Bensham Manor (ward)

Bensham Manor is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Thornton Heath area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward extends from Thornton Heath railway station westwards and is largely residential with a retail or industrial core. The population of the Ward at the 2011 Census was 16,201.^[1]

Bensham Manor
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Bensham Manor in from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	1965 (1965)
Councillor	Humayun Kabir (Labour)
Councillor	Enid Mollyneaux (Labour)
Councillor	Eunice O'Dame (Labour)
Number of councillors	Three
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon West

The ward currently forms part of Steve Reed MP's Croydon North constituency.

The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election, Raj Rajendran, Paula Shaw, and Greta Sohoye were elected to the council. All of them were running as Labour Party candidates. Councillor Shaw resigned in 2007 triggering a by-election on 18 February 2007 which was won by Labour's Alison Butler.

The former Bensham Manor ward (red) shown within Croydon North constituency (orange) and the London Borough of Croydon (yellow)

List of Councillors

Election	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
1964	Ward created
		F.C. Emmerson	Residents		H.A. Steward	Residents		Ronald J. Bowker	Residents
1971		G.P. Belcher	Labour		Mrs S.E. Lord	Labour		A. Devesar	Labour
1972 By-election		Mrs W.M. Holt	Labour
1974		Ronald J. Bowker	Conservative		Arthur Bourne	Conservative		J.V. Simpson	Conservative
1977 By-election								Christopher B. Wesson	Conservative
1980 By-election					Ian Smedley	Labour
1982					Joan M. Goodman	Conservative		Julia A. Wood	Conservative
1986		Graham A. Dean	Labour		Paul R. Mee	Labour		Hillary A. Key	Labour
1988 By-election								Helen S. Salmon	Labour
1990		Alison J. Roberts	Labour
1996 By-election		Paula M. Shaw	Labour
1998								Alexander Burridge	Labour
2002					Greta Sohoye	Labour
2004 By-election								Nanoo Rajendran	Labour
2007 By-election		Alison Butler	Labour
2009[2]						Conservative
2010					Donna Gray	Labour
2014					Jamie Audsley	Labour		Humayun Kabir	Labour
2022		Enid Mollyneaux	Labour		Eunice O'Dame	Labour

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election.

Year		Mayoral candidate	Party	Winner?
	2022	Val Shawcross	Labour	N

Ward Result

Croydon Council Election 2022: Bensham Manor (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Humayan Kabir*	1,616	18.9
	Labour	Enid Mollyneaux	1,577	18.4
	Labour	Eunice O'Dame	1,530	17.9
	Conservative	Joyce Bright	599	7.0
	Independent	Graham Mitchell	548	6.4
	Conservative	John Newberry	519	6.1
	Conservative	Dev Parashar	458	5.3
	Green	Vinod Birdi	424	4.9
	Green	Clifford Fleming	372	4.3
	Green	Alex Raskovic	331	3.9
	Taking the Initiative	Renata Allman	257	3.0
	Taking the Initiative	Carl Collins	168	2.0
	Taking the Initiative	Jayson Miller	167	1.9
Turnout			3,247	28.17
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2018: Bensham Manor (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Jane Butler	2,665	25.05
	Labour	Jamie Audsley	2,652	24.93
	Labour	Humayun Kabir	2,546	23.93
	Conservative	Alan James Bowden	726	6.82
	Conservative	Kumari Anupama	568	5.34
	Conservative	Jebun Quadir	472	4.44
	Green	Varyl Robert Thorndycraft	367	3.45
	Green	Pravina Ellis	332	3.12
	Green	Raj Mehta	311	2.92
Majority			1,820	17.11
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bensham Manor (3) - 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raj Rajendran	1,846
	Labour	Paula Shaw	1,805
	Labour	Greta Sohoye	1,670
	Conservative	Roger Taylor	1,117
	Conservative	John Tooze	861
	Conservative	Alan Winborn	774
	Green	Susan Parsons	531
	UKIP	James Feisenberger	305
Turnout			3,407	32.9%