West Thornton (ward)

West Thornton is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon,^[1][2] covering part of the Thornton Heath area.^{[citation needed]} The first election held under the new ward boundaries was the 2018 Croydon Council election.^{[citation needed]}

West Thornton
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of West Thornton in Croydon from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	1965 (1965)
Councillor	Janet Campbell (Labour)
Councillor	Stuart King (Labour)
Councillor	Chrishni Reshekaron (Labour)
Number of councillors	Three
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon West

List of Councillors

Election	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
1965	Ward created
		R. Tilbury	Conservative Resident		E. J. Fowler	Conservative Resident		E. F. A. Whitehorn	Conservative Resident
1971		C. J. Mitchell	Labour		D. A. Herriott	Labour		A. J. Simanowitz	Labour
1974		S. J. Stewart	Conservative		D. R. Loughborough	Conservative		Mrs Yvonne A. L. Stewart	Conservative
1978		Ernest G. Noad	Conservative		Iris S. Rodda	Conservative
1982		Eric W. Howell	Conservative		Anita C. Drummond-Brown	Conservative
1986		Maggie R. Mansell	Labour		David R. Evans	Labour		Gee E. Bernard	Labour
1990		Clarence McKenzie	Labour		Elaine A. Gibbon	Labour
1998					Raj Chandarana	Labour
2002		Bernadette Khan	Labour					Martin A. Tiedemann	Labour
2006								Mike Mogul	Labour
2008									Conservative
2010					Paul Smith	Labour		Humayun Kabir	Labour
2014					Emily Benn	Labour		Stuart T. King	Labour
2016					Callton Young	Labour
2018					Janet Campbell	Labour
2022		Chrishni Reshekaron	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 Results

Croydon Council Election 2022: West Thornton (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Campbell*	1,896
	Labour	Stuart King*	1,755
	Labour	Chrishni Reshekaron	1,684
	Conservative	Patrick Ratnaraja	818
	Conservative	Tom Lott	803
	Conservative	Abdul Talukdar	595
	Green	Barry Buttigieg	418
	Green	Rosalyn Mott	407
	Taking the Initiative	Ben Andoh	218
Turnout			3,408	27.15
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2018: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Georgia Campbell	2,978	27.54
	Labour	Bernadette Khan	2,716	25.12
	Labour	Stuart Thomas King	2,640	24.42
	Conservative	Dominic John Schofield	653	6.04
	Conservative	Alasdair Stewart	621	5.74
	Conservative	Matin Talukdar	563	5.21
	Green	Eileen Diane Gale	364	3.37
	Green	Barry Phillip Buttigieg	278	2.57
Majority			1,987	18.38
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Thornton by-election, 5 May 2016^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Callton Young	3,136	64.7	+2.0
	Conservative	Scott Roche	989	20.4	+3.0
	Green	David Beall	289	6.0	−2.5
	UKIP	Ace Nnorom	145	3.0	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Morley	140	2.9	−0.5
	Independence from Europe	Peter Morgan	77	1.6	N/A
	English Democrat	Winston McKenzie	70	1.4	N/A
Majority			2,147	44.3
Turnout				44
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Emily Benn to pursue a job in New York City, United States^[4]

Croydon Council Election 2014: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emily Benn	2,461
	Labour	Bernadette Khan	2,371
	Labour	Stuart King	2,243
	Conservative	Florence Evans	684
	Conservative	Samir Dwesar	650
	Conservative	Patrick Ratnaraja	595
	Green	David Beall	331
	UKIP	William Thomas	312
	UKIP	Marjorie Bissick	298
	Green	Barry Buttigieg	213
	Green	Rebecca Parnell	207
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Knight	134
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2010: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Smith	3,736
	Labour	Bernadette Khan	3,694
	Labour	Humayun Kabir	3,658
	Conservative	Simon Brew	1,611
	Conservative	Jacqueline Purcell	1,486
	Conservative	Selva Jeyadeva	1,418
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy N. Njomo	958
	Green	David T. Beall	620
	Green	Kiran J. Datta	392
	Green	Barry Buttigieg	345
	Communist	Ben Stevenson	80
Turnout			6,656	57.6
Registered electors			11,547
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2006: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raj Chandarana	1,660
	Labour	Bernadette Khan	1,521
	Labour	Mike Mogul	1,387
	Conservative	Christina Blair	1,115
	Conservative	Mehmet Bezginsoy	919
	Conservative	Bilgin Duven	916
	Liberal Democrats	Mahmud Ahsanollah	590
	Green	Santheya Natarajan	539
Turnout			3,386	31.4%
Registered electors			10,790
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2002: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raj Chandarana	1,691
	Labour	Bernadette Khan	1,547
	Labour	Martin A. Tiedemann	1,506
	Conservative	George A. Fibley	704
	Conservative	Parshotam L. Bhagat	675
	Conservative	Christopher P. Leese	586
	Liberal Democrats	Saeed A. Malik	313
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher A. Reilly	306
	Liberal Democrats	Susan L. Watson	296
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1998: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clarence A. McKenzie	1,449
	Labour	Gwendolyn E. Bernard	1,408
	Labour	Raj Chandarana	1,363
	Conservative	Roger C. Taylor	913
	Conservative	Parshotam L. Bhagat	868
	Conservative	Vinita Bearman	815
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1994: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine A. Gibbon	2,354
	Labour	Clarence A. McKenzie	2,284
	Labour	Gwendolyn E. Bernard	2,230
	Conservative	Alan E. Aylmer	1,152
	Conservative	Roger C. Taylor	1,115
	Conservative	Eileen P. Seaborn	1,075
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Russell	564
Majority			1,078
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1990: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwendolyn E. Bernard	2,246
	Labour	Clarence A. McKenzie	2,145
	Labour Co-op	Elaine A. Gibbon	1,809
	Conservative	Alan E. Aylmer	1,445
	Conservative	Sarah M. Pelling	1,306
	Conservative	Yvonne A. L. Stewart	1,225
	Liberal Democrats	Simon L. Held	631
Majority			364
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1986: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret R. Mansell	1,954
	Labour	David R. Evans	1,932
	Labour	Gwendolyn E. Bernard	1,834
	Conservative	Stephen J. Stewart	1,386
	Conservative	Eric W. Howell	1,357
	Conservative	Yvonne A. L. Stewart	1,320
	Liberal	Janet R. Pitt	922
	Alliance	Alan J. Holder	823
	Alliance	Graham F. Williams	763
Majority			448
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1982: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric W. Howell	1,771
	Conservative	Yvonne A. L. Stewart	1,738
	Conservative	Anita C. Drummond-Brown	1,715
	Labour	Margaret R. Mansell	1,310
	Alliance	Alan R. Mead	1,170
	Labour	James J. Penman	1,135
	Alliance	Peter R. Norwood	1,090
	Labour	Arnold J. Simanwitz	1,044
	Alliance	David R. Dayus	1,017
Majority			405
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1978: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne A. L. Stewart	2,017
	Conservative	Ernest G. Noad	1,923
	Conservative	Iris S. Rodda	1,878
	Labour	Stanley J. Boden	1,788
	Labour	Michael P. Rix	1,733
	Labour Co-op	Bernadette R. Supiramaniam	1,457
	Liberal	William H. Pitt	490
	Liberal	Janet R. Pitt	452
	Liberal	David R. Dayus	388
Majority			90
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1974: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. J. Stewart	1,613
	Conservative	D. R. Loughborough	1,573
	Conservative	Mrs Y. A. L. Stewart	1,536
	Labour	D. A. Herriott	1,464
	Labour	M. P. Rix	1,439
	Labour	Mrs E. E. Daisley	1,418
	Liberal	R. M. Greenhalgh	725
	Liberal	J. A. Pile-Gray	639
	Liberal	R. G. Rawcliffe	623
Majority			72
Turnout				37.0	3.1%
Registered electors			10,570
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1971: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. J. Mitchell	2,333
	Labour	D. A. Herriott	2,229
	Labour	A. J. Simanowitz	2,198
	Conservative	R. Tilbury	1,865
	Conservative	S. J. Stewart	1,838
	Conservative	E. J. Fowler	1,835
Turnout				40.1	7.7%
Registered electors			10,760
	Labour gain from Conservative Resident		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative Resident		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative Resident		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1968: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative Resident	R. Tilbury	2,533
	Conservative Resident	E.F.A. Whitehorn	2,491
	Conservative Resident	E.J. Fowler	2,487
	Labour	Miss L.L. Scott	769
	Labour	G.E. Mitchell	740
	Labour	G.A. Bristow	719
Turnout				32.4	11.2%
Registered electors			10,526
	Conservative Resident hold		Swing
	Conservative Resident hold		Swing
	Conservative Resident hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1964: West Thornton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative Resident	R. Tilbury	2,348
	Conservative Resident	E. J. Fowler	2,346
	Conservative Resident	E. F. A. Whitehorn	2,346
	Labour	Miss L. L. Scott	2,263
	Labour	T. Harris	2,127
	Labour	F. Bailey	2,125
Turnout			4,708	43.6
Registered electors			11,632
	Conservative Resident win (new seat)
	Conservative Resident win (new seat)
	Conservative Resident win (new seat)