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Election for the constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Bethnal Green and Bow, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Labour hold by Rushanara Ali with a majority of 24,317 - 45.9% - on a turnout of 64.0%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
ALI, Rushanara Lab 32,387 61.2% 18.3%
SMITH, Matt Con 8,070 15.2% 1.3%
POLSON, Alistair Green 4,906 9.3% 7.6%
MCQUEEN, Paula UKIP 3,219 6.1% -
LASHMORE, Teena LD 2,395 4.5% -15.6%
ROBBINS, Glyn LU 949 1.8% -
ALI, M. Rowshan CMU 356 0.7% -
DEWEY, Jonathan CSA 303 0.6% -
HENDERSON, Alasdair Whig 203 0.4% -
BALL, Elliot T35C 78 0.1% -
PAVLOU, Jason RFAC 58 0.1% -

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.

An electorate of 82,727, having a valid vote count of 52,924 and an invalid vote count of 263.

Result declared at 05:38 on 8 May 2015.