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.