croydon central Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE87,324 voters
AREA9 sq. miles


Croydon Central is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Gavin Barwell of the Conservative party.

The Croydon Central constituency has a total population of 116,087, of which 87,324 are eligible (18+) to vote (75.2%).

Croydon Central ranks 533th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 49th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Gavin Barwell

Gavin Barwell

Gavin Laurence Barwell (born 23 January 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon Central since the 2010 general election.

Barwell worked for the Conservative party headquarters from 1993 until his election in 2010 and was - between 2003 and 2006 - the Party's Chief Operating Officer responsible for over a hundred staff and a multi-million pound budget, sitting on the Party Board working closely with Party Leaders Michael Howard and David Cameron. He was a local councillor in the London Borough of Croydon between 1998 and 2010.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Barwell

MP DETAILS
AddressGavin Barwell MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressgavin@backbarwell.com
ConstituencyCroydon Central
GenderMale
Date of Birth23/01/1972
WebsiteWebsite
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Party PageWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
42.7%
9.1%
2.7 %
0%
2.2%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Croydon Central constituency in 2015 was 43.0%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
April AshleyTrade Unionist and Socialist CoalitionFemale---
Esther SuttonGreenFemale---
Gavin BarwellConservativeMale23 January 1972 (52)-http://www.gavinbarwell.com/
James Robert FearnleyLiberal DemocratMale---
Martin John Arthur CamdenThe UK Progressive Democracy PartyMale---
Peter StaveleyUK Independence PartyMale28 March 1962 (62)-http://www.ukipaddiscombe.org.uk/
Sarah JonesLabourFemale--http://www.sarah-jones.org/

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
39.51%
33.54%
13.17%
%
%
1.17%
2.91%
2%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 BNP1,4482.9%
 ChP2640.5%
 Conservative19,56739.4%
 Green5811.2%
 Ind13,2396.5%
 Ind21380.3%
 Labour16,68833.6%
 Liberal-Democrat6,55313.2%
 MRLP1920.4%
 UK-Independence-Party9972%
TOTALS
Electorate76,349
Votes49,667
Turnout63.1%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeBarwell, Gavin
LabourRyan, Gerry
Liberal DemocratLambell, Peter
GreenGolberg, Bernice
BNPLe May, Cliff
UKIPAtkinson, Ralph
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Croydon Central constituency in 2010 was 63.1%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

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