| Croydon North West | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1955 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | England |
| County: | 1955–1965: Surrey 1965–1997: Greater London |
Croydon North West was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The Croydon North West constituency was created for the 1955 general election, just five years after a previous re-organisation of the three seats in the County Borough of Croydon.
It took in areas of the former Croydon North and Croydon West constituencies and bordered Croydon North East and Croydon South, as well as, when originally created, the constituencies of Streatham, Norwood, Beckenham and Mitcham.
The constituency was abolished at the 1997 general election and was entirely subsumed within the new Croydon North, with the addition of the Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood and South Norwood wards.
For almost all of its history, Croydon North West had Conservative Members of Parliament. It was the scene of a famous by-election in 1981, following the death of its MP, won by Bill Pitt for the SDP-Liberal Alliance. However, it returned to the Conservatives two years later, remaining so until it was snatched by Malcolm Wicks for the Labour Party at the 1992 general election.
| Dates | Local authority | Maps | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1974 | County Borough of Croydon | Bensham Manor, Norbury, Upper Norwood, West Thornton, and Whitehorse Manor. | |
| 1974–1983 | London Borough of Croydon | Bensham Manor, Norbury, Upper Norwood, West Thornton, and Whitehorse Manor. | |
| 1983–1997 | Bensham Manor, Beulah, Broad Green, Norbury, West Thornton, and Whitehorse Manor. |
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Fred Harris | Conservative | ||
| 1970 | Robert Taylor | Conservative | Died 1981 | |
| 1981 by-election | Bill Pitt | Liberal | ||
| 1983 | Humfrey Malins | Conservative | ||
| 1992 | Malcolm Wicks | Labour | ||
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Croydon North | |||