UK general elections › 2017 › Chingford and Woodford Green
Chingford and Woodford Green — 2017
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,076 votes— 49.1% of 46,961 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. 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,961
| 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 | Iain Duncan Smith | Conservative Party | 23,076 | 49.1% | −0.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bilal Mahmood | Labour Party | 20,638 | 43.9% | — | |
| 3 | Deborah Unger | Liberal Democrats | 2,043 | 4.4% | — | |
| 4 | Sinead King | Green Party | 1,204 | 2.6% | — |
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.