UK general elections › 2017 › Leyton and Wanstead
Leyton and Wanstead — 2017
John Cryer (Labour Party) was elected with 32,234 votes— 69.8% of 46,173 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 69.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +19.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,173
| 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 | John Cryer | Labour Party | 32,234 | 69.8% | +19.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Laura Farris | Conservative Party | 9,627 | 20.8% | — | |
| 3 | Ben Sims | Liberal Democrats | 2,961 | 6.4% | — | |
| 4 | Ashley Gunstock | Green Party | 1,351 | 2.9% | — |
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.