Purley and Woodcote (ward)

Purley & Woodcote is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon.^[1][2] It is created from parts of Purley and Coulsdon West wards. The ward's first election is 3 May 2018.^{[citation needed]}

Purley & Woodcote
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Purley & Woodcote in Croydon from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	2018 (2018)
Councillor	Simon Brew (Conservative)
Councillor	Holly Ramsey (Conservative)
Councillor	Samir Dwesar (Conservative)
Number of councillors	Three
Created from	Purley and Coulsdon West
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon South

List of Councillors

Election	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
2018	Ward created
		Simon Brew	Conservative		Oni Oviri	Conservative		Badsha Quadir	Conservative
2022					Holly Ramsey	Conservative		Samir Dwesar	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.

Year		Mayoral candidate	Party	Winner?
	2022	Jason Perry	Conservative	Y

Ward Result

Croydon Council Election 2022: Purley & Woodcote (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Brew*	2,699
	Conservative	Holly Ramsey	2,666
	Conservative	Samir Dwesar	2,389
	Liberal Democrats	James Arneill	859
	Labour	Rebecca Chinn	698
	Labour	James Brady	688
	Green	Oli Green	628
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Burchett	609
	Labour	Mark Justice	596
	Green	Simon Hargrave	514
	Green	Anthony Mills	454
Turnout			4,685	37.42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2018: Purley & Woodcote (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Brew*	3,028	22.67
	Conservative	Oni Oviri	2,727	20.41
	Conservative	Badsha Quadir*	2,663	19.93
	Labour	Jason Arday	953	7.13
	Labour	Mark Justice	931	6.97
	Labour	Catherine Maud Wilson	809	6.06
	Independent	Donald Speakman*	379	2.84
	Liberal Democrats	James Iestyn Arneill	377	2.82
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Margaret Conn	376	2.81
	Green	Wendy Katherine Harding	347	2.60
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Sparkes	314	2.35
	Green	Simon Edward Hargrave	296	2.22
	Green	Martyn John Post	159	1.19
Majority			1,710	12.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing