UK general elections › 2015 › Dagenham and Rainham
Dagenham and Rainham — 2015
Jon Cruddas (Labour Party) was elected with 17,830 votes— 41.4% of 43,050 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. 41.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,050
| 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 | Jon Cruddas | Labour Party | 17,830 | −8.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Peter Harris | UK Independence Party | 12,850 | — | ||
| 3 | Julie Marson | Conservative Party | 10,492 | — | ||
| 4 | Kate Simpson | Green Party | 806 | — | ||
| 5 | Denise Capstick | Liberal Democrats | 717 | — | ||
| 6 | Tess Culnane | British National Party | 151 | — | ||
| 7 | Terry London | Independent | 133 | — | ||
| 8 | Kim Gandy | English Democrats | 71 | — |
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.