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| London Borough of Croydon | |
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Shown within Greater London | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | London borough |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 256th 86.52 kmē |
| ONS code: | 00AH |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 9th 336,583 3,890 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 70.2% White 11.3% S.Asian 13.3% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
Croydon London Borough Council http://www.croydon.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | Geraint DaviesGeraint Richard Davies (born 3 May 1960) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Labour member of Parliament for Croydon Central, in London, and was first elected in the 1997 election. He had previously been Leader and Chair of Housing at Croydon, Richard OttawayRichard Geoffrey James Ottaway (born 24 May 1945) is a British Conservative politician, and member of Parliament for Croydon South. He attended Backwell School, and studied Law at Bristol University, graduating in 1974. He has been MP for Croydon South si, Malcolm WicksMalcolm Hunt Wicks (born 1 July 1947) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is member of Parliament for Croydon North, and a member of the Labour Party. He was first elected in 1992, and had previously been director of the Family Policy Studies Centre |
| London AssemblyThe London Assembly is an elected body that supervises the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. It has power to scrutinise the Mayor and authority, conduct investigations, to amend the budget and to initiate proposals. London Assembly constit: - Member | Croydon and Sutton - Andrew PellingAndrew Pelling is a Conservative Party politician and member of the London Assembly for Croydon and Sutton. He is the leader of the Conservative Party in the London Borough of Croydon. He used to be an international investment banker. He was first elected |
Croydon is a large suburban town and commercial centre to the south of LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri and forms part of the Greater London conurbationA conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. It is thus a polycentric form of agglomeration. A metropolitan area (where n. It was once a Surrey Urban District Council, but in 1889, through its growing economic importance, it was made into a County Borough exempt from county administration. In 1965 it became the London Borough of Croydon, annexing the former Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. It is now governed by a cabinet-style council created in 2001.
Its area is 34sq m (87kmē). Population: (1998) 338,200.
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