Election Results

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%.

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% -

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

Result declared at 04:34 on 8 May 2015.