Thornton Heath (ward)

Thornton Heath
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Thornton Heath in Croydon from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	1965 (1965)
Councillor	Karen Jewitt (Labour)
Councillor	Tamar Nwafor (Labour)
Councillor	Callton Young (Labour)
Number of councillors	Three
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon North

Thornton Heath is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon.^[1][2] The ward covers part of the Thornton Heath Area. The first election held under the new boundaries was the 2018 Croydon Council Election.^{[citation needed]}

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	Val Shawcross	Labour	N

Croydon Council Election 1974: Thornton Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	P. T. Chandler	1,925
	Residents	J. G. Davies	1,902
	Residents	W. Blackwood	1,840
	Labour	N. A. Tully	1,696
	Labour	A. F. Rowe	1,693
	Labour	J. L. Walker	1,682
	Communist	Mrs M. I. Lenehan	139
Majority			144
Turnout				36.0	1.5%
Registered electors			10,589
	Residents gain from Labour		Swing
	Residents gain from Labour		Swing
	Residents gain from Labour		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1971: Thornton Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. E. Mitchell	2,100
	Labour	R. Rosser	2,001
	Labour	N. A. Tully	1,989
	Residents	J. G. Davies	1,889
	Residents	P. T. Chandler	1,883
	Residents	W. Blackwood	1,821
	Libertarian Socialist	I. McNay	130
Turnout				37.5	5.5%
Registered electors			10,991
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1968: Thornton Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	J.G. Davies	2,371
	Residents	G.A. Barr	2,311
	Residents	F.S. Martin	2,304
	Labour	Mrs E. Sutcliffe	722
	Labour	S. Sutcliffe	716
	Labour	J.L. Walker	622
	Independent	M.E. Thomas	403
Turnout				32.0	10.8%
Registered electors			10,465
	Residents gain from Labour		Swing
	Residents gain from Labour		Swing
	Residents gain from Labour		Swing