Addiscombe (ward)

Addiscombe was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering much of the Addiscombe and East Croydon areas of London in the United Kingdom. It extended from East Croydon railway station towards Woodside Green but did not actually cover the retail centre of Addiscombe, which was in the neighbouring Ashburton ward.

Addiscombe
Former ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Addiscombe in Croydon Central (orange) within the London Borough of Croydon (yellow) from 2002 to 2018.
County	Greater London
1965 (1965)–2018 (2018)
Number of councillors	Three
Replaced by	Addiscombe West
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon Central

The ward currently formed part of the Croydon Central constituency, which was the most marginal in London at the 2015 General Election, as 165 votes separated the Conservatives and Labour. At the 2017 General Election, Gavin Barwell was ousted as the local MP. Despite achieving the highest numerical vote share for the Conservatives since 1992, he was replaced by Labour's Sarah Jones. Shortly after losing his seat, Barwell was appointed Downing Street Chief of Staff by Theresa May, following the resignations of Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy on 10 June.

The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,883.^[1] The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. In the 2006 London local elections and the 2014 London local elections, the Green Party candidates got more votes than the Liberal Democrat. At the 2014 council elections, Labour retained all three seats. (The lowest Labour vote was 1,962 and the highest Conservative vote was 1,723.^[2])

For the 2018 London local elections, the ward was abolished, with the majority becoming Addiscombe West (which also includes part of the old Fairfield ward) and part contributing to Addiscombe East (which also includes part of the old Ashburton ward).

List of Councillors

Election	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
1964	Ward created
1964		R. Taverner	Labour		J Grieve Smith	Labour		L. W. Wood	Labour
1968		A. W. Elliot	Conservative		A. R. Hills	Conservative		Mrs D. C. H. Hobbs	Conservative
1971		L. E. Deane	Labour		Mrs M. E. Curson	Labour		Miss A. K. Usher	Labour
1973 by-election								Mrs M. M. Walker	Labour
1978		Muriel C. Elliott	Conservative		Dennis F. Todd	Conservative		Megan Holt-Thomas	Conservative
1982		Peter G. Holt-Thomas	Conservative		Ronald W. Richens	Conservative
1986		Jerry Fitzpatrick	Labour		Martin D. Walker	Labour		Nancy T. Irwin	Labour
1990					Richard Billington	Conservative
1994					Sean Fitzsimons	Labour		Bernadette Khan	Labour
1998								Amanda Campbell	Labour
2002		Mark Watson	Labour
2006		Andrew Price	Conservative		Maria Garcia de la Huerta	Conservative		Russell Jackson	Conservative
2010		Sean Fitzsimons	Labour		Mark Watson	Labour		Patricia Hay-Justice	Labour
2018	Ward abolished

Ward result

1964 - 1974

1964

Croydon Council Election 1964: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Taverner	2,300
	Labour	J. Grieve Smith	2,269
	Labour	L. W. Wood	2,247
	Conservative	D. Nye	1,789
	Conservative	A. W. Elliott	1,733
	Conservative	A. F. Gloak	1,724
	Liberal	R. Tapsell	662
	Liberal	K. Evans	613
	Liberal	K. Simmons	560
Turnout			4,799	42.8
Registered electors			11,211
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

1968

Croydon Council Election 1968: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A.W. Elliot	2,380
	Conservative	A.R. Hills	2,261
	Conservative	Mrs D.C.H Hobbs	2,241
	Labour	A.D Goddard	1005
	Labour	S. Boden	993
	Labour	L.W Wood	938
	Liberal	P. Miles	710
	Liberal	Miss P.H. Tapsell	684
	Liberal	V. Martin	653
Turnout				38.4	4.4%
Registered electors			10,863
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1971

Croydon Council Election 1971: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L.E. Deane	2,665
	Labour	Mrs M. E. Curson	2,615
	Labour	Miss A. K. Usher	2,604
	Conservative	W. A. Elliot	2,130
	Conservative	Mrs D. C. H. Hobbs	2,025
	Conservative	J. C. Mann	2,011
Turnout				42.6	4.2%
Registered electors			11,421
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1973 by-election

Addiscombe by-election, 2 August 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs M. M. Walker	2,161
	Conservative	J. A. Arnold	1,321
	Liberal	B. F. Steggles	790
Turnout				38.2%

1974

Croydon Council Election 1974: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs M. M. Walker	2,177
	Labour	Mrs M. E. Curson	2,157
	Labour	L. E. Deane	2,150
	Conservative	D. F. Todd	2,142
	Conservative	J. A. Arnold	2,133
	Conservative	J. C. Mann	2,034
	Liberal	A. S. Morriss	508
	Liberal	B. Foster	493
	Liberal	C. C. Anderson	485
Majority			8
Turnout				46.0	3.4%
Registered electors			10,967
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 - 1998

1978

Croydon Council Election 1978: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Muriel C. Elliott	2,461
	Conservative	Dennis F. Todd	2,426
	Conservative	Megan Holt-Thomas	2,393
	Labour	James L. Walker, J.P.	2,041
	Labour	Robert J. Irwin	2,038
	Labour	Michael Cohen	2,021
	Liberal	Martin D. Patrick	271
	Liberal	Peter D. Rees	270
	Liberal	Brenda A. Piesing	246
Majority			352
Turnout				48.5	2.5%
Registered electors			10,744
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1982

Croydon Council Election 1982: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter G. Holt-Thomas	2,312
	Conservative	Megan Holt-Thomas	2,291
	Conservative	Ronald W. Richens	2,211
	Labour Co-op	Nancy T. Irwin	1,480
	Labour Co-op	Rona A. Thomson	1,447
	Labour Co-op	Patricia F.L. Knight	1,418
	Alliance	Angela C. Thomson	992
	Alliance	Paul D. Wiggin	943
	Alliance	Patricia A. Charman	875
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1986

Croydon Council Election 1986: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick	1,680
	Labour Co-op	Martin D. Walker	1,630
	Labour Co-op	Nancy T. Irwin	1,627
	Conservative	Megan Holt-Thomas	1,608
	Conservative	Peter G. Holt-Thomas	1,581
	Conservative	Christopher A. Fink	1,517
	Liberal	Paul D. Wiggin	1,277
	Liberal	Leslie A. Rowe	1,242
	Liberal	Susan E. Wiggin	1,215
Majority			19
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

1990

Croydon Council Election 1990: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick	2,241
	Labour Co-op	Nancy T. Irwin	2,219
	Conservative	Richard J. Billington	2,088
	Labour Co-op	Martin D. Walker	2,073
	Conservative	Desmond J. Wright	2,009
	Conservative	Robert T.L. Vaudry	1,941
	Green	Patricia A. Matthews	478
	Green	Christopher J. Reeves	424
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia F. West	414
Majority
Turnout			4,967	49.3
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

1994

Croydon Council Election 1994: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick	2,349
	Labour Co-op	Sean E. Fitzsimons	2,136
	Labour Co-op	Bernadette Khan	1,946
	Conservative	Martin W. Brown	1,784
	Conservative	Hella P. H. El-Droubie	1,572
	Conservative	Mohammad I. Khokhar	1,382
	Liberal Democrats	Kay L. Schilich	614
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia F. West	609
	Green	Russell N. Heath	543
	Independent	James P. Smyth	237
Majority			162
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1998: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick	1,943
	Labour Co-op	Amanda N. Campbell	1,703
	Labour Co-op	Sean E. Fitzsimons	1,686
	Conservative	Richard D. Barwell	1,393
	Conservative	Richard R. Chatterjee	1,306
	Conservative	Hella P.H. El-Drouble	1,222
	Independent Resident	Stephen P. Collins	533
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie L. Barlow	391
	Liberal Democrats	George W. Schlich	314
	Liberal Democrats	Kay L. Schlich	289
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

2002 - 2014

Croydon Council Election 2002: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Amanda N. Campbell	2,140
	Labour Co-op	Mark Watson	1,968
	Labour Co-op	Sean Fitzsimons	1,940
	Conservative	Desmond J. Wright	1,383
	Conservative	Alexander C.C. Camden	1,366
	Conservative	Ronald W. Richens	1,329
	People's Choice	Stephen P. Collins	453
	People's Choice	Carol West	404
	People's Choice	Stephen D.A. Collins	387
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2006: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Price	1,948
	Conservative	Maria Garcia de la Huerta	1,842
	Conservative	Russell Jackson	1,793
	Labour	Sean Fitzsimons	1,672
	Labour	Amanda Campbell	1,653
	Labour	Mark Watson	1,607
	Green	Mario Barnsley	850
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rogers	760
Turnout			4,437	40.0%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2010: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Fitzsimons	2,839	38.4
	Labour	Mark Watson	2,683	36.3
	Labour	Patricia Hay-Justice	2,497	33.8
	Conservative	Maria Garcia de la Huerta	2,445	33.1
	Conservative	Andrew Price	2,171	29.4
	Conservative	Robert King	2,076	28.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Adams	1,569	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Howard-Jones	1,400	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ejnar Sorensen	1,195	16.2
	Green	Tracey Hague	432	5.9
	Green	David Petro	353	4.8
	Green	Martyn Post	352	4.8
	UKIP	Peter Staveley	296	4.0
Turnout			7,386	62.9%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2014: Addiscombe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Fitzsimons	2,165
	Labour	Patricia Hay-Justice	2,027
	Labour	Mark Watson	1,962
	Conservative	David Harmes	1,723
	Conservative	Lisa Terry	1,653
	Conservative	Partha Chatterjee	1,630
	UKIP	Peter Staveley	659
	Green	Paul Anderson	458
	Green	Esther Sutton	439
	Green	Joseph Hague	362
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Adams	266
	Liberal Democrats	William Tucker	186
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Howard-Jones	169
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout			4,995	42.5%