UK general elections › 2015 › Erith and Thamesmead
Erith and Thamesmead — 2015
Teresa Pearce (Labour Party) was elected with 21,209 votes— 49.8% of 42,617 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. 49.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,617
| 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 | Teresa Pearce | Labour Party | 21,209 | 49.8% | −0.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Anna Firth | Conservative Party | 11,684 | 27.4% | — | |
| 3 | Ronie Johnson | UK Independence Party | 7,368 | 17.3% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Waddington | Liberal Democrats | 972 | 2.3% | — | |
| 5 | Ann Garrett | Green Party | 941 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | Sid Cordle | Christian Peoples Alliance | 255 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | Graham Moore | English Democrats | 188 | 0.4% | — |
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.