Addiscombe East is a ward in the

London Borough of Croydon The London Borough of Croydon () is a London borough in south London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of . It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name; w ...

, in

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in the

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. The ward replaced the former Ashburton Ward, which covered the Ashburton area, as well as covering the main retail area of

Addiscombe Addiscombe is an area of south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is located south of Charing Cross, and is situated north of Coombe and Selsdon, east of Croydon town centre, south of Woodside, and west of Shirley. Et ...

, the Stroud Green, Tollgate and Longheath Garden estates, and large parts of northern Shirley. The population of the former ward at the 2011 Census was 14,721. The ward currently forms part of the

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constituency, which is one of the most marginal in the country. In 2015, only 165 votes separated the

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and Labour. The ward returns two councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the

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Maddie Henson and Jeet Bains were elected. They were both re-elected at the 2022 London local elections.

List of Councillors

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.''

Ward Results

References

External links

Council Elections 2006 results - AshburtonConservative Councillors for Croydon.

London Borough of Croydon map of wards.
{{Authority control Wards of the London Borough of Croydon