Croydon South (constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974 onwards
Croydon South is a constituency created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Chris Philp, a Conservative. A constituency also named Croydon South but with entirely different boundaries originally existed from 1918 to 1950 and 1955 to 1974.
History
Croydon South was first created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 when the existing Parliamentary Borough of Croydon was split between North and South divisions. Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, which came into effect for the 1950 general election, the seat was abolished as the County Borough of Croydon was split between Croydon East and Croydon West. The seat was then re-established for the 1955 general election when Croydon was split into three parliamentary seats - North East, North West and South.
In 1965, the County Borough was combined with the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District to form the London Borough of Croydon. However, this local government reorganisation was not reflected in the parliamentary boundaries until the February 1974 election. Under the Second Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the existing Croydon South constituency was effectively replaced by Croydon Central. A reconfigured Croydon South constituency was formed, primarily comprising the area which constituted the former Urban District of Coulsdon and Purley, which had previously formed the majority of the East Surrey constituency.
The seat has continued in existence since 1974 with relatively minor boundary changes.
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