New Addington North (ward)

New Addington North is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the New Addington estate in London in the United Kingdom. The ward currently forms part of the Croydon Central constituency.

New Addington North
ward
for Croydon Council
Outline map
Boundary of New Addington North in Croydon from 2018.
CountyGreater London
Current ward
Created2018 (2018)
CouncillorKola Agboola (Labour)
CouncillorAdele Benson (Conservative)
Number of councillorsTwo
Created fromFieldway
UK Parliament constituencyCroydon Central

The ward returns two councillors every four years. On 6 May 2021, 5 by-elections were held in Croydon following the resignation of 5 councillors across New Addington North, South Norwood, Kenley, Park Hill and Whitgift and Woodside.[1]

List of Councillors
Election CouncillorParty CouncillorParty
2018 Ward created
2018 Simon Hall Labour Felicity Flynn Labour
2021 Kola Agboola Labour
2022 Adele Benson 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.

YearMayoral candidatePartyWinner?
2022 Val Shawcross Labour Red XN

Ward results
Croydon Council Election 2022: New Addington North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kola Agboola* 832
Conservative Adele Benson 711
Conservative Michael Castle 679
Labour Sangeeta Gobidaas 653
Green Alison Gillett 172
Green Graham Jones 146
Turnout 1,843 25.63
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
New Addington North ward by-election, 6 May 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kola Agboola 1,214 48.6 Decrease15.9
Conservative Lara Fish 985 39.5 Increase18.0
Independent Michael Castle 109 4.4 New
Green Tracey Hague 95 3.8 Decrease2.6
BNP John Clarke 55 2.2 Decrease5.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Miller 38 1.5 New
Majority 229 9.1
Turnout 2,496 35.2
Labour hold Swing
Croydon Council Election 2018: New Addington North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Alexander Hall 1,209 33.65
Labour Felicity Anne Marie Flynn 1,119 31.14
Conservative Ace Nnorom 402 11.19
Conservative Phil Sheppard 360 10.02
BNP John James Clarke 142 3.95
UKIP Dan Heaton 141 3.92
Green David Thomas Beall 120 3.34
UKIP Robert King 100 2.78
Majority 717 19.96
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "Council by-election results - 6 May 2021 | Croydon Council". www.croydon.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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