UK general elections › 2015 › Ilford South
Ilford South — 2015
Mike Gapes (Labour Party) was elected with 33,232 votes— 64.0% of 51,912 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 64.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +14.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,912
| 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 | Mike Gapes | Labour Party | 33,232 | 64.0% | +14.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Christopher Chapman | Conservative Party | 13,455 | 25.9% | — | |
| 3 | Amjad Khan | UK Independence Party | 2,705 | 5.2% | — | |
| 4 | RoseMary Warrington | Green Party | 1,506 | 2.9% | — | |
| 5 | Ashburn Holder | Liberal Democrats | 1,014 | 2.0% | — |
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.