General Election London 2024 seats: Who will be my MP in...Croydon East?

Nicholas Cecil
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Labour’s Natasha Irons is vying with Conservative Jason Cummings to be the MP for Croydon East (Candidates)
Labour’s Natasha Irons is vying with Conservative Jason Cummings to be the MP for Croydon East (Candidates)
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Millions of voters across London will go to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looks at key battleground and other seats in the capital, and has published an interactive map. Here we turn the spotlight on:

CROYDON EAST

Candidates for main parties (in alphabetical order):

Jason Cummings - Conservatives

Scott Holman - Reform UK

Natasha Dawn Irons - Labour Party

Andrew John Pelling - Liberal Democrats

Peter Underwood - Green Party

Summary:

Croydon East had a previous incarnation between 1950 and 1955 and managed to pack in three election (one of them a by-election), all won by the Conservatives.

Fast forward to 2024, and Croydon East looks the less safe for Labour of the constituencies carved out of this chunk of south London.

It takes in a swathe of Croydon Central, excluding the town centre, which Labour’s candidate Sarah Jones won with a majority of 5,949 in 2019.

She gained the seat in 2017 off Conservative Gavin (now Lord) Barwell, who was Theresa May’s No10 chief-of-staff.

Area: The constituency includes the wards of Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, New Addington North, New Addington South, Selsdon & Addington Village, Selsdon Vale & Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, and Woodside (part of).

I’m not sure if I’m in this constituency: Here’s how you can check

Map of the new constituency of Croydon East (Google Maps)
Map of the new constituency of Croydon East (Google Maps)

Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes mean this new seat of Croydon East is marginally less safe for Labour than the old Croydon Central constituency. Labour won the latter in 2019 with 50.2 per cent share of the vote, with the Tories on 39.2 per cent, and Lib Dems 6.5 per cent. The new constituency would have been 48.1 per cent Labour, 41.3 per cent Conservative and 6.6 per cent Lib Dem.

YouGov MRP poll prediction: Labour win

Evening Standard view: Looks a very marginal seat in previous normal political times. But that’s the past and now looks Labour.

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