UK general elections › 2010 › Bethnal Green and Bow
Bethnal Green and Bow — 2010
Rushanara Ali (Labour Party) was elected with 21,784 votes— 42.9% of 50,728 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 42.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,728
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rushanara Ali | Labour Party | 21,784 | −7.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Ajmal Masroor | Liberal Democrats | 10,210 | — | ||
| 3 | Abjol Miah | Respect Party | 8,532 | — | ||
| 4 | Zakhir Khan | Conservative Party | 7,071 | — | ||
| 5 | Christopher Marshall | British National Party | 1,405 | — | ||
| 6 | Farid Bakht | Green Party | 856 | — | ||
| 7 | Patrick Brooks | Independent | 277 | — | ||
| 8 | Alexander Van Terheyden | Pirate Party UK | 213 | — | ||
| 9 | Hasib Hikmat | United Voice | 209 | — | ||
| 10 | Mahmood Choudhury | Independent | 100 | — | ||
| 11 | Ahmed Malik | Independent | 71 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.