UK general elections › 2015 › Croydon Central
Croydon Central — 2015
Gavin Barwell (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,753 votes— 43.0% of 52,941 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. 43.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,941
| 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 | 22,753 | 43.0% | −7.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sarah Jones | Labour Party | 22,588 | 42.7% | — | |
| 3 | Peter Staveley | UK Independence Party | 4,810 | 9.1% | — | |
| 4 | Esther Sutton | Green Party | 1,454 | 2.7% | — | |
| 5 | James Fearnley | Liberal Democrats | 1,152 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | April Ashley | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 127 | 0.2% | — | |
| 7 | Martin Camden | The UK Progressive Democracy Party | 57 | 0.1% | — |
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.