South Norwood (ward)

South Norwood is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon in the United Kingdom. It covers most of the district of South Norwood. The ward received major boundary changes following Croydon's boundary review.^[2] The first election held under the new boundaries was the 2018 Croydon Council election.^[3] The most recent election was the 2022 Croydon London Borough Council election, where 2 new councillors were elected.

South Norwood
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of South Norwood in Croydon from 2018.
County	Greater London
Electorate	~10,217[1]
Current ward
Created	1965 (1965)
Councillor	Louis Carserides (Labour)
Councillor	Stella Nabukeera (Labour)
Councillor	Christopher Herman (Labour)
Number of councillors	Three
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon West

History

2021 by-elections

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.^[4]

Regina Road

On 22 March 2021, ITV News released an article documenting the poor conditions of Regina Road flats showing images of the "appalling and dangerous conditions" caused by a water leak that had been present since at least 2017.^[5] An independent investigation was put forward to resolve the problems.^[6]

List of Councillors

Election	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
1965	Ward created
		Paul A. Saunders	Conservative Resident		Mrs Beryl Saunders	Conservative Resident		C. E. Kelly	Conservative Resident
1968			Conservative			Conservative			Conservative
1974								Miss I. S. Rodda	Conservative
1978								Eileen J. Longhorn	Conservative
1986								David Lipman	Conservative
1990		Eric J. Kings	Conservative
1994		Clive B. Fraser	Labour		Jenny Bushell	Labour		Michael Jewitt	Labour
1998					Jane Avis	Labour
2002		Andrew S.K. Bagnall	Labour
2006		Susan Bennett	Conservative					Luke Clancy	Conservative
2010		Kathy Bee	Labour					Wayne Lawlor	Labour
2017		Patsy Cummings	Labour
2018								Clive Fraser	Labour
2021					Louis Carserides	Labour
2022		Stella Nabukeera	Labour					Christopher Herman	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: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louis Carserides*	1,705
	Labour	Stella Nabukeera	1,467
	Labour	Christopher Herman	1,361
	Conservative	Matt O'Flynn	536
	Taking the Initiative	Angela Kaler	533
	Green	Timothy Coombe	499
	Green	Marley King	470
	Taking the Initiative	Spencer Fearon	464
	Conservative	Sunny Tanna	462
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Bonham	431
	Conservative	Meenal Sambre	429
	Taking the Initiative	Samia Solomon	409
	Green	Martyn Post	361
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Watson	324
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Tremellen	239
Turnout			3,507	30.39
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South Norwood ward by-election, 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louis Carserides	2,276	49.9	18.9
	Conservative	Sonia Marinello	1,173	25.7	8.9
	Green	Ria Patel	423	9.3	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Bonham	288	6.3	0.1
	Taking the Initiative	Angela Kaler	251		N/A
	Independent	Jane Nicholl	154		N/A
Majority			1,103	24.2
Turnout			4,565	40.2
	Labour hold		Swing	27.7

Croydon Council Election 2018: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Avis	2,363	23.29
	Labour	Clive Boyd Fraser	2,356	23.22
	Labour	Patsy Janet Cummings	2,338	23.05
	Conservative	Matthew Edward O'Flynn	593	5.85
	Conservative	Tirena Hillary Gunter	575	5.67
	Conservative	Chidi Umez	559	4.29
	Green	Tariq Salim	305	3.01
	Green	Hania Sophie Wisskirchen	287	2.83
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Elizabeth Mary Kellert	262	2.58
	Green	Marcus d'Arcy Conall Boyle	256	2.52
	Liberal Democrats	Aoife Noone	189	1.86
	Liberal Democrats	James Alan Ross Clark	186	1.83
Majority			1,745	17.20
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South Norwood by-election, 7 September 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patsy Cummings	1,671
	Conservative	Becca Natrajan	475
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Bonham	388
	Green	Peter Underwood	218
	UKIP	Michael Swadling	78
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2014: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katharine Bee	2,303
	Labour	Jane Avis	2,211
	Labour	Wayne Lawlor	1,971
	Conservative	Jonathan Cope	1,009
	Conservative	Matthew O'Flynn	739
	Conservative	Rosina Mat St. James	731
	Green	Graham Jones	494
	Green	Andrew Ellis	486
	UKIP	Winston McKenzie	480
	UKIP	Anette Reid	437
	UKIP	Barry Slayford	437
	Green	James Seyforth	359
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	314
	Liberal Democrats	Kimberley Reid	220
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Regan	177
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2010: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katharine Bee	3,365	48.7
	Labour	Jane Avis	3,338	48.3
	Labour	Wayne Lawlor	2,942	42.5
	Conservative	Susan Bennett	1,928	27.9
	Conservative	Richard Hough	1,603	23.2
	Conservative	Luke Clancy	1,585	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Boyle	1,282	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Corbin	1,232	17.8
	Green	Suzanne Ackon	791	11.4
	Green	Jane Hutley	400	5.8
	Green	Ivonne Fernandes-Bonnar	371	5.4
	UKIP	Jonathan Serter	295	4.3
Turnout			6,916	62.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2006: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Bennett	1,670
	Conservative	Luke Clancy	1,523
	Labour	Jane Avis	1,492
	Labour	Kathy Bee	1.393
	Labour	Andy Bagnall	1,385
	Conservative	Mohammed Quadir	1,271
	Green	Tim Fernandes-Bonnar	717
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Hardy-McBride	684
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Perry	616
	UKIP	Brian Hutchings	233
Turnout			3,997	37.2%
Registered electors			10,732
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2002: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Avis	1,574
	Labour	Michael Jewitt	1,471
	Labour	Andrew S.K. Bagnall	1,392
	Conservative	Pauline Miles	1,011
	Conservative	Helena M. Kowalska	991
	Conservative	John L. Tooze	787
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Hardy-McBride	469
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Axford	450
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Perry	442
	Green	Brian Fewster	278
	UKIP	Ronald L.J. Newman	127
	UKIP	Alan G. Smith	104
	UKIP	Claire J. Smith	95
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1998: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Avis	1,587
	Labour	Clive B. Fraser	1,519
	Labour	Michael Jewitt	1,484
	Conservative	George A. Filbey	1,078
	Conservative	Pauline Miles	1,054
	Conservative	John L. Tooze	957
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Hardy-McBride	357
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Perry	336
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1994: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive B. Fraser	1,991
	Labour	Jenny Bushell	1,935
	Labour	Michael Jewitt	1,927
	Conservative	David Lipman	1,563
	Conservative	Eric J. Kings	1,456
	Conservative	Pauline Miles	1,408
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Brown	467
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Perry	446
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Hardy-McBride	443
Majority			364
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1990: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lipman	1,747
	Conservative	Eric J. Kings	1,681
	Conservative	Beryl Saunders	1,639
	Labour	Michael Jewitt	1,613
	Labour	Ben Earnshaw-Mansell	1,612
	Labour	Clive B. Fraser	1,560
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan R. Cope	474
	Liberal Democrats	James E. Borkoles	430
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher M. Pocock	413
	Green	Christine C. M. Roberts	373
Majority			26
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1986: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Saunders	1,407
	Conservative	David Lipman	1,400
	Conservative	Paul A. Saunders	1,379
	Liberal	Jeremy E. Cope	1,189
	Liberal	Pamela M. Whirrity	1,169
	Liberal	Anthony R. Phillips	1,148
	Labour	Iain K. Forbes	972
	Labour	Elaine A. Gibbon	939
	Labour	Margaret H. Hardley	907
Majority			190
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1982: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Saunders	1,785
	Conservative	Paul A. Saunders	1,752
	Conservative	Eileen J. Longhorn	1,745
	Liberal	Ian S. Manders	965
	Liberal	Jeremy E. Cope	927
	Liberal	Leslie A. Rowe	927
	Labour	Leni Gillman	600
	Labour	Jonathan Pickering	588
	Labour	Peter Luxton	585
Majority			780
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1978: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Saunders	1,899
	Conservative	Paul A. Saunders	1,889
	Conservative	Eileen J. Longhorn	1,838
	Labour	Patrick Byrne	1,038
	Labour	Valerie L. Simanowitz	998
	Labour	Alun W. Jones	978
	Liberal	John R. Holoway	242
	Liberal	Yvonne L. Cattermole	205
	Liberal	Alan Taylor	193
Majority			800
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1974: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs B. Saunders	2,197
	Conservative	P. A. Saunders	2,180
	Conservative	Miss I. S. Rodda	2,067
	Labour	Mrs A. M. Simpson	1,742
	Labour	G. Andrews	1,716
	Labour	B. E. A. Evans	1,701
	Liberal	T. J. Barker	475
	Liberal	D. F. Whyte	431
	Liberal	J. H. Hamilton	419
Majority			325
Turnout				35.5	4.6%
Registered electors			12,849
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1971: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. E. Kelly	2,159
	Conservative	Mrs B. Saunders	2,088
	Conservative	P. A. Saunders	2,050
	Labour	Mrs W. M. Holt	1,740
	Labour	A. D. Goddard	1,715
	Labour	K. J. Kinnard	1,708
Turnout				30.9	1.4%
Registered electors			12,939
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1968: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P.A. Saunders	2,800
	Conservative	Mrs B. Saunders	2,789
	Conservative	C.E. Kelly	2,684
	Labour	K.P. Whelan	667
	Labour	M. McGovern	649
	Labour	E.F. Neckles	611
	Liberal	M.E. Pache	296
	Liberal	Mrs I.J. Muir	293
	Liberal	Miss A.K. Harding	283
Turnout				32.3	4.4%
Registered electors			11,871
	Conservative gain from Conservative Resident		Swing
	Conservative gain from Conservative Resident		Swing
	Conservative gain from Conservative Resident		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1964: South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative Resident	P. A. Saunders	2,119
	Conservative Resident	Mrs. B. Saunders	2,089
	Conservative Resident	C. E. Kelly	2,056
	Labour	P. Byrne	1,682
	Labour	Mrs. M. Johnson	1,519
	Labour	M. McGovern	1,442
	Liberal	J. Mackenzie	555
	Liberal	P. St. Clare Collis	548
	Liberal	Mrs. P. Weal	468
Turnout			4,305	36.7
Registered electors			11,732
	Conservative Resident win (new seat)
	Conservative Resident win (new seat)
	Conservative Resident win (new seat)

References

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