Election for the constituency of Leyton and Wanstead on 6 May 2010.
An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Leyton and Wanstead, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.
Labour hold by John Cryer with a majority of 6,416 - 16.0% - on a turnout of 63.2%.
Candidates
| Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
| CRYER, John | Lab | 17,511 | 43.6% | -2.2% |
| QURESHI, Farooq | LD | 11,095 | 27.6% | 2.9% |
| NORTHOVER, Edwin | Con | 8,928 | 22.2% | -0.5% |
| WOOD, Graham | UKIP | 1,080 | 2.7% | 0.9% |
| GUNSTOCK, Ashley | Green | 562 | 1.4% | -3.0% |
| CLIFT, Jim | BNP | 561 | 1.4% | - |
| BHATTI, S. K. | CHP | 342 | 0.9% | - |
| LEVIN, M. | IFED | 80 | 0.2% | - |
An electorate of 63,541, having a valid vote count of 40,159 and an invalid vote count of 237.
Result declared at 08:19 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 Leyton and Wanstead 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.