UK general elections2010 › Leyton and Wanstead

Leyton and Wanstead — 2010

John Cryer (Labour Party) was elected with 17,511 votes43.6% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1John Cryer Labour Party 17,51143.6%−6.4 ptsElected
2Farooq Qureshi Liberal Democrats 11,09527.6%
3Edwin Northover Conservative Party 8,92822.2%
4Graham Wood UK Independence Party 1,0802.7%
5Ashley Gunstock Green Party 5621.4%
6Jim Clift British National Party 5611.4%
7S. K. Bhatti Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 3420.9%
8M. Levin Independents Federation UK 800.2%

Electorate 63,541 · Turnout 63.2% · Majority 6,416 · Back to 2010 overview

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.