Croydon South

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Croydon South is a parliamentary constituency in the southern part of the London Borough of Croydon, known for its largely suburban character and commuter population.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ
border Croydon Central ⓘ
Croydon North ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
character largely suburban ⓘ
classification borough constituency ⓘ
contains Coombe (part) ⓘ
linked to: Coombe

Coulsdon ⓘ
Kenley ⓘ
North Downs slopes ⓘ
Old Coulsdon ⓘ
linked to: Coulsdon

Purley ⓘ
Sanderstead ⓘ
linked to: Purley

South Croydon (part) ⓘ
linked to: Croydon South

Waddon (part) ⓘ
green belt fringes ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county Greater London ⓘ
created 1974 ⓘ
demographics significant commuter population ⓘ
economicProfile largely middle-class ⓘ
electoralSystem first past the post ⓘ
electorateSize approximately 70,000–75,000 voters ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
electsCouncillorsTo Croydon Council ⓘ
hasPostcodeAreas CR2 ⓘ
CR3 ⓘ
CR5 ⓘ
hasTransportLink Brighton Main Line ⓘ
Coulsdon South railway station ⓘ
Kenley railway station ⓘ
Purley railway station ⓘ
Sanderstead railway station ⓘ
Whyteleafe (nearby) railway stations ⓘ
housingType predominantly owner-occupied housing ⓘ
knownFor affluent residential areas ⓘ
good rail links to central London ⓘ
localAuthority Croydon Council ⓘ
locatedIn Greater London ⓘ
London Borough of Croydon ⓘ
South London ⓘ
MPPartyIn2010s Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart February 1974 general election ⓘ
partOf House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
previousConstituency Croydon South (1950–1955 constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Croydon South
region England ⓘ
representedIn2010sBy Chris Philp ⓘ
safeSeatFor Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
successorTo parts of Croydon South (1950–1955) constituency ⓘ
parts of East Surrey constituency ⓘ
typicalMajority large Conservative majority ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Surrey → borderedBy → Croydon South ⓘ
Coulsdon → electoralConstituency → Croydon South ⓘ
Croydon Central → previousConstituency → Croydon South ⓘ
Croydon South → previousConstituency → Croydon South (1950–1955 constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Croydon South
Croydon South → contains → South Croydon (part) ⓘ
linked to: Croydon South
Croydon → parliamentaryConstituency → Croydon South ⓘ