UK general elections › 2010 › Croydon South
Croydon South — 2010
Richard Ottaway (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,684 votes— 50.9% of 56,322 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,322
| 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 | Richard Ottaway | Conservative Party | 28,684 | 50.9% | +0.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Rix | Liberal Democrats | 12,866 | 22.8% | — | |
| 3 | Jane Avis | Labour Party | 11,287 | 20.0% | — | |
| 4 | Jeffrey Bolter | UK Independence Party | 2,504 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | Gordon Ross | Green Party | 981 | 1.7% | — |
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.