Croydon North East was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council.

The Croydon North East constituency was used for the Greater London Council elections in 1973,[2] 1977[3] and 1981.

This was extended for an extra year in 1976 when the electoral cycle was switched to four-yearly.

[6] A by-election was held on 5 September 1974, following the judgement of the 1973 election result as void.

A by-election was held on 20 March 1980, following the death of Gladys Emma Morgan.

The councillor was elected for a four-year term, extended by an extra year by the Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984, ahead of the abolition of the council.