Parliament has been dissolved and the race is now officially on to claim the pivotal Croydon Central seat.

Targeted by both the Tories and Labour, the seat will also be contested by the Lib Dems, the Green Party, the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition and UKIP, who will all be looking to make gains on their 2010 performances.

The Croydon Guardian’s Chris Baynes launched his coverage a fortnight ago with a look at how the constituency has voted in the past, but all that is history and this year there are five new declared candidates to challenge 2010 victor Gavin Barwell.

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For more on the fight for a seat visit www.croydonguardian.co.uk/generalelection2015