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 29,88658.5%+8.5 ptsElected
2Chris Wilford Conservative Party 12,96225.4%
3Nicholas McQueen UK Independence Party 3,1286.1%
4Maureen Childs Green Party 2,4634.8%
5Elaine Bagshaw Liberal Democrats 2,1494.2%
6Hugo Pierre Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 3670.7%
7Rene Mugenzi Red Flag - Anti-Corruption 890.2%

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.