The Tory candidate for Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, has defeated the party’s former MP, Andrew Pelling, who was standing as an independent. Labour were hoping to gain the seatbut Mr Barwell won the battle with a majority of nearly three thousand votes. The Conservative swing from Labour of 3.3 per cent has fallen far short of the national trend.
Croydon is split into 3 constituencies; Central, North and South. It was expected that Croydon North would stay Labour and South would remain Conservative so the contest in the Croydon Central constituency seemed the most fascinating, hard fought, with the Tory vote in danger of being split as a result of its MP, Mr Pelling, parting company with them in the middle of his term.
Croydon Central –
The seat was won by Gavin Barwell of the Conservative Party, with 19,657 votes.
Other candidates included
Ralph Atkinson, UKIP- 997
John Cartwright, Monster Raving Loony Party- 192
Michael Castle, Independent- 138
James Gitau, The Christian Party- 264
Bernice Clare Golberg, Green Party- 581
Peter Lambell, Liberal Democrats- 6,553
Cliff Le May, BNP- 1,448
Andrew John Pelling, Independent- 3,239
Gerry Ryan, Labour Party- 16,688
Croydon North
The seat was won by Malcolm Wicks of the Labour Party, with 28,949 votes.
Other candidates included
Jason Hadden, Conservative Party- 12,466
Gerry Jerome, Liberal Democrats- 7,226
Sasha Khan, Green Party- 1,017
Jonathan Serter, UKIP- 891
Mohamed Bazeer Seyed Mohamed, Independent- 111
Mohommad Shaikh, Respect- 272
Ben Stevenson, Communist Party- 160
Novlette Louise Williams, Christian Party- 586
Croydon South
The seat was won by Richard Ottaway of the Conservative Party, with 28,684 votes.
Other candidates included
Jane Avis, Labour Party- 11,287
Jeffrey Bolter, UKIP- 2,504
Simon Rix, Liberal Democrats- 12,866
Gordon Ross, Green Party- 981
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