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Croydon North is generally considered a safe seat for Labour, as the above graphs show.

The party received just over half of the vote share in the 2005 election, compared to the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, both of whom accumulated roughly a fifth of the votes each. This constituency is likely to remain a Labour stronghold in 2010, as Guardian statistics suggest it would take a swing of nearly 16 per cent to wrestle this seat from Labour hands.

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2005 elections, Croydon North

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2005 elections, Croydon North

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Croydon Central was won by the Conservatives in 2005, after 8 years of Labour representation, though by a very slender margin of just 0.1 per cent of the votes. One of the highest number of candidates for any constituency in the country is due to stand here in 2010, and with a series of personal scandals attributed to Andrew Pelling – the Tory incumbent now running as an independent – the race for this seat is wide-open and could swing in virtually any party’s favour.

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2005 elections, Croydon Central

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2005 elections, Croydon Central

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Croydon South is considered a safe Conservative seat, following just over half of the vote share in the 2005 election, compared to roughly a quarter for Labour and a fifth for the Liberal Democrats. The seat is unlikely to change hands in 2010.

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2005 elections, Croydon South

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2005 elections, Croydon South

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