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Dagenham and Rainham — 2017

Jon Cruddas (Labour Party) was elected with 22,958 votes— 50.1% of 45,843 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,843

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
1Jon Cruddas Labour Party 22,958+0.1 ptsElected
2Julie Marson Conservative Party 18,306—
3Peter Harris UK Independence Party 3,246—
4Denis Breading Green Party 544—
5Jonathan Fryer Liberal Democrats 465—
6Paul Sturdy British National Party 239—
7Terence London Concordia 85—

Electorate 70,616 · Turnout 64.9% · Majority 4,652 · Back to 2017 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.