Old Coulsdon (ward)

Old Coulsdon is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Coulsdon area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward currently forms part of Chris Philp MP's Croydon South constituency. At the 2011 Census the population of the former Coulsdon East Ward was 12,244.[1]

Old Coulsdon
ward
for Croydon Council
Boundary of Old Coulsdon in Croydon from 2018.
CountyGreater London
Current ward
Created2018 (2018)
CouncillorMargaret Bird (Conservative)
CouncillorSteve Hollands (Conservative)
Number of councillorsTwo
Created fromCoulsdon East
UK Parliament constituencyCroydon South
The ward of Coulsdon East (red) shown within the Croydon South constituency (orange) within the London Borough of Croydon (yellow)

The ward returns 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 in Coulsdon East. 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 Coulsdon East 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.

The majority of Coulsdon East became Old Coulsdon, following a boundary review in Croydon, ahead of the 2018 election.

List of Councillors
Election CouncillorParty CouncillorParty
2018 Ward created
2018 Margaret Bird Conservative Steve Hollands Conservative

Ward Results
Croydon Council Election 2018: Old Coulsdon (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Bird 2,099 31.95
Conservative Steven Leslie Victor Hollands 1,779 27.08
Liberal Democrats Gill Hickson 838 12.75
Liberal Democrats Richard Michael Howard 572 8.71
Labour Alan Donovan 485 7.38
Labour Ann Creighton 431 6.56
UKIP Hoong-Wai Cheah 129 1.96
Green Alison Gillett 129 1.96
Green Jonathan Mark Moles 108 1.64
Majority 941 14.32
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Coulsdon East Ward Results
Coulsdon East (2014)[2]
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 11,732
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. [Results in Croydon Advertiser http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Croydon-elections-Coulsdon-East-results/story-21128793-detail/story.html#ixzz3SsJvqtIk]


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