Selsdon Vale and Forestdale (ward)

Selsdon Vale and Forestdale is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon.^[1][2] It was created from parts of Selsdon and Ballards and Heathfield wards. It was first used for the 2018 elections.

Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Selsdon Vale and Forestdale in Croydon from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	2018 (2018)
Councillor	Andy Stranack (Conservative)
Councillor	Fatima Zaman (Conservative)
Number of councillors	Two
Created from	Selsdon and Ballards and Heathfield
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon Central
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon South

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2018–present	Andy Stranack		Conservative
2018–2022	Stuart Millson		Conservative
2022–2022	Badsha Quadir		Conservative
2022–present	Fatima Zaman		Conservative

Croydon council elections

2022 by-election

The by-election took place on 3 November 2022, following the death of Badsha Quadir.^[3]

2022 Selsdon Vale and Forestdale by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fatima Zaman	983	46.3	21.2
	Green	Peter Underwood	530	24.9	8.8
	Labour	Thomas Bowell	372	17.5	1.0
	Independent	Andrew Pelling	168	7.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	George Holland	72	3.4	New
Majority			453	21.4	44.2
Turnout			2,125	29.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[4]

2022 Croydon London Borough Council election: Selsdon Vale and Forestdale (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Stranack	1,964	37.1	+ 4.1
	Conservative	Badsha Quadir	1,502	28.4	− 4.1
	Labour	Russell Whitehead	480	9.1	− 1.7
	Green	Adrian Douglas	469	8.9	+ 5.1
	Labour	Anwar Hossain	446	8.4	− 2.4
	Green	Gary Kelly	425	8	+ 4.9
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[5]

2018 Croydon London Borough Council election: Selsdon Vale and Forestdale (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Stranack	1,982	33.06
	Conservative	Stuart Millson	1,950	32.53
	Labour	Peter Stephens	649	10.83
	Labour	Deirdre O'Connor	646	10.78
	Green	Bryony Morris	228	3.80
	Green	Adrian Douglas	186	3.10
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Semadeni	178	2.97
	UKIP	William Bailey	176	2.94
Majority			1,301	21.70
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	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