Addiscombe West (ward)

Addiscombe West is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering much of the Addiscombe and East Croydon areas of London in the United Kingdom. It extends from East Croydon railway station towards Woodside Green but does not actually cover the retail centre of Addiscombe, which was in the neighbouring Ashburton ward, the Western half of which is a key component of the new Addiscombe East (ward).

Addiscombe West
ward
for Croydon Council
CountyGreater London
Current ward
Created2018 (2018)
CouncillorSean Fitzsimons (Labour)
CouncillorJerry Fitzpatrick (Labour)
CouncillorPatricia Hay-Justice (Labour)
Number of councillorsThree
Created fromAddiscombe
Overlaps
UK Parliament constituencyCroydon Central
The old ward of Addiscombe (red), before its division into Addiscombe West and Addiscombe East, shown within the Croydon Central constituency (orange) within the London Borough of Croydon (yellow)

The ward currently forms part of the Croydon Central constituency, which was the most marginal in London at the 2015 General Election, as 165 votes separated the Conservatives and Labour. At the 2017 General Election, Gavin Barwell was ousted as the local MP. Despite achieving the highest numerical vote share for the Conservatives since 1992, he was replaced by Labour's Sarah Jones. Shortly after losing his seat, Barwell was appointed Downing Street Chief of Staff by Theresa May, following the resignations of Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy on 10 June.

The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,883.[1] The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. In the 2006 London local elections and the 2014 London local elections, the Green Party candidates got more votes than the Liberal Democrat. At the 2014 council elections, Labour retained all three seats. (The lowest Labour vote was 1,962 and the highest Conservative vote was 1,723.[2])

For the 2018 London local elections, the ward has been created, consisting of most of the former Addiscombe Ward (as well as part of the old Fairfield ward). Part of the ward has become Addiscombe East (which also includes the western half of the old Ashburton ward).

List of Councillors
Election CouncillorParty CouncillorParty CouncillorParty
2018 Ward created
2018 Sean Fitzsimons Labour Co-op Jerry Fitzpatrick Labour Co-op Patricia Hay-Justice Labour Co-op

Ward Results
Croydon Council Election 2018: Addiscombe West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Sean Eamonn Fitzsimons 2,146 17.8
Labour Co-op Jerry Fitzpatrick 2,138 17.8
Labour Co-op Patricia Hay-Justice 1,992 16.6
Conservative Jade Nadine Appleton 1280 10.6
Conservative Lindsey Blackburn 1127 9.3
Conservative Michael John O'Dwyer 1101 9.2
Green Esther Sutton 494 4.1
Green Tracey Jo Hague 285 2.4
Green Joe Hague 269 2.3
Liberal Democrats Rachel Louise Howard 239 2.0
Liberal Democrats Sasa Konechni 215 1.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Steven Ladanyi 175 1.5
Majority 712 6.21
Turnout 4000 38.57
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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References
  1. "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/addiscombe-2014.pdf

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