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The House of Commons Library collects and verifies election returns from local authorities before publishing the results. We expect to publish 2024 general election results here around Friday 12th July. You can read more about election night, counts and how results are announced in our explainer, and view a list of winning MPs on our summary page.

Election for the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green on 6 May 2010.

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Chingford and Woodford Green, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Conservative hold by Iain Duncan Smith with a majority of 12,963 - 30.1% - on a turnout of 66.5%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
DUNCAN SMITH, Iain Con 22,743 52.8% -0.4%
ARAKELIAN, Catherine Isabel Lab 9,780 22.7% -3.0%
SEEFF, Geoffrey LD 7,242 16.8% -0.9%
LEPPERT, Julian BNP 1,288 3.0% -
JONES, Nick UKIP 1,133 2.6% -0.2%
CRAIG, Lucy Green 650 1.5% -
ABOVE, None of The Ind 202 0.5% -
WHITE, Barry Ind 68 0.2% -

An electorate of 64,831, having a valid vote count of 43,106 and an invalid vote count of 156.

Result declared at 07:16 on 7 May 2010. 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.

This constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green was established by the 2010-2024 boundary set for England. This election was the first held under that boundary set. Any holds, gains and vote change percentages as a result of this election are calculated from notional results.