# Croydon West (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon West 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. It primarily comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Croydon North, with the addition of Croydon town centre and the community of Waddon.

## Constituency profile

Croydon West covers Croydon itself, which is a major employment and retail centre, and the surrounding suburbs of Thornton Heath (part), Selhurst, South Norwood and Waddon. It is an ethnically diverse seat with incomes and house prices around average for the UK.

## Politics and history

Croydon West was a short-lived seat for the 1950 general election, creating three seats in the County Borough of Croydon from the previous two, also taking in areas from the East Surrey constituency to the south.
Croydon West took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon South constituencies, and East Surrey. It bordered Croydon East, Croydon North, East Surrey and Mitcham.
All three Croydon constituencies were abolished five years later at the 1955 general election, re-creating Croydon South and creating Croydon North East and Croydon North West seats.
For the entirety of its first iteration in the 1950s, Croydon West's Member of Parliament was Conservative Richard Thompson. It was contested in two elections: the 1950 general election and the 1951 general election. Prior to 1950, Croydon South had been held by Labour and most of the Labour voters were re-drawn into Croydon West, making it a marginal seat.

## Boundaries

| Dates | Local authority | Maps | Wards |
| 1950–1955 | County Borough of Croydon | Shown within Surrey | Broad Green, Central, South, Waddon, and Whitehorse Manor. |
| 2024-present | London Borough of Croydon | Shown within Greater London | Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Selhurst, South Norwood, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside (part) |

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1950 | Richard Thompson | Conservative |
| 1955 | 1955 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |
| | 2024 | Sarah Jones | Labour |

## Election results
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Croydon West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sarah Jones | 20,612 | 54.1 | –12.6 |
| | Conservative | Simon Fox | 6,386 | 16.8 | –4.7 |
| | Green | Ria Patel | 3,851 | 10.1 | +7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jahir Hussain | 3,667 | 9.6 | +2.6 |
| | Reform UK | Vinayak Malhotra | 2,148 | 5.6 | +4.3 |
| | Workers Party | Ahsan Ullah | 708 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Taking the Initiative | Donna Murray-Turner | 503 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| | TUSC | April Ashley | 247 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,226 | 37.3 | –7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,122 | 48.9 | –13.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 77,942 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | –4.0 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result :
| Party | Party | Vote | % |
| | Labour | 29,651 | 66.7 |
| | Conservative | 9,561 | 21.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 3,097 | 7.0 |
| | Green | 1,205 | 2.7 |
| | Brexit Party | 587 | 1.3 |
| | Others | 348 | 0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 44,449 | 62.8 |
| Electorate | Electorate | 70,812 |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1951: Croydon West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Thompson | 23,484 | 52.2 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Gerald Gardiner | 21,534 | 47.8 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,950 | 4.3 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,018 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
General election 1950: Croydon West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Thompson | 21,411 | 47.3 | |
| | Labour | David Rees-Williams | 20,424 | 45.1 | |
| | Liberal | Arthur Russell Mayne | 3,101 | 6.8 | |
| | Communist | Bob Jarvie | 336 | 0.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 987 | 2.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,272 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

## Sources

* The Times House of Commons 1950. Times Media. 1950.
* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6) [Archived]