UK general elections › 2015 › Chingford and Woodford Green
Chingford and Woodford Green — 2015
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,999 votes— 47.9% of 43,804 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. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,804
| 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 | Iain Duncan Smith | Conservative Party | 20,999 | −2.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Bilal Mahmood | Labour Party | 12,613 | — | ||
| 3 | Freddy Vachha | UK Independence Party | 5,644 | — | ||
| 4 | Anne Crook | Liberal Democrats | 2,400 | — | ||
| 5 | Rebecca Tully | Green Party | 1,854 | — | ||
| 6 | Len Hockey | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 241 | — | ||
| 7 | Lisa McKenzie | Class War | 53 | — |
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.