UK general elections › 2010 › Croydon Central
Croydon Central — 2010
Gavin Barwell (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,567 votes— 39.4% of 49,667 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 39.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,667
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gavin Barwell | Conservative Party | 19,567 | −10.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Gerry Ryan | Labour Party | 16,688 | — | ||
| 3 | Peter Lambell | Liberal Democrats | 6,553 | — | ||
| 4 | Andrew Pelling | Independent | 3,239 | — | ||
| 5 | Chris Le May | British National Party | 1,448 | — | ||
| 6 | Ralph Atkinson | UK Independence Party | 997 | — | ||
| 7 | Bernice Golberg | Green Party | 581 | — | ||
| 8 | James Gitau | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 264 | — | ||
| 9 | John Cartwright | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 192 | — | ||
| 10 | Michael Castle | Independent | 138 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.