# Coulsdon East (ward)

Coulsdon East was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Coulsdon area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward formed part of Chris Philp MP's Croydon South constituency. At the 2011 Census the population of the Ward was 12,244.
The ward returned three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election, Terry Lenton, Brian Udell and Chris Wright were elected to the council. All stood as Conservative Party candidates. In Coulsdon East in 2006, the Labour Party did not field any candidates. The local election marked the highest turnout (57.2%) in the London Borough elections in 2006.
At the 2010 local elections the ward was retained by the Conservatives. The 2010 election coincided with the General election which had the effect of improving turnout amongst voters. Turnout climbed to 73.5%.
The successful Conservative candidates were Justin Cromie, Terry Lenton and Chris Wright. The Conservative share of the vote fell from 63.2% to 48.6% with the Liberal Democrats' share of the vote falling to 26.9%. The Labour party polled 9.9%, their lowest share in Borough of Croydon wards in the 2010 election.

## List of Councillors

| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Councillor | Party |
| 1964 | Ward created | Ward created | Ward created | Ward created | Ward created | Ward created | Ward created | Ward created | Ward created |
| 1964 | | Miss J.C. Simpson | Residents | | A. Bonsier | Residents | | L. Blair | Residents |
| 1968 | | Miss J.C. Simpson | Residents | | A. Bonsier | Residents | | H.C.E. Lovejoy | Liberal |
| 1971 | | Mrs Pamela A.M. Little | Conservative | | A. Bonsier | Conservative | | A.B. Horton | Conservative |
| 1974 | | Mrs Pamela A.M. Little | Conservative | | Mrs K.A. Littlechild | Conservative | | P.D. Cove | Conservative |
| 1976 By-election | | Mrs Pamela A.M. Little | Conservative | | Mrs K.A. Littlechild | Conservative | | Martin A. Levie | Conservative |
| 1978 | | Mrs Pamela A.M. Little | Conservative | | Stanley E. Littlechild | Conservative | | Martin A. Levie | Conservative |
| 1986 | | Michael S. Barber | Conservative | | Stanley E. Littlechild | Conservative | | Andrew J. Pelling | Conservative |
| 1987 By-election | | Susan T. Taylor | Conservative | | Stanley E. Littlechild | Conservative | | Andrew J. Pelling | Conservative |
| 1990 | | Susan T. Taylor | Conservative | | Christopher Wright | Conservative | | Andrew J. Pelling | Conservative |
| 1992 By-election | | Christine A. Prentice | Conservative | | Christopher Wright | Conservative | | Andrew J. Pelling | Conservative |
| 1994 | | Christine A. Prentice | Conservative | | Christopher Wright | Conservative | | Jason S. Perry | Conservative |
| 1998 | | Ian R. Atkins | Liberal Democrat | | Christopher Wright | Conservative | | Jason S. Perry | Conservative |
| 2002 | | Ian R. Atkins | Liberal Democrat | | Christopher Wright | Conservative | | Brian A. Udell | Conservative |
| 2006 | | Theresa R. Lenton | Conservative | | Christopher Wright | Conservative | | Brian A. Udell | Conservative |
| 2010 | | Theresa R. Lenton | Conservative | | Christopher Wright | Conservative | | Justin W. Cromie | Conservative |
| 2014 | | Margaret Bird | Conservative | | Christopher Wright | Conservative | | James Thompson | Conservative |
| 2018 | Ward abolished | Ward abolished | Ward abolished | Ward abolished | Ward abolished | Ward abolished | Ward abolished | Ward abolished | Ward abolished |

## Ward Result

Coulsdon East (2014) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Wright | 2,294 | 19.6 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Bird | 2,230 | 19.0 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | James Thompson | 1,864 | 15.9 | −1.0 |
| | UKIP | Alan Smith | 968 | 8.3 | +5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gill Hickson | 696 | 5.9 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arfan Bhatti | 649 | 5.5 | −3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ashley Burridge | 574 | 4.9 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | Lee Findell | 527 | 4.5 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | Helen Lovesey | 475 | 4.0 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | Joanne Milligan | 430 | 3.7 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Ernest Bullimore | 356 | 3.0 | +1.2 |
| | Green | Helena Farndon | 355 | 3.0 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Jennifer Ginn | 314 | 2.7 | +1.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,732 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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