Millions of voters across London went to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looked at key battleground seats in the capital, and published an interactive map of the results. Here we turn the spotlight on:
CROYDON EAST
WINNER: NATASHA IRONS
Natasha Irons (Labour), until recently a councillor in Merton, has been elected as the first ever MP for the new seat of Croydon East.
In her victory speech, Ms Irons said Labour had won an opportunity it "must not squander".
She told the Standard that this means Labour must "continue to be a party that puts country first and party second".
She addded: "We need to be absolutely focused on delivering for people now. People don't want to have empty promises, they want a decade of national renewal."
Natasha Irons, the first ever MP for the new seat of Croydon East, says Labour has won an opportunity which it “must not squander” pic.twitter.com/1UZV43rJTu
— Noah Vickers (@noahvickers14) July 5, 2024
Top five candidates (in alphabetical order):
Jason Cummings - Conservatives (11,716 votes)
Scott Holman - Reform UK (5,862 votes)
Natasha Dawn Irons - Labour (18,541 votes)
Andrew John Pelling - Liberal Democrats (3,563 votes)
Peter Underwood - Green Party (4,097 votes)
Area: The constituency includes the wards of Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, New Addington North, New Addington South, Selsdon & Addington Village, Selsdon Vale & Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, and Woodside (part of).
I’m not sure if I’m in this constituency: Here’s how you can check
Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes mean this new seat of Croydon East is marginally less safe for Labour than the old Croydon Central constituency. Labour won the latter in 2019 with 50.2 per cent share of the vote, with the Tories on 39.2 per cent, and Lib Dems 6.5 per cent. The new constituency would have been 48.1 per cent Labour, 41.3 per cent Conservative and 6.6 per cent Lib Dem.
