UK general elections › 2015 › Bethnal Green and Bow
Bethnal Green and Bow — 2015
Rushanara Ali (Labour Party) was elected with 32,387 votes— 61.2% of 52,924 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 61.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +11.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,924
| 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 | 32,387 | 61.2% | +11.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Matt Smith | Conservative Party | 8,070 | 15.2% | — | |
| 3 | Alistair Polson | Green Party | 4,906 | 9.3% | — | |
| 4 | Paula McQueen | UK Independence Party | 3,219 | 6.1% | — | |
| 5 | Teena Lashmore | Liberal Democrats | 2,395 | 4.5% | — | |
| 6 | Glyn Robbins | Left Unity | 949 | 1.8% | — | |
| 7 | M. Rowshan Ali | Communities United Party | 356 | 0.7% | — | |
| 8 | Jonathan Dewey | Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol | 303 | 0.6% | — | |
| 9 | Alasdair Henderson | The Whig Party | 203 | 0.4% | — | |
| 10 | Elliot Ball | The 30-50 Coalition | 78 | 0.1% | — | |
| 11 | Jason Pavlou | Red Flag - Anti-Corruption | 58 | 0.1% | — |
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.