Park Hill and Whitgift (ward)

Park Hill and Whitgift is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon in the United Kingdom,^[1][2] covering the Park Hill and Whitgift estates. It is the only ward in Croydon with one councillor elected every four years. The ward was created following the Croydon Council boundary change in 2018.^[1]

Park Hill and Whitgift
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Park Hill and Whitgift in Croydon from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	2018 (2018)
Councillor	Andrew Price (Conservative)
Number of councillors	One
Created from	Fairfield
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon South

As part of the 2023 Boundary Review, Park Hill and Whitgift will move from Croydon Central constituency to Croydon South at the 2024 general election.

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2018–2021	Vidhi Mohan		Conservative
2021–2024	Jade Appleton		Conservative
2024–present	Andrew Price		Conservative

Croydon council elections

2024 by-election

The by-election was held on 2 May 2024, following the resignation of Jade Appleton.^[3][4] It took place on the same day as the 2024 London mayoral election, the GLA election and 14 other borough council by-elections across London.^[5]

2024 Park Hill and Whitgift by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Price	960	42.9	10.8
	Labour	Melanie Felten	701	31.4	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Pelling	295	13.2	3.9
	Green	James Cork	229	10.2	0.4
	Independent	Mark Samuel	32	1.4	New
	TUSC	Ben Goldstone	19	0.8	New
Majority			259	11.6	18.6
Turnout			2,248	51.8	9.7
Registered electors			4,336
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.4

2022 election

2022 Croydon London Borough Council election: Park Hill and Whitgift (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jade Appleton*	969	53.7	1.2
	Labour	Joseph Erber	424	23.5	8.5
	Green	James Cork	191	10.6	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Szymon Zaborski	167	9.2	2.4
	Taking the Initiative	Caleap Wagner	54	3.0	3.0
Turnout			1812	42.07	11.23
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.85

2021 by-election

The by-election took place on 6 May 2021. It was held on the same day as the 2021 London mayoral election and 2021 London Assembly election.

2021 Park Hill and Whitgift by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jade Appleton	1,188	52.5	3.5
	Labour	Chrishni Reshekaron	724	32.0	1.0
	Green	Catherine Graham	199	8.8	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Howard	153	6.8	0.1
Majority			464	20.5	4.3
Turnout			2295	53.3	7.36
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.25

2018 election

2018 Croydon London Borough Council election: Park Hill and Whitgift (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vidhi Mohan*	1,110	55.86
	Labour	Ranil Perera	618	31.10
	Green	James Cork	126	6.34
	Liberal Democrats	Robert George Williams	133	6.69
Majority			492	24.76
Turnout			1,991	45.94	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Croydon mayoral elections

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	Jason Perry	Conservative	Y