Broad Green (ward)

Broad Green
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Broad Green in Croydon from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	1965 (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.

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

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

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

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

• Council Elections 2006 results - Broad Green
• London Borough of Croydon map of wards.
• Labour Councillors in Croydon.
• Broad Green Conservatives.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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