Constituency profile

Croydon East

London · Borough constituency · Croydon borough

Natasha Irons MP
Sitting MP

Natasha Irons

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
London
Borough constituency, Croydon council
Last 5 GE winners
CCLLL
Labour 3/5, Conservative 2/5
EU referendum 2016
48.1% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -3.8pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +4.9pp
vs Conservative 28.9%
LondonBrexit-marginalDiverse

About the Croydon East constituency

Croydon East is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is Natasha Irons (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 42.4% to 26.8% for the Conservatives, a majority of 6,825 votes on a 57.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 33.8% and the Conservatives on 28.9%, a margin of 4.9 points.

Who lives in Croydon East? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
48.1%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
36.3%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
17.7%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
58.0%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
40.9%
UK average ~36%
Median age
38.7
UK median ~40
Age 65+
18.8%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
31.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Croydon East vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 6,825 votes (15.6pp) · turnout 57.2%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Croydon East

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Croydon East within Croydon

Croydon East sits entirely within Croydon Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Croydon
67 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Addiscombe EastLabour 45.1%vs Conservative 25.3%May 2026 Labour 28.9%vs Conservative 27.7%
Labour share
-16.3pp
48.1%
Addiscombe WestLabour 46.8%vs Conservative 20.6%May 2026 Labour 36.9%vs Green 26.6%
Labour share
-9.9pp
39.0%
New Addington NorthLabour 49.0%vs Conservative 20.9%May 2026 Labour 36.3%vs Reform 27.2%
Labour share
-12.8pp
32.5%
New Addington SouthLabour 44.6%vs Conservative 24.5%May 2026 Reform 33.0%vs Conservative 29.0%
Labour→Reform
+20.7pp
36.3%
Selsdon & Addington VillageConservative 36.4%vs Labour 34.6%May 2026 Conservative 37.8%vs Reform 20.9%
Conservative share
+1.4pp
48.8%
Selsdon Vale & ForestdaleConservative 35.2%vs Labour 33.4%May 2026 Conservative 37.6%vs Reform 22.9%
Conservative share
+2.4pp
49.0%
Shirley NorthLabour 38.9%vs Conservative 27.6%May 2026 Conservative 32.4%vs Reform 23.3%
Labour→Conservative
+11.3pp
44.0%
Shirley SouthLabour 39.1%vs Conservative 32.6%May 2026 Conservative 34.0%vs Reform 21.3%
Labour→Conservative
+11.1pp
49.4%
WoodsideLabour 51.1%vs Conservative 18.3%May 2026 Labour 36.8%vs Green 30.8%
Labour share
-14.4pp
38.5%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Croydon East at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Croydon East at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorCon gain from LabGavin Barwell Croydon Central MP33.6%39.4%13.2%2.0% UKIP1.2%10.6%2,87965.1%
2015predecessorCon holdGavin Barwell Croydon Central MP42.7%43.0%2.2%9.1% UKIP2.7%0.3%16567.7%+2.6
2017predecessorLab gain from ConSarah Jones Croydon Central MP52.3%42.4%1.9%1.8% UKIP1.1%0.4%5,65271.3%+3.6
2019notionalLabour winnerSarah Jones Croydon Central MP, pre-review boundary48.1%41.3%6.6%-2.3%1.7%3,41367.2%
2024Lab holdNatasha Irons42.4%26.8%8.1%13.4% Ref9.4%-6,82557.2%-10.0

Croydon East was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Croydon Central (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Croydon East

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Croydon East. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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