Election Results
| General Election 2010: Dagenham & Rainham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jon Cruddas* | 17,813 | 40.3 | n/a | |
| Conservative | Simon Jones | 15,183 | 34.3 | n/a | |
| BNP | Michael Barnbrook | 4,952 | 11.2 | n/a | |
| Liberal Democrat | Joseph Bourke | 3,806 | 8.6 | n/a | |
| UKIP | Craig Litwin | 1,569 | 3.5 | n/a | |
| Independent | Gordon Kennedy | 308 | 0.7 | n/a | |
| Christian | Paula Watson | 305 | 0.7 | n/a | |
| Green | Debbie Rosaman | 296 | 0.7 | n/a | |
| Majority | 2,630 | 5.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,232 | 63.4 | n/a | ||
- * Served as MP for Dagenham in the 2005–2010 Parliament
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