Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Croydon North in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	85,107 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Thornton Heath, Norbury, Selhurst, South Norwood, Upper Norwood
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Steve Reed (Labour Co-operative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Croydon North East and Croydon North West
1918–1955
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Croydon North East and Croydon North West
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Croydon North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Steve Reed of the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party. The seat was created in 1918 and divided in two in 1955 (taking in neighbouring areas) and re-devised in a wholly different form in 1997.

The seat was created from the former Croydon North West and part of the former North East constituencies. In its previous form it existed from 1918 until 1955.

On re-creation at the 1997 general election the MP for the seat became Malcolm Wicks of the Labour Party with the fourth largest Labour majority in Greater London. Wicks was victorious at the next two general elections and died on 29 September 2012, prompting the 2012 Croydon North by-election which was won by Steve Reed of the same party. The 2015 result made the seat the 31st safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.

Croydon North is the densest of Croydon's three seats, regarded as safely Labour with all wards held by them at local level, consisting for the most part of rows of modest terraced houses, interspersed with tower blocks, much of it social and ex-social housing and with recreation areas.

Passing through the constituency are London Overground and Southern services to London Victoria and Croydon — the seat is well connected by several stations to rail services. There has been some regeneration since 2000 with new-build developments for affluent commuters.