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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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Gavin Barwell Conservative Party 19,567−10.6 ptsElected
2Gerry Ryan Labour Party 16,688—
3Peter Lambell Liberal Democrats 6,553—
4Andrew Pelling Independent 3,239—
5Chris Le May British National Party 1,448—
6Ralph Atkinson UK Independence Party 997—
7Bernice Golberg Green Party 581—
8James Gitau Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 264—
9John Cartwright Official Monster Raving Loony Party 192—
10Michael Castle Independent 138—

Electorate 76,349 · Turnout 65.1% · Majority 2,879 · Back to 2010 overview

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.