UK general elections › 2010 › Dagenham and Rainham
Dagenham and Rainham — 2010
Jon Cruddas (Labour Party) was elected with 17,813 votes— 40.3% of 44,232 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. 40.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,232
| 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 | Jon Cruddas | Labour Party | 17,813 | −9.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Simon Jones | Conservative Party | 15,183 | — | ||
| 3 | Michael Barnbrook | British National Party | 4,952 | — | ||
| 4 | Joe Bourke | Liberal Democrats | 3,806 | — | ||
| 5 | Craig Litwin | UK Independence Party | 1,569 | — | ||
| 6 | Gordon Kennedy | Independent | 308 | — | ||
| 7 | Paula Watson | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 305 | — | ||
| 8 | Debbie Rosaman | Green Party | 296 | — |
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.