Broad Green (ward)
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Broad Green is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, London in the United Kingdom, covering the West Croydon area. Broad Green locality is divided between this ward and Selhurst ward.
| Broad Green | |
|---|---|
| ward for Croydon Council | |
 Boundary of Broad Green in Croydon from 2018. | |
| County | Greater London |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 1965 |
| Councillor | Stuart Collins (Labour) |
| Councillor | Sherwan Chowdhury (Labour) |
| Councillor | Manju Shahul-Hameed (Labour) |
| Number of councillors | Three |
| UK Parliament constituency | Croydon West |
The ward extends from central Croydon to the south to the boundary with the London Boroughs of Sutton and Merton by Mitcham Common. It includes part of the retail core of Croydon and the northern part of the Purley Way retail area.
The ward returns three councillors every four years. At the 2006 election, Stuart Collins, Mike Selva, and Manju Shahul-Hameed were elected, as Labour Party candidates. The population of the Ward at the 2011 Census was 18,652.[1]
The ward is in Croydon North constituency, with Steve Reed as Member of Parliament.
The ward became smaller in 2018, following boundary changes in Croydon.
| Election | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Ward created | |||||||||||
| Miss L. Overton | Labour | F. G. West | Labour | A. G. Wright | Labour | |||||||
| 1968 | L. D. Emerton | Conservative | R. H. Kent | Conservative | L. T. Wiles | Conservative | ||||||
| 1971 | P. J. Grieve Smith | Labour | P. Byrne | Labour | Mrs Ann M. Watson, J.P. | Labour | ||||||
| 1974 | Michael Warne | Labour | ||||||||||
| 1978 | James A. Keeling | Labour | ||||||||||
| 1982 | Gillian Charman | Conservative | Andrew J. Pelling | Conservative | Douglas A. H. Sharman | Conservative | ||||||
| 1986 | Christine M. Jarrold | Labour | Kevin D. Jarrold | Labour | Hugh P. Atkinson | Labour | ||||||
| 1990 | Rodney G. D. Matlock | Labour | Anthony J. Slatcher | Labour | Peter L. Spalding | Labour | ||||||
| 1993 by-election | Stuart Collins | Labour | ||||||||||
| 2002 | Timothy Godfrey | Labour | Mike Selva | Labour | ||||||||
| 2006 | Manju Shahul-Hameed | Labour | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Muhammad Ali | Labour | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Sherwan Chowdhury | 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 | ||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony J. Slatcher.
- ^ "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Broad Green 2022 election results | Croydon Council". www.croydon.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.