UK general elections › 2010 › Leyton and Wanstead
Leyton and Wanstead — 2010
John Cryer (Labour Party) was elected with 17,511 votes— 43.6% of 40,159 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. 43.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,159
| 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 | John Cryer | Labour Party | 17,511 | −6.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Farooq Qureshi | Liberal Democrats | 11,095 | — | ||
| 3 | Edwin Northover | Conservative Party | 8,928 | — | ||
| 4 | Graham Wood | UK Independence Party | 1,080 | — | ||
| 5 | Ashley Gunstock | Green Party | 562 | — | ||
| 6 | Jim Clift | British National Party | 561 | — | ||
| 7 | S. K. Bhatti | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 342 | — | ||
| 8 | M. Levin | Independents Federation UK | 80 | — |
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.