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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
14 December 1918		24,819/45,115	55.01
Ian Zachary Malcolm	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	17,813	71.77
Henry Thomas Benjamin Muggeridge	Labour Party	7,006	28.23
Majority		10,807	43.54

28 October 1919 Resignation of Ian Malcolm. (Northstead)

14 November 1919		21,350/46,900	45.52
Sir Allan Macgregor Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,777	55.16
Howard Houlder	Liberal Party	9,573	44.84
Majority		2,204	10.32

15 November 1922		32,481/48,904	66.42
Sir Allan Macgregor Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,356	47.28
Henry Thomas Benjamin Muggeridge	Labour Party	8,942	27.53
Thomas William Dobson	Liberal Party	8,183	25.19
Majority		6,414	19.75

6 December 1923		31,444/49,634	63.35
Sir William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,310	45.51
Henry Thomas Benjamin Muggeridge	Labour Party	9,926	31.57
Elias Wynne Cemlyn-Jones	Liberal Party	7,208	22.92
Majority		4,384	13.94

29 October 1924		36,713/50,964	72.04
Sir William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,734	64.65
Henry Thomas Benjamin Muggeridge	Labour Party	12,979	35.35
Majority		10,755	29.29

30 May 1929		47,269/70,107	67.42
Rt Hon Sir William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,258	49.20
Ernest Wesley Wilton	Labour Party	13,793	29.18
Albert Sigismund Elwell-Sutton	Liberal Party	10,218	21.62
Majority		9,465	20.02

27 October 1931		50,622/74,081	68.33
Rt Hon Sir William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	40,672	80.34
Thomas Crawford	Labour Party	9,950	19.66
Majority		30,722	60.69

14 January 1932 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Selsdon.

9 February 1932		28,315/74,081	38.22
Herbert Geraint Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,126	67.55
Rudolf Putnam Messel	Labour Party	9,189	32.45
Majority		9,937	35.09

14 November 1935		51,311/78,703	65.20
Herbert Geraint Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,971	62.31
Thomas Crawford	Labour Party	14,900	29.04
David William Alun Llewellyn	Liberal Party	4,440	8.65
Majority		17,071	33.27

Minor Boundary Change
5 July 1945		51,797/73,146	70.81
David Rees Rees-Williams	Labour Party	27,650	53.38
Sir Herbert Geraint Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,147	46.62
Majority		3,503	6.76

New
26 May 1955		48,018/62,177	77.23
Richard Hilton Marler Thompson	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,359	56.98
Arthur Ellis Carr	Labour Party	20,659	43.02
Majority		6,700	13.95

8 October 1959		50,353/63,636	79.13
Richard Hilton Marler Thompson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,284	58.16
Frederick Alfred Messer	Labour Party	21,069	41.84
Majority		8,215	16.31

15 October 1964		47,119/63,443	74.27
Sir Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,854	52.75
Tyrell Burgess	Labour Party	22,265	47.25
Majority		2,589	5.49

31 March 1966		48,057/63,146	76.10
David Julian Winnick	Labour Party	21,496	44.73
Sir Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,415	44.56
Walter Edward Philip Babbs	Liberal Party	5,146	10.71
Majority		81	0.17

18 June 1970		52,245/73,166	71.41
Sir Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,986	49.74
David Julian Winnick	Labour Party	22,283	42.65
Michael Richard Lane	Liberal Party	3,673	7.03
Cyril Oscar Thornton	Independent	303	0.58
Majority		3,703	7.09

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		48,928/59,478	82.26
William Gibson Haig Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,915	59.10
Jean Pearson Coleman	Liberal Party	13,048	26.67
Henry Egar Garfield Hodge	Labour Party	6,965	14.24
Majority		15,867	32.43

10 October 1974		44,420/60,072	73.94
William Gibson Haig Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,703	57.86
David Nunneley	Liberal Party	11,514	25.92
David Wolfe Keene	Labour Party	7,203	16.22
Majority		14,189	31.94

3 May 1979		47,598/62,022	76.74
William Gibson Haig Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,874	64.86
Peter Hasler Billenness	Liberal Party	10,006	21.02
John Merrett Bloom	Labour Party	6,249	13.13
Roland Dummer	National Front	469	0.99
Majority		20,868	43.84

9 June 1983		45,812/65,279	70.18
Sir William Gibson Haig Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,842	65.14
James Smith Forrest	Liberal Party in Alliance	12,402	27.07
Robert Charles Eltham Brooks	Labour Party	3,568	7.79
Majority		17,440	38.07

11 June 1987		47,980/65,754	72.97
Sir William Gibson Haig Clark	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,732	64.05
George Ian Morrison	Liberal Party in Alliance	11,669	24.32
Geraint Richard Davies	Labour Party	4,679	9.75
Paul Clive Baldwin	Green Party	900	1.88
Majority		19,063	39.73

9 April 1992		50,241/64,768	77.57
Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,993	63.68
Peter Hasler Billenness	Liberal Democrats	11,568	23.03
Helen Suzanne Salmon	Labour Party	6,441	12.82
Mark Robin Lionel Samuel	Choice	239	0.48
Majority		20,425	40.65

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		54,199/73,787	73.45
Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,649	47.32
Charles Edward Burling	Labour Party	13,719	25.31
Steven Howard Gauge	Liberal Democrats	11,441	21.11
Anthony Henry Barber	Referendum Party	2,631	4.85
Paul Charles Ferguson	British National Party	354	0.65
Alan Graeme Harker	UK Independence Party	309	0.57
Mark Robin Lionel Samuel	Choice	96	0.18
Majority		11,930	22.01

7 June 2001		45,060/73,402	61.39
Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,169	49.20
Michael Gerard Ryan	Labour Party	13,472	29.90
Anna-Nicolette Gallop	Liberal Democrats	8,226	18.26
Kathleen Garner	UK Independence Party	998	2.21
Mark Robin Lionel Samuel	Choice	195	0.43
Majority		8,697	19.30

5 May 2005		48,897/76,872	63.61
Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,320	51.78
Paul Joseph Smith	Labour Party	11,792	24.12
Sandra Joy Lawman	Liberal Democrats	10,049	20.55
James Rosewell Feisenberger	UK Independence Party	1,054	2.16
Graham Trevor Dare	Veritas	497	1.02
Mark Robin Lionel Samuel	Independent	185	0.38
Majority		13,528	27.67

Mark Samuel sought election as The People's Choice Making Politicians Work.

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		56,322/81,131	69.42
Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,684	50.93
Simon Rix	Liberal Democrats	12,866	22.84
Jane Avis	Labour Party	11,287	20.04
Jeffrey Bolter	UK Independence Party	2,504	4.45
Gordon Ross	Green Party	981	1.74
Majority		15,818	28.08

7 May 2015		57,712/82,010	70.37
Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,448	54.49
Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn	Labour Party	14,308	24.79
Kathleen Garner	UK Independence Party	6,068	10.51
Ghislaine Cecilia Hickson	Liberal Democrats	3,448	5.97
Peter Underwood	Green Party	2,154	3.73
Mark Robin Lionel Samuel	Putting Croydon Firs	221	0.38
Jonathan Clive Bigger	Class War	65	0.11
Majority		17,140	29.70

Mark Samuel sought election as "Putting Croydon First!".

8 June 2017		61,257/83,518	73.35
Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,334	54.42
Jennifer Brathwaite	Labour Party	21,928	35.80
Anna Clare Jones	Liberal Democrats	3,541	5.78
Catherine Shelley	Green Party	1,125	1.84
Kathleen Garner	UK Independence Party	1,116	1.82
David Omamogho	Christian Alliance	213	0.35
Majority		11,406	18.62

12 December 2019		59,358/83,982	70.68
Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,985	52.20
Olga Fitzroy	Labour Party	18,646	31.41
Anna Clare Jones	Liberal Democrats	7,503	12.64
Peter Underwood	Green Party	1,782	3.00
Kathleen Garner	UK Independence Party	442	0.74
Majority		12,339	20.79

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		49,378/74,968	65.87
Rt Hon Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,757	40.01
Ben Taylor	Labour Party	17,444	35.33
Richard Michael Howard	Liberal Democrats	4,384	8.88
Bob Bromley	Reform UK	4,149	8.40
Elaine Denise Garrod	Green Party	2,859	5.79
Kulsum Hussin	Workers Britain	612	1.24
Mark Robin Lionel Samuel	Independent	173	0.35
Majority		2,313	4.68