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#GeneralElection2024: final results for Croydon constituencies
Following our full and detailed live coverage of election night, here are the full, formal results from the General Election for Croydon’s seats.
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Lambeth Council, Natasha Irons, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Scott Ainslie, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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#GeneralElection2024: Through-the-night results coverage
#GE2024: HERE WE GO Welcome to Inside Croydon’s unmatched coverage of the 2024 General Election results night for south London. Working with our colleagues at GreenwichWire, we have reporters and citizen journalists at the counts in Croydon (natch), Sutton, Brixton … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Bexley, Bromley Council, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elliot Colburn, Lambeth Council, Luke Taylor MP, Natasha Irons, Outside Croydon, Peter Underwood, Reigate and Banstead Council, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Scott Ainslie, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council
Tagged 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Katherine Kerswell, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons, Peter Underwood, Rishi Sunak, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam, Tory
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Desperate times, desperate measures: PM Sunak visits Purley
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: They thought it was some kind of secret liaison at their local HQ in Purley. But WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, reports on the last roll of the dice by Croydon’s Tory MP Photos: GEORGE BURDICK and HUNTER SQUIRES … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Purley, Sanderstead, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Alison Butler, BBC Newsnight, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon South, General Election, General Election 2024, John Crace, Labour, Paul Scott, Prime Minister, Purley, Rishi Sunak, Sanderstead, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon, Steve Reed OBE, The Guardian, Tony Newman, Tory, Victoria Derbyshire
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It’s not about my personal power or glory. It’s about principles
CROYDON ELECTION QUESTIONS For this General Election, Inside Croydon has been offering a platform to candidates from across the political spectrum, from across the borough’s four constituencies. Much the same questions, their answers published at length. Here, we speak with … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Peter Underwood
Tagged 2024 General Election, Brexit, Carla Denyer, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Gaza, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Underwood, Tory
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Council official: 50% of postal votes have not been returned
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon election officials worry that thousands of voters won’t be able to use their postal ballots before the July 4 deadline because of issues with Royal Mail. By STEVEN DOWNES Senior council officials in charge of overseeing this week’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Royal Mail, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Katherine Kerswell, postal votes, Royal Mail, Seth Aker, Streatham and Croydon North
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‘All I see is a divided country, with more racism and more upset’
First-time voter CAITLIN CLIFFORD speaks to other General Election first-time voters about whether they will vote next Thursday, and about what issues really matter to them, discovering just how unpopular the son of a tool-maker is with sixth-formers After weeks … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Alastair Campbell, Caitlin Clifford, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Rory Stewart, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Latest poll predicts the implausible with Philp doing Houdini act
Labour candidates have been briefed to say nothing or to claim ‘Nuffink to do wiv me, Guv’ is their best way of dodging questions about their party’s bankrupting the borough, as the campaign crawls its way towards its final week. … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Bobby Dean, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Ellie Reeves MP, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Natasha Irons, Paul Scully MP, Sarah Jones MP, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Brick by Brick, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elliot Colburn, General Election, General Election 2024, Iain Dale, Jason Cummings, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons, Nigel Farage, Paul Scully, Peter Underwood, Reform UK, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Scott Holman, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tony Newman, YouGov
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Squatters force council to switch New Addington polling station
Council officials have been forced to scrap their plans to use a disused community centre in New Addington as a polling station for the General Election on July 4 because the long-abandoned building has been taken over by squatters. The … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Katherine Kerswell, New Addington South
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, General Election, General Election 2024, Goldcrest Youth Centre, Katherine Kerswell, New Addington, Reclaim Croydon, Returning Officer, squatters
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Two weeks early and most candidates are conceding defeat
ELECTION SKETCH: As other parties’ candidates in Croydon East have admitted they will lose come July 4, Labour’s shoo-in as a new MP calls her party’s bankrupting of the borough and its part in illegal hacking as ‘a load of … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Croydon East, Jason Cummings, Ken Towl, Natasha Irons, Peter Underwood
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Jason Cummings, Ken Towl, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons, Peter Underwood, Tory
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Starmer’s a no-show for Labour’s secretive Fairfield Halls rally
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, wasted his morning turning up to see the son of a toolmaker, who swerved at the first sign of awkward questions and so missed out on seeing the mess made of Croydon by his Labour … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fairfield Halls, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fairfield Halls, Gaza, General Election, General Election 2024, Genocide, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liz Kendall, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE
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Sutton and Cheam election hustings, Cheam Road, June 29
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam
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Voters being taken for granted as ‘battleground’ moves south
As postal voters start to receive their ballot papers ahead of the General Election on July 4, others in parts of Croydon are beginning to feel that their votes are being taken for granted by Tories and Labour, as our … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Jason Cummings, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Animal Farm, Chris Philp MP, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, George Orwell, Jason Cummings, Natasha Irons, Orwellian, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
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Questions, questions: General Election hustings dates (so far)
If you have a question to put to an election candidate, or to a political party which is seeking your vote in Croydon, here’s a way you can try to get some answers Hustings used to be the way for … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon TUC, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Hustings, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ruskin House, Stanley Halls, Streatham and Croydon North
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Perry’s ‘sale’ of Coulsdon flats will cost Croydon £60million!
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The borough’s Tory Mayor is accused of ‘doing a Tony Newman’ over a multi-million-pound property deal, one which will cost future generations tens of millions. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Meet the new boss. Same as the old … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Housing, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Mears, Property, Rick Howard, Susmita Sen
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Affordable Homes, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mears, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Richard Howard, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council’s proxy election email manages to get its dates wrong
It is just the first working day since the candidates’ list for the Croydon constituencies was published, and Croydon Council has been forced to issue its first public apology for its latest cock-up. In charge of managing the elections in … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Chris Hilp, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Electoral Services, Emails, General Election, General Election 2024, Katherine Kerswell, proxy votes, Streatham and Croydon North
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2024 General Election: Croydon’s candidates list for July 4
Nominations of candidates to stand in the General Election on July 4 closed at 4pm today. Candidates for three Croydon constituencies – Croydon East, Croydon West and Croydon South – were supposed to be published by 5pm on the council … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Chris Hilp, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Labour, Lambeth council, Liberal Democrats, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Kerswell opts to go ‘in-house’ and stage count at Fisher’s Folly
The count for three of Croydon’s parliamentary constituencies after voting closes in the General Election on July 4 will take place in the council’s offices at Fisher’s Folly, it has been decided. It will be the first time since the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Bernard Wetherill House, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fisher's Folly, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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We all depend on voluntary service – and it is not compulsory
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In this latest Volunteers’ Week, PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, who manages an organisation that depends on voluntary service, pays tribute to the people who give up their time, efforts and expertise in the community, and in the political … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Community associations, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, CVA, Peter Underwood
Tagged 2024 General Election, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Underwood, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers, Tory, Volunteers, Volunteers Week
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Make sure you are registered to vote – deadline June 18
To make sure that you have a vote in the General Election on July 4 – whether you are in any of Croydon’s four constituencies: Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West and Streatham and Croydon North – you need to … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Streatham and Croydon North
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Philp fighting for survival as Tories face capital punishment
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the stark news contained within the latest, most extensive piece of opinion polling, one month before election day With General Election day exactly one calendar month away, the latest and most extension polling done yet … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elliot Colburn, London-wide issues, Marley King, Paul Scully MP, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam, Tony Newman, Tory, YouGov
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Splash and purge: just another five weeks of campaigning to go
It started with a damp squib, but as the days have passed, the campaign has got steadily murkier. ANDREW FISHER assesses the first week of the 2024 General Election A week ago, in a wet Downing Street, Rishi Sunak, the … Continue reading
FREE: Our podcast answers the important election questions
Why vote? That is a question for many of us ahead of the July 4 General Election. In our latest, special episode of the Croydon Insider podcast, a panel of experts tries to answer some of the questions put to … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon East, Croydon Insider, Croydon South, Croydon West, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Ria Patel, Streatham and Croydon North, Under The Flyover
Tagged 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Neil Chamroo, Ria Patel, Streatham and Croydon North, The Croydon Insider, Tory, Under The Flyover, Why Vote?
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LibDems name their candidates and Philp forgets he’s a Tory
Finally, days after the General Election was announced, Croydon’s Liberal Democrats have got around to confirming their four candidates for July 4 – details of which Inside Croydon had reported on weeks ago. The LibDems, who have had only a … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Jahir Hussain, Rick Howard, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, General Election, General Election 2024, Jahir Hussain, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Major Rick Howard, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Labour vote-fixing whistleblower outs himself at CLP meeting
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: Nearly eight months late, grassroots members finally got to have a democratic say over who their local officials should be – with intriguing revelations at the constituency’s annual meeting. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES “Mr Anonyvoter”, Mark Henson, … Continue reading
Whether it’s your water supplier or MP, you deserve a choice
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Households in the south of the borough are about to see their water supplier taken over by the same firm responsible for providing contaminated drinking water in Devon. What can they do about it? PETER UNDERWOOD, right, a … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Business, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Environment, Peter Underwood, South West Water, Sutton and East Surrey Water
Tagged 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Croydon East, General Election, General Election 2024, London Elections, Peter Underwood, South West Water, Sutton and East Surrey Water, Water privatisation
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