Election for the constituency of East Ham on 7 May 2015.

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Ham, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Labour hold by Stephen Timms with a majority of 34,252 - 65.5% - on a turnout of 59.8%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
TIMMS, Stephen Lab 40,563 77.6% 7.2%
JASSAL, Samir Con 6,311 12.1% -3.1%
OXLEY, Daniel UKIP 2,622 5.0% -
OMOND, Tamsin Green 1,299 2.5% 1.3%
THORPE, David LD 856 1.6% -10.0%
ASLAM, Mohammed CMU 409 0.8% -
AUSTIN, Lois TUSC 230 0.4% -

An electorate of 87,382, having a valid vote count of 52,290 and an invalid vote count of 211.

Result declared at 05:27 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.