UK general elections › 2010 › Ilford South
Ilford South — 2010
Mike Gapes (Labour Party) was elected with 25,301 votes— 49.4% of 51,191 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. 49.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,191
| 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 | Mike Gapes | Labour Party | 25,301 | −0.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Toby Boutle | Conservative Party | 14,014 | — | ||
| 3 | Anood Al-Samerai | Liberal Democrats | 8,679 | — | ||
| 4 | Wilson Chowdhry | Green Party | 1,319 | — | ||
| 5 | Terry Murray | UK Independence Party | 1,132 | — | ||
| 6 | John Jestico | Save King George Hospital | 746 | — |
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.