Broad Green (ward)

Broad Green
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

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.

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.

List of Councillors

Election	Councillor		Party		Party		Party
1964	Ward created
1964		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	P. Byrne	Labour
1978		Michael Warne	Labour	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		Rodney G. D. Matlock	Labour	Stuart Collins	Labour	Peter L. Spalding	Labour
2002		Timothy Godfrey	Labour			Mike Selva	Labour
2006		Manju Shahul-Hameed	Labour			Mike Selva	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	N

Ward results

2018 to present

Croydon Council Election 2022: Broad Green (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart Collins*	1,885	20.7
	Labour	Sherwan Chowdhury†	1,764	19.4
	Labour	Manju Shahul-Hameed*	1,707	18.8
	Conservative	Jane Parker	775	8.5
	Conservative	Peter Anike	769	8.5
	Conservative	James Rajadurai	721	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian George Waters	420	4.6
	Green	Winston Phillips	389	4.3
	Green	DJ Singh	331	3.6
	Green	Irene Theochari	325	3.6
Turnout			3,534	26.52
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2018: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart Collins	3,105	74.8
	Labour	Muhammad Ali	2,820	68.0
	Labour	Manju Shahul-Hameed	2,678	64.5
	Conservative	Jayde Edwards	698	16.8
	Conservative	Kofi Frimpong	693	16.7
	Conservative	Sharmmi Jeganmogan	661	15.9
	Green	Tim Watson	414	10.0
	Green	Am Weatherspoon	299	7.2
Majority			1,980	17.42
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 to 2014

Croydon Council Election 2014: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Stuart Collins	2,754
	Labour	Mike Selva	2,609
	Labour	Manju Shahul-Hameed	2,289
	Conservative	Fabion Emmanuel	761
	Conservative	Andrew Stevensen	579
	Conservative	Sophia Khan	535
	UKIP	Peter Kirby	500
	UKIP	Herman Lyken	404
	Green	Nicholas Barnett	395
	Green	Bimal Mohanan	301
	Green	Pravina Ellis	265
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Mohiuddin	170
	TUSC	Paul McMillan	69
	Communist	Peter Latham	69
	TUSC	Ragesh Khakhira	65
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2006: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart Collins	1,777
	Labour	Mike Selva	1,600
	Labour	Manju Shahul-Hameed	1,576
	Conservative	Ian Parker	1,076
	Conservative	Patrick Ratnaraja	1,073
	Conservative	Jill Thomas	975
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Mohiuddin	513
	Communist	Peter Latham	177
Turnout			3,426	31.5%
Registered electors			10,885
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2002: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Stuart Collins	1,737
	Labour	Timothy Godfrey	1,634
	Labour	Michael S.P. Selvanayagam	1,594
	Conservative	Ian J. Parker	591
	Conservative	Keith B. Pearson	514
	Conservative	Jill Thomas	492
	UKIP	Christopher N. Pearce	264
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 to 1998

Croydon Council Election 1998: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rodney G. Matlock	1,395
	Labour	Stuart Collins	1,331
	Labour	Peter L. Spalding	1,253
	Conservative	Ian J. Parker	612
	Conservative	Jill Thomas	553
	Conservative	Keith B. Pearson	532
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1994: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Stuart Collins	2,230
	Labour	Rodney G. D. Matlock	2,171
	Labour	Peter L. Spalding	2,008
	Conservative	Eric S. Headlam	832
	Conservative	Keith B. Pearson	718
	Conservative	Donald S. Speakman	693
Majority			1,176
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Broad Green by-election, 29 April 1993^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart Collins	1,972	74.6
	Conservative	Patricia F. L. Knight	528	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	David A. Holmes	143	5.4
Majority			1,244	54.5
Turnout			2,643	30.2
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Anthony J. Slatcher.

Croydon Council Election 1990: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Rodney G. D. Matlock	2,019
	Labour Co-op	Anthony J. Slatcher	1,926
	Labour Co-op	Peter L. Spalding	1,896
	Conservative	Kelly Ellender	1,004
	Conservative	Mohammed I. Khokhar	804
	Conservative	Yvonne E. Singh	785
Majority			892
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1986: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Christine M. Jarrold	1,913
	Labour	Kevin D. Jarrold	1,895
	Labour	Hugh P. Atkinson	1,887
	Conservative	Geoffrey N. de Bois	870
	Conservative	Douglas A. H. Sharman	801
	Conservative	Stephen G. Ghero	792
	Alliance	Christopher M. Pocock	524
	Alliance	Christopher D. Hunt	513
	Alliance	Stephen A. Hall	500
Majority			1,017
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1982: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gillian Charman	1,216
	Conservative	Andrew J. Pelling	1,173
	Conservative	Douglas A.H. Sharman	1,151
	Labour	James A. Keeling	1,138
	Labour	Victor Martin	1,067
	Labour	Ann M. Watson	1,057
	Alliance	Moira C. Bamfield	846
	Liberal	Charles E. Burling	831
	Alliance	David E. Beeke	823
	Communist	Peter A.G. Latham	78
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1978: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James A. Keeling	1,708
	Labour	Ann Watson, J.P.	1,700
	Labour	Michael Warne	1,694
	Conservative	Christopher N. P. Lewis	1,316
	Conservative	Rosemary P. Tomlin	1,304
	Conservative	Joseph P. Szadlo	1,177
	Liberal	Joan H. Leck	305
	Liberal	Roger W. Stephens	279
	Liberal	Gwendoline M. Luxford	274
Majority			378
Turnout				37.9	3.1%
Registered electors			9,624
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1964 to 1974

Croydon Council Election 1974: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs A. M. Watson	1,996
	Labour	P. Byrne	1,939
	Labour	M. Warne	1,913
	Conservative	L. T. Wiles	993
	Conservative	P. R. Woolford	951
	Conservative	J. P. Szadlo	873
	Liberal	R. W. Stephens	465
Majority			920
Turnout				34.8	4.3%
Registered electors			9,749
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1971: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. J. Grieve Smith	2,503
	Labour Co-op	P. Byrne	2,462
	Labour Co-op	Mrs A. M. Watson	2,395
	Conservative	R. H. Kent	1,149
	Conservative	L. H. Rosan	1,095
	Conservative	L. T. Wiles	1,071
Turnout				39.1	10.4%
Registered electors			9,703
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1968: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L.D. Emerton	1,592
	Conservative	R.H. Kent	1,538
	Conservative	L.T. Wiles	1,530
	Labour	P. Byrne	1,042
	Labour	Mrs W.M. Holt	1,041
	Labour	F.G. West	1,025
	Communist	Mrs A. Waddell	175
Turnout				28.7	0.6%
Registered electors			9,970
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1964: Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Miss L. Overton	2,151
	Labour	F. G. West	2,084
	Labour	A. G. Wright	2,064
	Conservative	J. M. Stamford	924
	Conservative	Miss M. Baker-Rogers	890
	Conservative	D. M. Stranack	868
	Communist	C. Young	153
Turnout			3,188	29.3
Registered electors			10,866
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

^ "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.

External links

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[1] "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

[2] "Broad Green 2022 election results | Croydon Council". www.croydon.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

[London_1990-94_by-elections-3] "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

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v t e Electoral wards in the London Borough of Croydon
1965	Addiscombe Bensham Manor Broad Green Central Coulsdon East East New Addington Norbury Purley Sanderstead and Selsdon Sanderstead North Shirley South Norwood Thornton Heath Upper Norwood Waddon West Thornton Whitehorse Manor Woodcote and Coulsdon West Woodside
1978	Addiscombe Ashburton Bensham Manor Beulah Broad Green Coulsdon East Croham Fairfield Fieldway Heathfield Kenley Monks Orchard New Addington Norbury Purley Rylands Sanderstead Selsdon South Norwood Spring Park Thornton Heath Upper Norwood Waddon West Thornton Whitehorse Manor Woodcote and Coulsdon West Woodside
2002	Addiscombe Ashburton Bensham Manor Broad Green Coulsdon East Coulsdon West Croham Fairfield Fieldway Heathfield Kenley New Addington Norbury Purley Sanderstead Selhurst Selsdon and Ballards Shirley South Norwood Thornton Heath Upper Norwood Waddon West Thornton Woodside
2018	Addiscombe East Addiscombe West Bensham Manor Broad Green Coulsdon Town Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood Fairfield Kenley New Addington North New Addington South Norbury and Pollards Hill Norbury Park Old Coulsdon Park Hill and Whitgift Purley and Woodcote Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown Sanderstead Selhurst Selsdon and Addington Village Selsdon Vale and Forestdale Shirley North Shirley South South Croydon South Norwood Thornton Heath Waddon West Thornton Woodside