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Croydon South — 2015

Chris Philp (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,448 votes54.5% of 57,712 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,712

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
1Chris Philp Conservative Party 31,448+4.5 ptsElected
2Emily Benn Labour Party 14,308
3Kathleen Garner UK Independence Party 6,068
4Gill Hickson Liberal Democrats 3,448
5Peter Underwood Green Party 2,154
6Mark Samuel Putting Croydon First! 221
7Jonathan Bigger Class War 65

Electorate 82,010 · Turnout 70.4% · Majority 17,140 · Back to 2015 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.