Croydon North
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 24193 (53.7%)
Conservative: 9982 (22.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 7716 (17.1%)
Other: 3129 (6.9%)
Majority: 14210 (31.6%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 9667 (22%)
Labour: 23555 (53.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 7560 (17.2%)
Green: 1248 (2.8%)
UKIP: 770 (1.8%)
Other: 1047 (2.4%)
Majority: 13888 (31.7%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 9752 (23.3%)
Labour: 26610 (63.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 4375 (10.4%)
UKIP: 606 (1.4%)
Other: 539 (1.3%)
Majority: 16858 (40.3%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 14274 (27.2%)
Labour: 32672 (62.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 4066 (7.7%)
Referendum: 1155 (2.2%)
Other: 396 (0.8%)
Majority: 18398 (35%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Outgoing MP: Malcolm Wicks(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: 
Jason Hadden (Conservative) Works as a solicitor advocate and for BPP.Malcolm Wicks(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Gerry Jerome (Liberal Democrat) Sutton councillor.
Shasha Khan (Green) Director in a family business and runs a dance music record label. Contested Croydon North 2005.
Jonathan Serter (UKIP)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 119419
Male: 47.8%
Female: 52.2%
Under 18: 25.2%
Over 60: 14.8%
Born outside UK: 32%
White: 50.7%
Black: 23.9%
Asian: 19.3%
Mixed: 4.6%
Other: 1.4%
Christian: 59.5%
Hindu: 8.6%
Muslim: 9.1%
Sikh: 0.6%
Full time students: 5%
Graduates 16-74: 23.5%
No Qualifications 16-74: 23.9%
Owner-Occupied: 63.7%
Social Housing: 18.3% (Council: 10.5%, Housing Ass.: 7.9%)
Privately Rented: 15.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 10.4%
Fair comment on Martin – had a tv play written about him, I understand – but a bit harsh on Bercow. He hasn’t yet had chance to fail and might not survive the ‘cull’ on 06 May. If so, we will never know for certain. I like the look of Mrs Bercow, but that shouldn’t be relevant.
‘And the three LEAST respected post war speakers?’
Martin and Bercow are two, without doubt!! Don’t know about the third, Selwyn Lloyd perhaps? Ian Paisley said that he (Paisley) thought Cabinet ministers didn’t make good Speakers.
Despite the fact that I was disappointed to see Bercow elected Speaker, I certainly wouldn’t bracket him with Michael Martin. Martin was embarassingly incompetent. And as a working class lad (if that really means anything) myself, I assume I would be immune from the accusations of snobbery that cretins like George Foulkes levelled at anyone who dared criticise his Speakership.
I have to say that despite the dodgy circumstances in which Bercow got his present job and his role in the expenses scandal (both of which I dislike about him), he certainly possesses somewhat more authority than Martin – witness his comments during recent PMQs sessions that ‘our constituents don’t like the noise and neither do I’, which Martin would never have said
Re Martin’s origins, the phrase attributed to him, ‘I don’t have an accent, other people do’, was I believe actually said by George Thomas.
Which seats have included South Norwood and the Thornton Heath district?
Thornton Heath lies firmly within Croydon North. South Norwood ward is also in North but parts of the SE25 postcode area are in Woodside ward which is in Central.