UK general elections › 2017 › Poplar and Limehouse
Poplar and Limehouse — 2017
Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour Party) was elected with 39,558 votes— 67.3% of 58,814 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 67.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +17.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 58,814
| 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 | Jim Fitzpatrick | Labour Party | 39,558 | +17.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Christopher Wilford | Conservative Party | 11,846 | — | ||
| 3 | Elaine Bagshaw | Liberal Democrats | 3,959 | — | ||
| 4 | Oliur Rahman | Independent | 1,477 | — | ||
| 5 | Bethan Lant | Green Party | 989 | — | ||
| 6 | Nicholas McQueen | UK Independence Party | 849 | — | ||
| 7 | David Barker | Independent | 136 | — |
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.