General election for the constituency of Croydon South on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Croydon South, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Conservative hold by Chris Philp with a majority of 17,140 - 29.7% - on a turnout of 70.4%.

An electorate of 82,010, having a valid vote count of 57,712 and an invalid vote count of 146.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
PHILP, Chris Con 31,448 54.5% 3.6%
BENN, Emily Lab 14,308 24.8% 4.8%
GARNER, Kathleen UKIP 6,068 10.5% 6.1%
HICKSON, Gill LD 3,448 6.0% -16.9%
UNDERWOOD, Peter Green 2,154 3.7% 2.0%
SAMUEL, Mark PCF 221 0.4% -
BIGGER, Jonathan CW 65 0.1% -

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 05:48 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.