UK general elections2015 › Poplar and Limehouse

Poplar and Limehouse — 2015

Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour Party) was elected with 29,886 votes58.5% of 51,044 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,044

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Jim Fitzpatrick Labour Party 29,886+8.5 ptsElected
2Chris Wilford Conservative Party 12,962
3Nicholas McQueen UK Independence Party 3,128
4Maureen Childs Green Party 2,463
5Elaine Bagshaw Liberal Democrats 2,149
6Hugo Pierre Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 367
7Rene Mugenzi Red Flag - Anti-Corruption 89

Electorate 82,081 · Turnout 62.2% · Majority 16,924 · Back to 2015 overview

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.