Ashburton (ward)

Ashburton was a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, in London in the United Kingdom. The ward covered the Ashburton area, as well as 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.

Ashburton
Former ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Ashburton in Croydon from 2002 to 2018.
County	Greater London
1978 (1978)–2018 (2018)
Number of councillors	Three
Replaced by	Addiscombe East
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon Central

The ward formed part of the Croydon Central constituency, which is one of the most marginal in the country, 165 votes separating the Conservatives and Labour at the 2015 General Election.

The ward returned three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2014 London local elections 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.

Area description

Ashburton was named after Ashburton House, one of the three big houses in the Addiscombe area. Ashburton Park was opened on the site of Stroud Green House, which was later developed into a boys’ home and convent. The former Ashburton Library was housed in the convent's chapel and dormitory buildings. The library is part of the new Ashburton Learning Village round the corner.

The area's only claim to national fame came in 1866 when part of Stroud Green Farm was leased as a race course and for some years crowds flocked to the area on race days. Woodside railway station, opened in 1871, owes its existence to these crowds. It was so constructed that horses could be brought by rail to the course. The race course closed in 1890 but the station continued in service until the arrival of tram services.

A new state-of-the-art centre, the Ashburton Learning Village, was opened in Ashburton on the old A Block of a secondary school in 2005. This includes the Ashburton Library, Oasis Academy Shirley Park and rooms used for adult learning and public and private clubs. The centre also has a car park and large sport facilities. The design has been described as eco-friendly and shaped as if it holds a swimming pool.

Ward result

Croydon Council Election 2010: Ashburton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin S. Arram	3,175
	Conservative	Avril E.M. Slipper	2,974
	Conservative	Adam Kellett	2,866
	Labour	Mark Justice	2,234
	Labour	Madelaine R. Goulder	2,206
	Labour	Shorish Barzinji	1,979
	Liberal Democrats	Peter S. Ladanyi	1,290
	Green	Bernice C. Goldberg	647
	UKIP	David M. Aina	557
	BNP	Tony L. Martin	419
	Green	Tim Fernandes-Bonnar	407
	Green	Sergio M. Petro	385
Turnout			7,056	66.6%	23.9%
Registered electors			11,774
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2006: Ashburton

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 Democrats	Nirma Ramful	550
	UKIP	Jeanette Nathan	336
Turnout			4,324	42.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Council Elections 2006 results – Ashburton
• Conservative Councillors for Croydon. Archived 11 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• London Borough of Croydon map of wards.