Addiscombe was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering much of the Addiscombe and East Croydon areas of London in the United Kingdom. It extended from East Croydon railway station towards Woodside Green but did not actually cover the retail centre of Addiscombe, which was in the neighbouring Ashburton ward.
The ward formed 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 Labour. At the 2017 General Election, Gavin Barwell 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 Nick Timothy on 10 June.
The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,883. The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. In the 2006 London local elections and the 2014 London local elections, the Green Party candidates got more votes than the Liberal Democrat. At the 2014 council elections, Labour retained all three seats. (The lowest Labour vote was 1,962 and the highest Conservative vote was 1,723. )
For the 2018 London local elections, the ward was abolished, with the majority becoming Addiscombe West (which also includes part of the old Fairfield ward) and part contributing to Addiscombe East (which also includes part of the old Ashburton ward).
List of Councillors ElectionCouncillor PartyCouncillor PartyCouncillor Party1964Ward created1964 R. Taverner Labour J Grieve Smith Labour L. W. Wood Labour1968 A. W. Elliot Conservative A. R. Hills Conservative Mrs D. C. H. Hobbs Conservative1971 L. E. Deane Labour Mrs M. E. Curson Labour Miss A. K. Usher Labour1973 by-election Mrs M. M. Walker Labour1978 Muriel C. Elliott Conservative Dennis F. Todd Conservative Megan Holt-Thomas Conservative1982 Peter G. Holt-Thomas Conservative Ronald W. Richens Conservative1986 Jerry Fitzpatrick Labour Martin D. Walker Labour Nancy T. Irwin Labour1990 Richard Billington Conservative1994 Sean Fitzsimons Labour Bernadette Khan Labour1998 Amanda Campbell Labour2002 Mark Watson Labour2006 Andrew Price Conservative Maria Garcia de la Huerta Conservative Russell Jackson Conservative2010 Sean Fitzsimons Labour Mark Watson Labour Patricia Hay-Justice Labour2018Ward abolished
Ward result 1964 - 1974 1964
1968
1971
1973 by-election
1974
1978 - 1998 1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
2002 - 2014
References
External links Council Elections 2006 results - Addiscombe Addiscombe Councillors London Borough of Croydon map of wards.