Election Results
| General Election 2010: West Ham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lyn Brown | 29,422 | 62.7 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | Virginia Morris | 6,888 | 14.7 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Martin Pierce | 5,392 | 11.5 | +1.3 | |
| Christian Peoples | Stan Gain | 1,327 | 2.8 | +1.7 | |
| Independent | Kamran Malik | 1,245 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| National Front | Michael Davidson | 1,089 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Kim Gandy | 766 | 1.6 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Jane Lithgow | 645 | 1.4 | -1.6 | |
| Independent | Grace Agbogun-Toko | 177 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 22,534 | 48.0 | |||
| Turnout | 46,951 | 55.0 | +10.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
| General Election 2005: West Ham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lyn Brown | 15,840 | 51.2 | -18.7 | |
| Respect | Lindsey German | 6,039 | 19.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Chris Whitbread | 3,618 | 11.7 | -4.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Alexandra Sugden | 3,364 | 10.9 | +3.5 | |
| Green | Jane Lithgow | 894 | 2.9 | -1.2 | |
| Christian Peoples | Stephen Hammond | 437 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Henry Mayhew | 409 | 1.3 | -0.9 | |
| Veritas | Generoso Alcantara | 365 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,801 | 31.7 | |||
| Turnout | 30,966 | 49.8 | +0.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| General Election 2001: West Ham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Banks | 20,449 | 69.9 | -3.0 | |
| Conservative | Syed Kamall | 4,804 | 16.4 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Fox | 2,166 | 7.4 | 0.0 | |
| Green | Jackie Chandler-Oatts | 1,197 | 4.1 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Gerard Batten | 657 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,645 | 53.5 | -4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 29,273 | 48.9 | -9.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: West Ham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Banks | 24,531 | 72.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Mark McGregor | 5,037 | 15.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Samantha McDonough | 2,479 | 7.4 | N/A | |
| BNP | Kenneth Francis | 1,198 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Toby Jug | 300 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Jonathan Rainbow | 116 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,494 | 57.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 33,361 | 58.5 | N/A | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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