| Park Hill and Whitgift | |
|---|---|
| ward forCroydon Council | |
 Boundary of Park Hill and Whitgift inCroydon from 2018. | |
| County | Greater London |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2018 (2018) |
| Councillor | Andrew Price (Conservative) |
| Number of councillors | One |
| Created from | Fairfield |
| UK Parliament constituency | Croydon South |
Park Hill and Whitgift is a ward in theLondon Borough of Croydon in the United Kingdom,[1][2] covering the Park Hill and Whitgift estates. It is the only ward in Croydon with one councillor elected every four years. The ward was created following the Croydon Council boundary change in 2018.[1]
As part of the2023 Boundary Review, Park Hill and Whitgift will move fromCroydon Central constituency toCroydon South at the2024 general election.
| Term | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2021 | Vidhi Mohan | Conservative | |
| 2021–2024 | Jade Appleton | Conservative | |
| 2024–present | Andrew Price | Conservative | |
The by-election was held on 2 May 2024, following the resignation of Jade Appleton.[3][4] It took place on the same day as the2024 London mayoral election, theGLA election and 14 other borough council by-elections across London.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Price | 960 | 42.9 |  10.8 | |
| Labour | Melanie Felten | 701 | 31.4 |  7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Pelling | 295 | 13.2 | 3.9 | |
| Green | James Cork | 229 | 10.2 | 0.4 | |
| Independent | Mark Samuel | 32 | 1.4 | New | |
| TUSC | Ben Goldstone | 19 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 259 | 11.6 | 18.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,248 | 51.8 | 9.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,336 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | 9.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jade Appleton* | 969 | 53.7 | 1.2 | |
| Labour | Joseph Erber | 424 | 23.5 | 8.5 | |
| Green | James Cork | 191 | 10.6 | 1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Szymon Zaborski | 167 | 9.2 | 2.4 | |
| Taking the Initiative | Caleap Wagner | 54 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| Turnout | 1812 | 42.07 | 11.23 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | 4.85 | |||
The by-election took place on 6 May 2021. It was held on the same day as the2021 London mayoral election and2021 London Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jade Appleton | 1,188 | 52.5 | 3.5 | |
| Labour | Chrishni Reshekaron | 724 | 32.0 | 1.0 | |
| Green | Catherine Graham | 199 | 8.8 | 2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Howard | 153 | 6.8 | 0.1 | |
| Majority | 464 | 20.5 | 4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2295 | 53.3 | 7.36 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | 2.25 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vidhi Mohan* | 1,110 | 55.86 | ||
| Labour | Ranil Perera | 618 | 31.10 | ||
| Green | James Cork | 126 | 6.34 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert George Williams | 133 | 6.69 | ||
| Majority | 492 | 24.76 | |||
| Turnout | 1,991 | 45.94 | N/A | ||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election:
| Year | Mayoral candidate | Party | Winner? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jason Perry | Conservative |  Y | |