Bensham Manor is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering part of the Thornton Heath area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward extends from Thornton Heath railway station westwards and is largely residential with a retail or industrial core. The population of the Ward at the 2011 Census was 16,201.
The ward currently forms part of Sarah Jones MP's Croydon North constituency.
The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election the three Labour Party candidates were elected. One, Councillor Shaw, resigned in 2007 triggering a by-election on 18 February 2007 which was won by Labour's Alison Butler.
List of Councillors ElectionCouncillor PartyCouncillor PartyCouncillor Party1964Ward created F.C. Emmerson Residents H.A. Steward Residents Ronald J. Bowker Residents1971 G.P. Belcher Labour Mrs S.E. Lord Labour A. Devesar Labour1972 By-election Mrs W.M. Holt Labour1974 Ronald J. Bowker Conservative Arthur Bourne Conservative J.V. Simpson Conservative1977 By-election Christopher B. Wesson Conservative1980 By-election Ian Smedley Labour1982 Joan M. Goodman Conservative Julia A. Wood Conservative1986 Graham A. Dean Labour Paul R. MeeLabour Hillary A. Key Labour1988 By-election Helen S. SalmonLabour1990 Alison J. Roberts Labour1996 By-election Paula M. Shaw Labour1998 Alexander Burridge Labour2002 Greta SohoyeLabour2004 By-election Nanoo Rajendran Labour2007 By-election Alison Butler Labour2009 Conservative2010Donna GrayLabour2014Jamie AudsleyLabour Humayun KabirLabour 2022Enid MollyneauxLabour Eunice O'DameLabour2026 Ellie SandoverLabour Mohana ManoharanLabour
Mayoral election results
Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election. YearMayoraltyMayoral candidatePartyWinner? 2004 Mayor of London Ken Livingstone Labour 2008 Mayor of London Ken Livingstone Labour 2012 Mayor of London Ken Livingstone Labour 2016 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan Labour 2021 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan Labour 2022 Mayor of Croydon Val Shawcross Labour 2026 Mayor of Croydon Rowenna Davis Labour
Ward Result
References
External links London Borough of Croydon map of wards. Metropolitan Police Crime Mapping Safer Neighbourhoods Team Priorities Council Elections 2006 results - Bensham Manor Labour Councillors for Croydon.