Croydon East (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon East
Croydon East
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Croydon East in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	75,346 (2023)
Major settlements	Addiscombe, New Addington, Selsdon, Shirley, Woodside
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	TBC (TBC)
Seats	One
Created from	Croydon Central and Croydon South
1950–1955
Seats	One
Created from	Croydon North and Croydon South
Replaced by	Croydon North East and Croydon South

Croydon East is a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1955 by the first past the post system of election.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election.^[2] It primarily comprises the abolished Croydon Central constituency - excluding Croydon town centre.

Politics and history

Croydon East was a short-lived seat for the 1950 general election, creating three seats in the County Borough of Croydon from the previous two, taking in areas from the East Surrey constituency to the south. Croydon East took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon South constituencies, and East Surrey. It bordered Croydon West, Croydon North and East Surrey, and, when created, Beckenham.

All three Croydon constituencies were abolished at the 1955 general election, re-creating Croydon South and creating Croydon North East and Croydon North West seats.

For all of its history Croydon East had Conservative Members of Parliament. It saw three elections: the 1950 general election, the 1951 general election and a 1954 by-election. Prior to 1950, Croydon South had been held by Labour but most of its voters were re-drawn into Croydon West.

Map of boundaries from 2024

Dates	Local authority	Map	Wards
1950–1955	County Borough of Croydon		Addington, Addiscombe, East, South Norwood, and Woodside
2024-present	London Borough of Croydon		Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, New Addington North, New Addington South, Selsdon & Addington Village, Selsdon Vale & Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, Woodside (polling districts WDS2, WDS3, WDS4, WDS5 and WDS6).^[3]

	Member	Party	Notes
1950	Herbert Williams	Conservative	Died July 1954
1954 by-election	John Hughes-Hallett	Conservative
1955	constituency abolished

General election 1950: Croydon East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Williams	29,484	53.3
	Labour	Marion Billson	20,903	37.8
	Liberal	George Laing Gray	4,882	8.8
Majority			8,581	15.5
Turnout			55,269
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1951: Croydon East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Williams	32,282	58.8	+5.5
	Labour	Alexander Bain	22,615	41.2	+3.4
Majority			9,667	17.6	+2.1
Turnout			54,897
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

1954 Croydon East by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hughes-Hallett	21,640	56.6	-2.2
	Labour	JW Wellwood	13,546	35.4	-5.8
	Liberal	James Walters	3,060	8.0	New
Majority			8,094	21.2	+3.6
Turnout			38,460	57.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8