Croydon North by-election, 2012

Croydon North by-election, 2012

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Candidate Steve Reed Andrew Stranack Winston McKenzie Party Labour Conservative UKIP Popular vote 15,898 4,137 1,400 Percentage 64.7 16.8 5.7
Map showing the Croydon North Parliamentary constituency within Greater London.
MP before election Malcolm Wicks Labour Subsequent MP Steve Reed Labour

Malcolm Wicks
Labour

Steve Reed
Labour

The Croydon North by-election was a by-election for the Parliament of the United Kingdom's House of Commons constituency of Croydon North in the London Borough of Croydon. The by-election was caused by the death of its Member of Parliament Malcolm Wicks. It took place on Thursday, 29 November, the same day as by-elections in Middlesbrough and Rotherham. The by-election was won by Steve Reed of the Labour Party.

The constituency covers the north west of the London Borough of Croydon and includes Thornton Heath, Norbury, Selhurst and parts of South and Upper Norwood. It is made up of eight electoral wards from the borough:

Croydon's three constituencies are contiguous with the boundaries of the London Borough of Croydon. Croydon North borders the seats of Carshalton and Wallington, Mitcham and Morden, Streatham, Dulwich and West Norwood, Lewisham West and Penge, Beckenham, Croydon Central, and Croydon South.