Addiscombe West is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering much of the Addiscombe and

East Croydon East Croydon is a railway station and tram stop in Croydon, Greater London, England, and is located in Travelcard Zone 5. At from , it is one of the busiest non-terminal stations in London, and in the United Kingdom as a whole. It is one of t ...

areas of London in the United Kingdom. It extends from East Croydon railway station towards

Woodside Green Woodside is an area in south London, in the London Borough of Croydon and the historic county of Surrey. It is between Addiscombe and South Norwood. It is south of South Norwood, west of Shirley and Monks Orchard, north of Addiscombe, and east o ...

but does not actually cover the retail centre of Addiscombe, which is in the neighbouring Addiscombe East ward. The ward currently forms part of the Croydon Central constituency, which was the most marginal in London at the 2015 General Election, as 165 votes separated the Conservatives and

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. At the 2017 General Election,

Gavin Barwell Gavin Laurence Barwell, Baron Barwell (born 23 January 1972) is a British politician and former Downing Street Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Theresa May. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament for Croydon Centra ...

was ousted as the local MP. Despite achieving the highest numerical vote share for the Conservatives since 1992, he was replaced by Labour's Sarah Jones. Shortly after losing his seat, Barwell was appointed Downing Street Chief of Staff by Theresa May, following the resignations of Fiona Hill and

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on 10 June. For the

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, the ward has been created, consisting of most of the former Addiscombe Ward (as well as part of the old Fairfield ward).

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 - AddiscombeAddiscombe Councillors

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