Croydon Central
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Croydon Central in Greater London.
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| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 76,980 (December 2010) |
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| Created | 1974 |
| Member of parliament | Sarah Jones (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Croydon South |
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| European Parliament constituency | London |
Croydon Central is a constituency created in 1974 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Labour MP Sarah Jones.
Croydon Central covers a wedge of the London Borough of Croydon to the east of central Croydon and is much more marginal than the other selected two parliamentary divisions constrained to the borough itself Croydon South (which is safely Conservative) and Croydon North (which is safely Labour).
The northern parts are characterised by terraced houses and urban areas, with small council estates. Labour gains much support from in particular Addiscombe, Fieldway, Woodside and Ashburton. The southern area, largely Conservative, consists of suburban semi-detached houses, populated by commuters, surrounded by golf courses and parkland. The wards of Shirley, Heathfield, Selsdon and Fairfield give large Conservative votes.
In the southeast corner is a large former council estate, New Addington, containing more than 10,000 residents. The estate is largely white and has comprised the whole or vast bulk of one or two wards of the United Kingdom in its history.
The New Addington wards saw one of the highest turnouts of British National Party supporters during the 2002 and 2006 council elections, which the BNP described as their "heyday decade," however it never elected a local councillor from the party – its slate of councillors has been consistently Labour. Except on one occasion in 2010, where a Conservaitve councillor was elected for the first time. Historically, Labour's strength in the area had been on the council estates, particularly New Addington, but in 2014, Labour support was watered down by UKIP, gauging 24% of the overall vote.
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