Sanderstead (ward)

Sanderstead is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon.^[1][2] The ward received boundary changes in 2018, gaining territory from Croham ward, but losing Riddlesdown to Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown ward. The first election with new boundaries was 3 May 2018.^{[citation needed]}

Sanderstead
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Sanderstead in Croydon from 2002.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	1978 (1978)
Councillor	Lynne Hale (Conservative)
Councillor	Yvette Hopley (Conservative)
Councillor	Helen Redfern (Conservative)
Number of councillors	Three (2002-Present), Two (1978-2002)
Created from	Sanderstead and Selsdon
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon South

List of Councillors

Election	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
1978	Ward created
		David N. Bowen	Conservative		Ronald W. Haskins	Conservative	2 Councillors 1978-2002
1986		Colin J. Hood	Conservative		Bruce T. H. Marshall	Conservative
1990		Graham T. W. Speed	Conservative
1995					Eric Shaw	Conservative
1998		Lynne Hale	Conservative
2002								Timothy S. Pollard	Conservative
2006					Yvette Hopley	Conservative
2022								Helen Redfern	Conservative

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	Jason Perry	Conservative	Y

Ward Results

Croydon Council Election 2022: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvette Hopley*	3,826
	Conservative	Lynne Hale*	3,806
	Conservative	Helen Redfern†	3,596
	Liberal Democrats	James Clark	718
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Jordan	705
	Labour	Laura Doughty	658
	Green	Helen Buckland	591
	Labour	Alan Malarkey	572
	Labour	Tim Rodgers	549
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Wells	510
	Green	Connie Muir	465
	Green	Oliver Duxbury	407
Turnout				48.36
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2018: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Carol Hale	3,971	24.26
	Conservative	Yvette Rose Hopley	3,954	24.15
	Conservative	Timothy Stuart Pollard	3,844	23.48
	Labour	Paul Wyn Ednyfed Ainscough	908	5.55
	Labour	Lynda Graham	904	5.52
	Labour	Joshua Jeremy Jack Andrew	853	5.21
	Liberal Democrats	John Malcolm Jefkins	498	3.04
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Samantha Jordan	462	2.82
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Miller	357	2.18
	Green	Matt Bullock	334	2.04
	Green	Hanna Caroline Short	285	1.74
Majority			2,936	17.94
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2014: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Hale	2,691
	Conservative	Yvette Hopley	2,545
	Conservative	Tim Pollard	2,463
	UKIP	Claire Smith	891
	Labour	Mathew Hill	570
	Labour	Thomas Lovesey	540
	Labour	Stella Nabukeera	491
	Green	Diane Bindman	422
	Green	Stephen Harris	316
	Green	Marc Richards	295
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Hesmondhalgh	266
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Moran	242
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Keynes	208
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2006: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Hale	3,567
	Conservative	Timothy Pollard	3,470
	Conservative	Yvette Hopley	3,447
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Howard	570
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Gauge	562
	Labour	Daniel Harvey	429
	Labour	Barry Buttigieg	393
	Labour	Tejinder Madhar	369
	UKIP	Alan Smith	338
Turnout			4,700	48.6%
Registered electors			9,663
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2002: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne C. Hale	2,797
	Conservative	Eric Shaw	2,740
	Conservative	Timothy S. Pollard	2,678
	Labour	Richard B. Young	537
	Liberal Democrats	Michael T.A. Bishopp	531
	Labour	Elizabeth M. Wolf	517
	Labour	Robert C.E. Brooks	511
	Liberal Democrats	Michael K. Frith	491
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey V. Gauge	470
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1998: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Shaw	2,183
	Conservative	Lynne C. Hale	2,130
	Labour	Ronald W. Fisher	628
	Liberal Democrats	Spencer A. Grady	470
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin T. Howard-Jones	440
	Labour	Paul J. Smith	432
	Independent Resident	Sheila Lee	41
	Independent Resident	David Lee	26
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sanderstead by-election, 14 September 1995^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Shaw	1712	52.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin T. Howard-Jones	970	29.8
	Labour	Michael P. J. Phelan	528	16.2
	Green	Richard J. Hamlyn	32	1.0
	Ind Green Soc Dem	John S. Cartwright	15	0.5
Majority			742	22.8
Turnout			3,257
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Bruce T. H. Marshall.

Croydon Council Election 1994: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce T. H. Marshall	2,083
	Conservative	Graham T. W. Speed	2,024
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin T. Howard-Jones	1,104
	Liberal Democrats	Barry D. Stocker	909
	Labour	Roger D. Wicks	636
	Labour	Jean-Paul Irtelli	634
	The People's Choice	Neville Sprague	125
Majority			920
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1990: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce T. H. Marshall	2,534
	Conservative	Graham T. W. Speed	2,331
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret L. Burnett	703
	Liberal Democrats	John Hatherley	634
	Labour	Robert J. Irwin	574
	Labour	Michael P. J. Phelan	535
Majority			1,628
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1986: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin J. Hood	2,178
	Conservative	Bruce T. H. Marshall	2,042
	Alliance	Angela C. Mills	896
	Alliance	Raymond W. Bustin	883
	Labour	Anthony J. Lear	352
	Labour	Rose I. White	294
	Green	Edmond M. Rosenthal	149
Majority			1,146
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1982: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald W. Haskins	2,649
	Conservative	David N. Bowen	2,570
	Alliance	Raymond W. Bustin	889
	Alliance	Eric J. Mann	853
	Labour	Keith M. Roberts	163
	Labour	Lillian L. Scott	158
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1978: Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David N. Bowen	2,823
	Conservative	Ronald W. Haskins	2,819
	Liberal	Trevor J. Barker	352
	Liberal	June C. Duffelen	352
	Labour	Edward L. Hall	300
	Labour	Eileen E. Daisley, J.P.	298
Majority			2,467
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)