| West Thornton | |
| Council: | Croydon |
| Map1: | Croydon West Thornton Ward.svg |
| Map Year: | 2018 |
| Year: | 1965 |
| Elects Howmany: | Three |
| Councillor1: | Janet Campbell |
| Councillor2: | Stuart King |
| Councillor3: | Chrishni Reshekaron |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Greater London |
| Westminster1: | Croydon West |
West Thornton is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon,[1] [2] covering part of the Thornton Heath area. The first election held under the new ward boundaries was the 2018 Croydon Council election.
| Election | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Ward created | ||||||||||||
| R. Tilbury | Conservative Resident | E. J. Fowler | Conservative Resident | E. F. A. Whitehorn | Conservative Resident | ||||||||
| 1971 | C. J. Mitchell | Labour | D. A. Herriott | Labour | A. J. Simanowitz | Labour | |||||||
| 1974 | S. J. Stewart | Conservative | D. R. Loughborough | Conservative | Mrs Yvonne A. L. Stewart | Conservative | |||||||
| 1978 | Ernest G. Noad | Conservative | Iris S. Rodda | Conservative | |||||||||
| 1982 | Eric W. Howell | Conservative | Anita C. Drummond-Brown | Conservative | |||||||||
| 1986 | Maggie R. Mansell | Labour | David R. Evans | Labour | Gee E. Bernard | Labour | |||||||
| 1990 | Clarence McKenzie | Labour | Elaine A. Gibbon | Labour | |||||||||
| 1998 | Raj Chandarana | Labour | |||||||||||
| 2002 | Bernadette Khan | Labour | Martin A. Tiedemann | Labour | |||||||||
| 2006 | Mike Mogul | Labour | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Conservative | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Paul Smith | Labour | Humayun Kabir | Labour | |||||||||
| 2014 | Emily Benn | Labour | Stuart T. King | Labour | |||||||||
| 2016 | Callton Young | Labour | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Janet Campbell | Labour | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Chrishni Reshekaron | Labour | |||||||||||
Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election.
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Emily Benn to pursue a job in New York City, United States[3]