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Results for the 2024 and 2019 elections, as well as for all by-elections, are sourced directly from the returning officer's declaration of results. Results for the 2017, 2015, and 2010 elections are sourced from the Greater London Authority.

Candidate names for the 2024 and 2019 elections are sourced directly from each constituency's relevant statement of persons nominated. Candidate names prior to 2019 and results prior to 2010 are sourced from Wikipedia which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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2024 General Election

lab

Lauren Rae Edwards

15 403

36.16%

con

Kelly Tolhurst

12 473

29.28%

ref

Daniel Dabin

9 966

23.40%

grn

Cat Jamieson

2 427

5.70%

ld

Graham David Colley

1 894

4.45%

wpb

John Innes

245

0.58%

ind_hep

Peter Richard Ede Burch

190

0.45%

Boundary changes occurred. Its area was reduced.

2019 General Election

con

Kelly Tolhurst

31 151

59.99%

lab

Teresa Murray

14 079

27.11%

ld

Graham Colley

3 717

7.16%

grn

Sonia Hyner

1 312

2.53%

ukip

Roy Freshwater

1 080

2.08%

ind

Chris Spalding

587

1.13%

2017 General Election

con

Kelly Tolhurst

29 232

55.40%

lab

Teresa Murray

19 382

36.73%

ukip

David Allen

1 893

3.59%

ld

Bart Ricketts

1 189

2.25%

grn

Sonia Hyner

781

1.48%

cpa

Steve Benson

163

0.31%

ind

Primerose Chiguri

129

0.24%

2015 General Election

con

Kelly Tolhurst

23 142

44.07%

ukip

Mark Reckless

16 009

30.48%

lab

Naushabah Khan

10 396

19.80%

grn

Clive Gregory

1 516

2.89%

ld

Prue Bray

1 251

2.38%

tusc

Dan Burn

202

0.38%

2014 By-Election

ukip

Mark Reckless

16 867

42.10%

con

Kelly Tolhurst

13 947

34.81%

lab

Naushabah Khan

6 713

16.76%

grn

Clive Gregory

1 692

4.22%

ld

Geoff Juby

349

0.87%

mrlp

Hairy Knorm Davidson

151

0.38%

ind

Stephen Goldsbrough

69

0.17%

lpbp

Nick Long

69

0.17%

britfirst

Jayda Fransen

56

0.14%

ind

Mike Barker

54

0.13%

ind

Charlotte Rose

43

0.11%

ind_patsoc

Dave Osborn

33

0.08%

ind

Christopher Challis

22

0.05%

2010 General Election

con

Mark Reckless

23 604

49.20%

lab

Teresa Murray

13 651

28.46%

ld

Geoff Juby

7 800

16.26%

engdem

Ron Sands

2 182

4.55%

grn

Simon Marchant

734

1.53%