UK general elections › 2017 › Ilford South
Ilford South — 2017
Mike Gapes (Labour Party) was elected with 43,724 votes— 75.8% of 57,657 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 75.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +25.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,657
| 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 | Mike Gapes | Labour Party | 43,724 | 75.8% | +25.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Chapman | Conservative Party | 12,077 | 20.9% | — | |
| 3 | Farid Ahmed | Liberal Democrats | 772 | 1.3% | — | |
| 4 | RoseMary Warrington | Green Party | 542 | 0.9% | — | |
| 5 | Tariq Saeed | UK Independence Party | 477 | 0.8% | — | |
| 6 | Kane Khan | Friends Party | 65 | 0.1% | — |
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.