Wards
There are 24 wards which represent Croydon Council. All Croydon Council seats were up for re-election for the first time since the 2002 elections, during the election on May 4, 2006. Previously Labour held control of the council. In the election, the Conservatives took 10 seats from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats. Since the election, Cllr Mike Mogul defected from Labour to the Conservatives adding another Conservative councillor, whilst Cllr Enley Taylor left the Conservative Group and Cllr Jonathan Driver, the Mayor at the time, died.
In the 2010 elections Labour gained 6 seats from the Conservatives, giving the council's political composition as:
| Ward | Council members |
| Addiscombe | Patricia Hay Justice (Lab) |
| Mark Watson (Lab) | |
| Sean Fitzsimons (Lab) | |
| Ashburton | Adam Kellett (Con) |
| Eddy Arram (Con) | |
| Avril Slipper (Con) | |
| Bensham Manor | Raj Rajendran (Lab) |
| Donna Gray (Lab) | |
| Alison Butler (Lab) | |
| Broad Green | Stuart Collins (Lab) |
| Mike Selva (Lab) | |
| Manju Shahul-Hameed (Lab) | |
| Coulsdon East | Christopher Wright (Con) |
| Justin Cromie (Con) | |
| Terry Lenton (Con) | |
| Coulsdon West | David Osland (Con) |
| Jeet Bains (Con) | |
| Ian Parker (Con) | |
| Croham | Maria Gatland (Con) |
| Michael Neal (Con) | |
| Jason Perry (Con) | |
| Fairfield | Vidhi Mohan (Con) |
| Susan Winborn (Con) | |
| David Fitze (Con) | |
| Fieldway | Simon Hall (Lab) |
| Carole Bonner (Lab) | |
| Heathfield | Margaret Mead (Con) |
| Helen Pollard (Con) | |
| Jason Cummings (Con) | |
| Kenley | Jan Buttinger (Con) |
| Steve O'Connell (Con) | |
| Steve Hollands (Con) | |
| New Addington | Brenda Kirby (Lab) |
| George Ayres (Lab) | |
| Tony Pearson (Con) | |
| Norbury | Maggie Mansell (Lab) |
| Shafi Khan (Lab) | |
| Sherwan Chowdhury (Lab) | |
| Purley | Graham Bass (Con) |
| Badsha Quadir (Con) | |
| Donald Speakman (Con) | |
| Sanderstead | Lynne Hale (Con) |
| Timothy Pollard (Con) | |
| Yvette Hopley (Con) | |
| Selhurst | Timothy Godfrey (Lab) |
| Toni Letts (Lab) | |
| Gerry Ryan (Lab) | |
| Selsdon and Ballards | Dudley Mead (Con) |
| Sara Bashford (Con) | |
| Phil Thomas (Con) | |
| Shirley | Janet Marshall (Con) |
| Richard Chatterjee (Con) | |
| Mike Fisher (Con) | |
| South Norwood | Kathy Bee (Lab) |
| Wayne Lawlor (Lab) | |
| Jane Avis (Lab) | |
| Thornton Heath | Pat Clouder (Lab) |
| Matthew Kyeremeh (Lab) | |
| Louisa Woodley (Lab) | |
| Upper Norwood | Alisa Flemming (Lab) |
| Pat Ryan (Lab) | |
| John Wentworth (Lab) | |
| Waddon | Tony Harris (Con) |
| Clare Hilley (Con) | |
| Simon Hoar (Con) | |
| West Thornton | Paul Smith (Lab) |
| Bernadette Khan (Lab) | |
| Humayun Kabir (Lab) | |
| Woodside | Karen Jewitt (Lab) |
| Tony Newman (Lab) | |
| Paul Scott (Lab) |
Read more about this topic: Croydon Local Elections
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