Ashburton (ward)

The ward of Ashburton (red) shown within the Croydon Central constituency (orange) within the London Borough of Croydon (yellow)

Ashburton is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, in London in the United Kingdom. The ward is wider than the Ashburton area, covering the main retail area of Addiscombe, the Stroud Green, Tollgate and Longheath Garden estates, and large parts of northern Shirley. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 14,721.^[1]

The ward currently forms part of the Croydon Central constituency, which is one of the most marginal in the country, 165 votes separating the Conservatives and Labour.

The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the London local elections, 2014 Maddie Henson, Stephen Mann, and Andrew Rendle were elected to the council achieving a 9% swing. All of them were running as Labour Party candidates.

Ward result

Ashburton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lindsay Frost	2,513
	Conservative	Eddy Arram	2,431
	Conservative	Avril Slipper	2,390
	Labour	Rona MacDonald	1,057
	Labour	Peter Spalding	971
	Labour	Jitinder Singh	904
	Green	Bernice Golberg	628
	Liberal Democrat	Nirma Ramful	550
	UKIP	Jeanette Nathan	336
Turnout			4,324	42.7%

References

1. "Croydon Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

External links

• Council Elections 2006 results - Ashburton
• Conservative Councillors for Croydon.
• London Borough of Croydon map of wards.

Coordinates: 51°23′06″N 0°03′25″W / 51.385°N 0.057°W