Bensham Manor (ward)

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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 ward currently forms part of Malcolm Wicks MP's Croydon North constituency, which has one of the highest majority's for the Labour Party in London.

The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the Croydon Council election 2006, Raj Rajendran, Paula Shaw, and Greta Sohoye were elected to the council. All of them were running as Labour Party candidates. Councillor Shaw resigned in 2007 triggering a by-election on 18 February 2007 which was won by Labour's Alison Butler.

[edit] Ward Result

Bensham Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raj Rajendran	1,846
	Labour	Paula Shaw	1,805
	Labour	Greta Sohoye	1,670
	Conservative	Roger Taylor	1,117
	Conservative	John Tooze	861
	Conservative	Alan Winborn	774
	Green	Susan Parsons	531
	UK Independence	James Feisenberger	305
Turnout			3,407	32.9%