Coulsdon West (ward)

Coulsdon West was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Coulsdon area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward formed part of Chris Philp MP's Croydon South constituency, which has one of the highest majority's for the Conservative Party in London. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 13,449.^[1]

Coulsdon West
Former ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Coulsdon West in Croydon South within the London Borough of Croydon from 2002 to 2018.
County	Greater London
1964 (1964)–2018 (2018)
Number of councillors	Three
Replaced by	Coulsdon Town
Created from	Woodcote and Coulsdon West
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon South
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon Central

The ward returned three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election, Gavin Barwell, Brian Cakebread and David Osland were elected to the council. All of them were running as Conservative Party candidates. In the ward the Labour Party's highest ranking candidate got only 481 votes, one of the lowest for them in London.

Ward result

Croydon Council Election 2006: Coulsdon West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Osland	2,706
	Conservative	Gavin Barwell	2,685
	Conservative	Brian Cakebread	2,640
	Liberal Democrats	Avril Bristow	775
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Callen	745
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Glaister	627
	Labour	Sarah Ward	481
	Labour	Richard Ackland	475
	Labour	Lee Findell	435
	Green	Andrew Lindsay	429
	The People's Choice	Sheila Lockwood	168
Turnout			4,226	42.8%