Addiscombe East (ward)

Addiscombe East is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, in London in the United Kingdom. The ward replaced the former Ashburton Ward, which covered the Ashburton area, as well as covering the main retail area of Addiscombe, the Stroud Green, Tollgate and Longheath Garden estates, and large parts of northern Shirley. The population of the former ward at the 2011 Census was 14,721.[1]

Addiscombe East
ward
for Croydon Council
Boundary of Addiscombe East in Croydon from 2018.
CountyGreater London
Current ward
Created2018 (2018)
CouncillorMaddie Henson (Labour)
CouncillorJeet Bains (Conservative)
Number of councillorsTwo
Created fromAshburton
UK Parliament constituencyCroydon Central
The former ward of Ashburton (red) 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 is one of the most marginal in the country. In 2015, only 165 votes separated the Conservatives and Labour.

The ward returns two councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2014 London local elections Maddie Henson, Stephen Mann, and Andrew Rendle were elected to the council in Ashburton achieving a 9% swing. All of them were running as Labour Party candidates.

List of Councillors
Election CouncillorParty CouncillorParty
2018 Ward created
2018 Maddie Henson Labour Jeet Bains Conservative

Ward Results
Croydon Council Election 2018: Addiscombe East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maddie Henson 1,903 23.1
Conservative Jeet Bains 1,754 21.3
Labour Caragh Louise Skipper 1746 21.2
Conservative Joseph Lee 1709 20.8
Green Tim Eveleigh 273 3.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bennett 207 2.5%
Green Bernice Clare Goldberg 197 2.4
Liberal Democrats Valerie Barbara Astles 197 2.4
Majority 8 0.10
Turnout 4111 46.77
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References
  1. "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

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