Editing New Addington (section)

==Politics==
Politically, New Addington has traditionally been a Labour stronghold, providing the only five Labour councillors out of 70 in the London Borough of Croydon between 1982 and 1986.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} Four of the last six leaders of the Labour Party on Croydon Council have been councillors representing the estate, including [[Geraint Davies (Labour politician)|Geraint Davies]], the area's former [[Member of Parliament]], and [[Val Shawcross]], now a [[London Assembly]] member.

From 1965 to 1978 the area was covered by one ward, [[New Addington (ward)|New Addington]]. The population of New Addington increased following the construction of the Fieldway estate and it was split into two wards ahead of the [[1978 Croydon London Borough Council election|1978 Croydon Council election]], [[New Addington (ward)|New Addington]], which now covered the southern end of the New Addington area and [[Fieldway (ward)|Fieldway]] which covered the northern end of New Addington area and the Fieldway estate itself. The boundaries were modified slightly ahead of the [[2002 Croydon London Borough Council election|2002 Croydon Council election]].

In 2006 the two ward had two Labour councillors each, both wards seeing strong challenges from the [[British National Party|BNP]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} In the 2010 [[2010 Croydon Council election|local elections]], New Addington ward elected Tony Pearson, its first [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Councillor since 1968.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Labour won all seats on the estate at the [[2014 Croydon London Borough Council election|2014 elections]] and voted for Sadiq Khan in the [[2016 London mayoral election|2016 Mayoral Election]] and heavily for Leave in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 EU Referendum]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

In the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 General Election]], [[Gavin Barwell]] was unseated as the Conservative MP and replaced with Labour's [[Sarah Jones (politician)|Sarah Jones]].

In [[2018 Croydon London Borough Council election|2018]], following a boundary review, New Addington ward was renamed [[New Addington South (ward)|New Addington South]] and Fieldway ward was renamed [[New Addington North (ward)|New Addington North]] with minor adjustments to their boundaries.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/34123/Croydon_FinalRecommendations_20170705.pdf|title=Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Croydon Borough Council|publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England|year=2017|pages=22–23}}</ref> The Conservatives missed out on winning a seat in New Addington South by 180 votes, with Labour once again holding all four seats.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

In [[2022 Croydon London Borough Council election|2022]], however, the Conservatives won both council seats in New Addington South and one of the seats in New Addington North, with Labour winning the other.