Croydon local elections

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Elections for the Council in the London Borough of Croydon are held every four years. The next elections are due to be held in May 2010.

As of 2006, Croydon elects 70 councillors. At the 2002 local elections, 37 Labour councillors, 32 Conservative councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat councillor were elected, maintaining Labour control of the Council. Subsequently one Conservative councillor defected to Labour, defected back to the Conservatives, became an independent and then a Liberal Democrat. Following the death of one Labour councillor and the resignation of two councillors, three by-elections were won by the incumbent party in each case. However, a 6% swing from Labour to Conservative was seen in the last two.

In 2002, Labour held Croydon with a tiny majority of votes in its marginal wards - one councillor won by just eight votes - and it was inevitable that in the 2006 election the fight would be keenly fought and closely observed. In the end, the Conservatives won 43 seats on the Council, defeating the lone Liberal Democrat and taking ten Labour seats in Waddon, Addiscombe, South Norwood and Upper Norwood.

1 Political control
- 1.1 Leaders of the council
2 Council elections
3 By-election results
4 External links

[edit] Political control

1964 - 1968 No overall control (Conservatives maintained control on aldermanic vote)
1968 - 1994 Conservative
1994 - 2006 Labour
2006 - present Conservative

[edit] Leaders of the council

2006 - present: Mike Fisher, Conservative
2005 - 2006: Tony Newman, Labour Co-operative
1999 - 2005: Hugh Malyan, Labour
1997 - 1999: Valerie Shawcross, Labour
1996 - 1997: Geraint Davies, Labour
1994 - 1996: Mary Walker, Labour Co-operative
1976 - 1994: Peter Bowness, Conservative

[edit] Council elections

Croydon Council election, 1998
Croydon Council election, 2002
Croydon Council election, 2006

[edit] By-election results

Broad Green By-Election 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Collins	1972	74.4
	Conservative	Patricia Knight	528	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Holmes	143	5.4
Majority			1,244	54.5
Turnout			2,643
	Labour hold		Swing

Sanderstead By-Election 14 September 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Shaw	1712	52.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tomas Howard-Jones	970	29.8
	Labour	Michael Phelan	528	16.2
	Green	Richard Hamlyn	32	1.0
	Ind Green Soc Dem	John Cartwright	15	0.5
Majority			742	22.8
Turnout			3,257
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bensham Manor By-Election 17 October 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Shaw	1,812	63.7
	Conservative	John Tooze	690	24.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Fraser	282	9.9
	Green	Simon Barnsley	38	1.3
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	25	0.9
Majority			1,122	39.5
Turnout			2,847	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing

New Addinton By-Election 24 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Ward	755	59.8	-10.6
	Conservative	Robin Sullivan	367	29.1	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goodrich	97	7.7	+7.7
	United Democratic Party	Paul Burgess	29	2.3	+2.3
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	15	1.2	+1.2
Majority			388	30.7
Turnout			1,263	15.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Rylands By-Election 9 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louisa Woodley	1,033	58.1	-8.8
	Conservative	George Filbey	623	35.0	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Waterhouse	102	5.7	+5.7
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	21	1.2	+1.2
Majority			410	23.1
Turnout			1,779
	Labour hold		Swing

New Addington By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Kirby	1,073	49.4	-12.3
	Conservative	John Miller	882	40.6	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	George Schlich	153	7.1	+7.1
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	62	2.9	+2.9
Majority			191	8.8
Turnout			2,170	26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Bensham Manor By-Election 10 June 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nanoo Rajendran	1,935	50.7	-20.9
	Conservative	John Tooze	631	16.5	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ejnar Sorensen	581	15.2	+15.2
	UK Independence	James Feisenberger	328	8.6	+3.0
	Green	Shasha Khan	257	6.7	+6.7
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	44	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Robin Sullivan	42	1.2	+1.1
Majority			1,304	34.2
Turnout			3,818	37.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Fieldway By-Election 16 June 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Hall	993	52.4	-13.0
	Conservative	Anthony Pearson	714	37.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hargrave	136	7.2	+7.2
	Independent	Winston McKenzie	47	2.5	+2.5
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	6	0.3	+0.3
Majority			279	14.8
Turnout			1,896	28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield By-Election 15 December 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vidhi Mohan	1,459	54.0	+7.8
	Labour	Peter Horah	871	32.3	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bishopp	223	8.3	-4.1
	Green	Bernice Golberg	82	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Holly Edmonds	34	1.3	+1.3
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	31	1.1	-4.2
Majority			588	21.7
Turnout			2,700	28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bensham Manor By-Election 8 February 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Butler	1683	61.7
	Conservative	Roger Taylor	617	22.6
	Green	Shasha Khan	240	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Tyree	126	4.6
	UK Independence	James Feisenberger	40	1.5
	Monster Raving Loony	John Cartwright	15	0.5
	The People's Choice	Mark Samuel	9	0.3
Majority			1066	39
Turnout			2730	26.0
	Labour hold		Swing