813
	Conservative	Peter S. Bowness	2,750
	Conservative	John P.B. Hecks	2,656
	Liberal Democrats	Michael T.A. Bishopp	1,396
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher G. Peacock	1,351
	Liberal Democrats	Roger D. George	1,322
	Labour	Patrick D. Holt	727
	Labour	Lydia E. Sookias	613
	Labour	Michael G. Ryan	612
	Green	Michael Spencer-Bowdage	367
	Peoples Choice	Mark R.L. Samuel	79
Turnout			5,103	50.8	2.5%
Registered electors			10,055
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1994

Croydon Council Election 1994: Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter S. Bowness	2,556
	Conservative	John P.B. Hecks	2,533
	Conservative	Andrew D.W. Berry	2,511
	Liberal Democrats	Michael T.A. Bishopp	1,330
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher G. Peacock	1,294
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Saunders	1,249
	Labour	Maria T. Dennis	985
	Labour	Barry P. Buttigieg	955
	Labour	Jeffrey R. Primm	898
	Peoples Choice	Mark R.L. Samuel	122
Turnout			5,055	50.6	0.2%
Registered electors			9,994
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1998

Croydon Council Election 1998: Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas S. P-J. Keable	2,223
	Conservative	Paul J. McCombie	2,206
	Conservative	Mark B. Stockwell	2,127
	Labour	Alison J. Butler	1,060
	Labour	Beatrice A. Pollard	1,011
	Labour	Peter N. Horah	980
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia W. Bishopp	611
	Liberal Democrats	Joan H. Leck	530
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey V. Gauge	526
	Independent	Graham Johnson	129
	Independent	Mark R.L. Samuel	84
Turnout			4,052	40.0	10.6%
Registered electors			10,140
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002-2014

2002

Croydon Council Election 2002: Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria R. Gatland	2,100
	Conservative	Jason S. Perry	2,008
	Conservative	Michael A. Neal	1,984
	Liberal Democrats	Graham T. Dare	1,232
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah J. Newton	1,192
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin T. Howard-Jones	1,171
	Labour	Laura T. Doughty	681
	Labour	Stephen C. Moyse	647
	Labour	Louise F. Szpera	583
	UKIP	Brian P. Alchorn	106
	UKIP	Kathleen Garner	93
	Peoples Choice	Evelyn J. Lane	90
	Peoples Choice	Donald Pearce	71
	Peoples Choice	Mark R.L. Samuel	58
Turnout			4,121	38.7	1.3%
Registered electors			10,639
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006

Croydon Council Election 2006: Croham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Gatland	2,590
	Conservative	Michael Neal	2,418
	Conservative	Jason Perry	2,378
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bishopp	861
	Liberal Democrats	Sheelagh Crampton	739
	Labour	Laura Doughty	722
	Labour	Paul Anderson	697
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Maxfield	609
	Green	Stephen Harris	569
	Labour	James Mburu	566
	UKIP	William Bailey	206
	The People's Choice	Evelyn Lane	113
	The People's Choice	Debra Cannam	112
	The People's Choice	Mark Samuel	96
Turnout			4,460	41.4%	2.7%
Registered electors			10,785
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010

Croydon Council Election 2010: Croham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Gatland	3,389
	Conservative	Michael Neal	3,070
	Conservative	Jason Perry	2,804
	Labour	Natalie Allen	1,806
	Liberal Democrats	John Jefkins	1,795
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Camden	1,778
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Rix	1,758
	Labour	Martin Angus	1,512
	Labour	Adam Bonner	1,343
	Green	Stephen Harris	538
	Green	Muriel Passmore	507
	UKIP	William Bailey	444
	Green	Marc Richards	433
	Putting Croydon First	Mark Samuel	218
Turnout			7,582	67.04%	25.64%
Registered electors			11,309
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014

Croydon Council Election 2014: Croham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Gatland	2,042
	Conservative	Michael Neal	1,910
	Conservative	Jason Perry	1,803
	Labour	Christopher Clark	1,100
	Labour	Paul Waddell	1,099
	Labour	Claudine Reid	1,011
	UKIP	Kathleen Garner	629
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bishopp	587
	Green	Tracey Hague	515
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Devlin	505
	Liberal Democrats	John Jefkins	500
	Green	Gordon Halliday	479
	Green	Sasha Khan	474
	Putting Croydon First	Mark Samuel	191
	Independent	Tony Martin	97
Turnout			4,315	41.10%	25.94%
Registered electors			11,318
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
^ Local Government Boundary Commission For England Report No. 211 (PDF). 1977. pp. Schedule 3, pages 13 & 14.
^ "London Borough Election Results 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[1] "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

[2] Local Government Boundary Commission For England Report No. 211 (PDF). 1977. pp. Schedule 3, pages 13 & 14.

[3] "London Borough Election Results 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

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v t e Electoral wards in the London Borough of Croydon
1965	Addiscombe Bensham Manor Broad Green Central Coulsdon East East New Addington Norbury Purley Sanderstead and Selsdon Sanderstead North Shirley South Norwood Thornton Heath Upper Norwood Waddon West Thornton Whitehorse Manor Woodcote and Coulsdon West Woodside
1978	Addiscombe Ashburton Bensham Manor Beulah Broad Green Coulsdon East Croham Fairfield Fieldway Heathfield Kenley Monks Orchard New Addington Norbury Purley Rylands Sanderstead Selsdon South Norwood Spring Park Thornton Heath Upper Norwood Waddon West Thornton Whitehorse Manor Woodcote and Coulsdon West Woodside
2002	Addiscombe Ashburton Bensham Manor Broad Green Coulsdon East Coulsdon West Croham Fairfield Fieldway Heathfield Kenley New Addington Norbury Purley Sanderstead Selhurst Selsdon and Ballards Shirley South Norwood Thornton Heath Upper Norwood Waddon West Thornton Woodside
2018	Addiscombe East Addiscombe West Bensham Manor Broad Green Coulsdon Town Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood Fairfield Kenley New Addington North New Addington South Norbury and Pollards Hill Norbury Park Old Coulsdon Park Hill and Whitgift Purley and Woodcote Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown Sanderstead Selhurst Selsdon and Addington Village Selsdon Vale and Forestdale Shirley North Shirley South South Croydon South Norwood Thornton Heath Waddon West Thornton Woodside