Bensham Manor (ward)

Bensham Manor
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Bensham Manor in from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	1965 (1965)
Councillor	Humayun Kabir (Labour)
Councillor	Enid Mollyneaux (Labour)
Councillor	Eunice O'Dame (Labour)
Number of councillors	Three
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon West

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.^[1]

The ward currently forms part of Steve Reed MP's Croydon North constituency.

The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election, 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.

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 Bensham Manor Ward Profile ^{[permanent dead link]}
• Metropolitan Police Crime Mapping
• Safer Neighbourhoods Team Priorities
• Council Elections 2006 results - Bensham Manor
• Labour Councillors for Croydon.
• London Borough of Croydon map of wards.

51°23′49″N 0°06′18″W / 51.397°N 0.105°W / 51.397; -0.105

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