England · Constituency
Stratford and Bow
Covers Forest Gate · Stratford · Upton
Photograph shows Forest Gate, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Stratford and Bow.
Your member of parliament
Uma Kumaran
LabourLabour won Stratford and Bow at the 2024 general election with a majority of 11,634 votes, or 26.8 points. A swing of 13.4 points to Green Party would take it. That makes it safer than 531 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 119.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 26.8 points, which is larger than 531 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Green Party by 11,634 votes.
Majority
11,634
26.8% of votes cast.
Turnout
53.8%
-5.9 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
10
43,435 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uma KumaranElected | Labour | 19,145 | 44.1% | +10.4 |
| Joe Hudson-Small | Green Party | 7,511 | 17.3% | +10.9 |
| Halima Khan | Workers Party of Britain | 3,274 | 7.5% | +6.8 |
| Kane Blackwell | Conservative | 3,114 | 7.2% | -16.5 |
| Nizam Ali | Independent | 2,380 | 5.5% | +3.4 |
| Jeff Evans | Reform UK | 2,093 | 4.8% | -9.5 |
| Janey Little | Liberal Democrat | 1,926 | 4.4% | -7.8 |
| Omar Faruk | Independent | 1,826 | 4.2% | +2.2 |
| Fiona Lali | Independent | 1,791 | 4.1% | +2.1 |
| Steve Hedley | Independent | 375 | 0.9% | -1.2 |
Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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