West Thornton (ward)
West Thornton is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Thornton Heath area. The first election held under the new ward boundaries was the 2018 Croydon Council election.
List of Councillors
Election | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | |||||||
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1965 | Ward created | ||||||||||||
R. Tilbury | Conservative Resident | E. J. Fowler | Conservative Resident | E. F. A. Whitehorn | Conservative Resident | ||||||||
1971 | C. J. Mitchell | Labour | D. A. Herriott | Labour | A. J. Simanowitz | Labour | |||||||
1974 | S. J. Stewart | Conservative | D. R. Loughborough | Conservative | Mrs Yvonne A. L. Stewart | Conservative | |||||||
1978 | Ernest G. Noad | Conservative | Iris S. Rodda | Conservative | |||||||||
1982 | Eric W. Howell | Conservative | Anita C. Drummond-Brown | Conservative | |||||||||
1986 | Maggie R. Mansell | Labour | David R. Evans | Labour | Gee E. Bernard | Labour | |||||||
1990 | Clarence McKenzie | Labour | Elaine A. Gibbon | Labour | |||||||||
1998 | Raj Chandarana | Labour | |||||||||||
2002 | Bernadette Khan | Labour | Martin A. Tiedemann | Labour | |||||||||
2006 | Mike Mogul | Labour | |||||||||||
2008 | Conservative | ||||||||||||
2010 | Paul Smith | Labour | Humayun Kabir | Labour | |||||||||
2014 | Emily Benn | Labour | Stuart T. King | Labour | |||||||||
2016 | Callton Young | Labour | |||||||||||
2018 | Janet Campbell | Labour | |||||||||||
2022 | Chrishni Reshekaron | Labour |
Mayoral election results
Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election.
Year | Mayoral candidate | Party | Winner? | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Val Shawcross | Labour |
Ward Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Campbell* | 1,896 | |||
Labour | Stuart King* | 1,755 | |||
Labour | Chrishni Reshekaron | 1,684 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Ratnaraja | 818 | |||
Conservative | Tom Lott | 803 | |||
Conservative | Abdul Talukdar | 595 | |||
Green | Barry Buttigieg | 418 | |||
Green | Rosalyn Mott | 407 | |||
Taking the Initiative | Ben Andoh | 218 | |||
Turnout | 3,408 | 27.15 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Georgia Campbell | 2,978 | 27.54 | ||
Labour | Bernadette Khan | 2,716 | 25.12 | ||
Labour | Stuart Thomas King | 2,640 | 24.42 | ||
Conservative | Dominic John Schofield | 653 | 6.04 | ||
Conservative | Alasdair Stewart | 621 | 5.74 | ||
Conservative | Matin Talukdar | 563 | 5.21 | ||
Green | Eileen Diane Gale | 364 | 3.37 | ||
Green | Barry Phillip Buttigieg | 278 | 2.57 | ||
Majority | 1,987 | 18.38 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Callton Young | 3,136 | 64.7 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Scott Roche | 989 | 20.4 | +3.0 | |
Green | David Beall | 289 | 6.0 | −2.5 | |
UKIP | Ace Nnorom | 145 | 3.0 | −5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Morley | 140 | 2.9 | −0.5 | |
Independence from Europe | Peter Morgan | 77 | 1.6 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Winston McKenzie | 70 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,147 | 44.3 | |||
Turnout | 44 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Emily Benn to pursue a job in New York City, United States
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emily Benn | 2,461 | |||
Labour | Bernadette Khan | 2,371 | |||
Labour | Stuart King | 2,243 | |||
Conservative | Florence Evans | 684 | |||
Conservative | Samir Dwesar | 650 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Ratnaraja | 595 | |||
Green | David Beall | 331 | |||
UKIP | William Thomas | 312 | |||
UKIP | Marjorie Bissick | 298 | |||
Green | Barry Buttigieg | 213 | |||
Green | Rebecca Parnell | 207 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Knight | 134 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Smith | 3,736 | |||
Labour | Bernadette Khan | 3,694 | |||
Labour | Humayun Kabir | 3,658 | |||
Conservative | Simon Brew | 1,611 | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Purcell | 1,486 | |||
Conservative | Selva Jeyadeva | 1,418 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lucy N. Njomo | 958 | |||
Green | David T. Beall | 620 | |||
Green | Kiran J. Datta | 392 | |||
Green | Barry Buttigieg | 345 | |||
Communist | Ben Stevenson | 80 | |||
Turnout | 6,656 | 57.6 | |||
Registered electors | 11,547 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raj Chandarana | 1,660 | |||
Labour | Bernadette Khan | 1,521 | |||
Labour | Mike Mogul | 1,387 | |||
Conservative | Christina Blair | 1,115 | |||
Conservative | Mehmet Bezginsoy | 919 | |||
Conservative | Bilgin Duven | 916 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mahmud Ahsanollah | 590 | |||
Green | Santheya Natarajan | 539 | |||
Turnout | 3,386 | 31.4% | |||
Registered electors | 10,790 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raj Chandarana | 1,691 | |||
Labour | Bernadette Khan | 1,547 | |||
Labour | Martin A. Tiedemann | 1,506 | |||
Conservative | George A. Fibley | 704 | |||
Conservative | Parshotam L. Bhagat | 675 | |||
Conservative | Christopher P. Leese | 586 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Saeed A. Malik | 313 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher A. Reilly | 306 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan L. Watson | 296 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clarence A. McKenzie | 1,449 | |||
Labour | Gwendolyn E. Bernard | 1,408 | |||
Labour | Raj Chandarana | 1,363 | |||
Conservative | Roger C. Taylor | 913 | |||
Conservative | Parshotam L. Bhagat | 868 | |||
Conservative | Vinita Bearman | 815 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elaine A. Gibbon | 2,354 | |||
Labour | Clarence A. McKenzie | 2,284 | |||
Labour | Gwendolyn E. Bernard | 2,230 | |||
Conservative | Alan E. Aylmer | 1,152 | |||
Conservative | Roger C. Taylor | 1,115 | |||
Conservative | Eileen P. Seaborn | 1,075 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Henry Russell | 564 | |||
Majority | 1,078 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwendolyn E. Bernard | 2,246 | |||
Labour | Clarence A. McKenzie | 2,145 | |||
Labour Co-op | Elaine A. Gibbon | 1,809 | |||
Conservative | Alan E. Aylmer | 1,445 | |||
Conservative | Sarah M. Pelling | 1,306 | |||
Conservative | Yvonne A. L. Stewart | 1,225 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon L. Held | 631 | |||
Majority | 364 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret R. Mansell | 1,954 | |||
Labour | David R. Evans | 1,932 | |||
Labour | Gwendolyn E. Bernard | 1,834 | |||
Conservative | Stephen J. Stewart | 1,386 | |||
Conservative | Eric W. Howell | 1,357 | |||
Conservative | Yvonne A. L. Stewart | 1,320 | |||
Liberal | Janet R. Pitt | 922 | |||
Alliance | Alan J. Holder | 823 | |||
Alliance | Graham F. Williams | 763 | |||
Majority | 448 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric W. Howell | 1,771 | |||
Conservative | Yvonne A. L. Stewart | 1,738 | |||
Conservative | Anita C. Drummond-Brown | 1,715 | |||
Labour | Margaret R. Mansell | 1,310 | |||
Alliance | Alan R. Mead | 1,170 | |||
Labour | James J. Penman | 1,135 | |||
Alliance | Peter R. Norwood | 1,090 | |||
Labour | Arnold J. Simanwitz | 1,044 | |||
Alliance | David R. Dayus | 1,017 | |||
Majority | 405 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Yvonne A. L. Stewart | 2,017 | |||
Conservative | Ernest G. Noad | 1,923 | |||
Conservative | Iris S. Rodda | 1,878 | |||
Labour | Stanley J. Boden | 1,788 | |||
Labour | Michael P. Rix | 1,733 | |||
Labour Co-op | Bernadette R. Supiramaniam | 1,457 | |||
Liberal | William H. Pitt | 490 | |||
Liberal | Janet R. Pitt | 452 | |||
Liberal | David R. Dayus | 388 | |||
Majority | 90 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. J. Stewart | 1,613 | |||
Conservative | D. R. Loughborough | 1,573 | |||
Conservative | Mrs Y. A. L. Stewart | 1,536 | |||
Labour | D. A. Herriott | 1,464 | |||
Labour | M. P. Rix | 1,439 | |||
Labour | Mrs E. E. Daisley | 1,418 | |||
Liberal | R. M. Greenhalgh | 725 | |||
Liberal | J. A. Pile-Gray | 639 | |||
Liberal | R. G. Rawcliffe | 623 | |||
Majority | 72 | ||||
Turnout | 37.0 | 3.1% | |||
Registered electors | 10,570 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. J. Mitchell | 2,333 | |||
Labour | D. A. Herriott | 2,229 | |||
Labour | A. J. Simanowitz | 2,198 | |||
Conservative | R. Tilbury | 1,865 | |||
Conservative | S. J. Stewart | 1,838 | |||
Conservative | E. J. Fowler | 1,835 | |||
Turnout | 40.1 | 7.7% | |||
Registered electors | 10,760 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative Resident | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative Resident | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative Resident | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative Resident | R. Tilbury | 2,533 | |||
Conservative Resident | E.F.A. Whitehorn | 2,491 | |||
Conservative Resident | E.J. Fowler | 2,487 | |||
Labour | Miss L.L. Scott | 769 | |||
Labour | G.E. Mitchell | 740 | |||
Labour | G.A. Bristow | 719 | |||
Turnout | 32.4 | 11.2% | |||
Registered electors | 10,526 | ||||
Conservative Resident hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative Resident hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative Resident hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative Resident | R. Tilbury | 2,348 | |||
Conservative Resident | E. J. Fowler | 2,346 | |||
Conservative Resident | E. F. A. Whitehorn | 2,346 | |||
Labour | Miss L. L. Scott | 2,263 | |||
Labour | T. Harris | 2,127 | |||
Labour | F. Bailey | 2,125 | |||
Turnout | 4,708 | 43.6 | |||
Registered electors | 11,632 | ||||
Conservative Resident win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative Resident win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative Resident win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Croydon Borough of Croydon" (PDF). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk -The London Borough of Croydon (Electoral Changes) Order 2017. Retrieved on 10 April 2018.
- ^ "West Thornton 2022 election results | Croydon Council". www.croydon.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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