Addiscombe West (ward)

Addiscombe West is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering much of the Addiscombe and East Croydon areas of London in the United Kingdom. It extends from East Croydon railway station towards Woodside Green but does not actually cover the retail centre of Addiscombe, which was in the neighbouring Ashburton ward, the Western half of which is a key component of the new Addiscombe East (ward).

Addiscombe West
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Addiscombe West in Croydon from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	2018 (2018)
Councillor	Sean Fitzsimons (Labour)
Councillor	Jerry Fitzpatrick (Labour)
Councillor	Patricia Hay-Justice (Labour)
Number of councillors	Three
Created from	Addiscombe
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon Central

The old ward of Addiscombe (red), before its division into Addiscombe West and Addiscombe East, 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 was the most marginal in London at the 2015 General Election, as 165 votes separated the Conservatives and Labour. At the 2017 General Election, Gavin Barwell was ousted as the local MP. Despite achieving the highest numerical vote share for the Conservatives since 1992, he was replaced by Labour's Sarah Jones. Shortly after losing his seat, Barwell was appointed Downing Street Chief of Staff by Theresa May, following the resignations of Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy on 10 June.

The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,883.[1] The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. In the 2006 London local elections and the 2014 London local elections, the Green Party candidates got more votes than the Liberal Democrat. At the 2014 council elections, Labour retained all three seats. (The lowest Labour vote was 1,962 and the highest Conservative vote was 1,723.[2])

For the 2018 London local elections, the ward has been created, consisting of most of the former Addiscombe Ward (as well as part of the old Fairfield ward). Part of the ward has become Addiscombe East (which also includes the western half of the old Ashburton ward).