Election for the constituency of West Ham on 7 May 2015

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

Labour hold by Lyn Brown with a majority of 27,986 - 53.0% - on a turnout of 58.2%.

An electorate of 90,640, having a valid vote count of 52,793 and an invalid vote count of 217.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
BROWN, Lyn Lab 36,132 68.4% 5.8%
AKINBUSOYE, Festus Con 8,146 15.4% 0.8%
MCKENZIE, Jamie UKIP 3,950 7.5% 5.9%
COLLINSON, Rachel Green 2,651 5.0% 3.6%
REYNOLDS, Paul LD 1,430 2.7% -8.8%
UZOKA, Andy CPA 369 0.7% -2.1%
BOGIE, Cydatty CMU 115 0.2% -

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 04:34 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.