UK general elections2017 › Erith and Thamesmead

Erith and Thamesmead — 2017

Teresa Pearce (Labour Party) was elected with 25,585 votes57.5% of 44,464 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 57.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +7.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,464

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
1Teresa Pearce Labour Party 25,585+7.5 ptsElected
2Edward Baxter Conservative Party 15,571
3Ronie Johnson UK Independence Party 1,728
4Simon Waddington Liberal Democrats 750
5Claudine Letsae Green Party 507
6Temi Olodu Christian Peoples Alliance 243
7Doro Oddiri Independent 80

Electorate 69,724 · Turnout 63.8% · Majority 10,014 · 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.