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East Ham is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Stephen Timms of the Labour party.
The East Ham constituency has a total population of 153,676, of which 112,614 are eligible (18+) to vote (73.3%).
East Ham ranks 573th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 2nd in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.
Stephen Creswell Timms (born 29 July 1955) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Ham since 1994. Timms served in the Government several times, as the Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1999 to 2001, 2004 to 2005, and 2008 to 2010. He was also in the Cabinet from 2006 to 2007 as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007. He is currently the Shadow Minister of State for Employment, and at 27,826, has the largest majority of any sitting MP, having got 70.4% of the local vote. On 14 May 2010, he survived a murder attempt made by a constituent, Roshonara Choudhry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Timms| MP DETAILS | |
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| Address | Stephen Timms MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA |
| Phone Number | 020 7219 4272 |
| Political Party | Labour |
| Email Address | stephen@stephentimms.org.uk |
| Constituency | East Ham |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 29/07/1955 |
| Website | Website |
| Twitter Profile | |
| Wikipedia Page | Visit Wiki |
| 12.1% | 77.6% | 1.6% | 2.5 % | 5.0% |
| Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat | Green Party UKIP |
Election turnout for the East Ham constituency in 2015 was 59.80%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.
| Candidate | Party | Gender | Date of Birth | Website | |
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| Daniel Oxley | UK Independence Party | Male | - | - | http://www.danoxley.org/why-ukip/ |
| David Thorpe | Liberal Democrat | Male | - | - | - |
| Lois Austin | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Female | - | - | https://newhamtusc.wordpress.com/ |
| Mohammed Farid Aslam | Communities United Party | Male | - | - | - |
| Samir Jassal | Conservative | Male | - | - | http://www.samirjassal.org.uk/ |
| Stephen Timms | Labour | Male | 29 July 1955 (69) | - | http://www.stephentimms.org.uk/ |
| Tamsin Omond | Green | Female | 19 November 1984 (40) | - | - |
| 15.18% | 70.42% | 11.61% | % | % | 1.16% | % | % |
| Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Scottish National | Plaid Cymru Green Party BNP UKIP |
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 7,645 | 15.2% |
| ED | 822 | 1.6% |
| Green | 586 | 1.2% |
| Labour | 35,471 | 70.4% |
| Liberal-Democrat | 5,849 | 11.6% |
| Electorate | 90,674 |
| Votes | 50,373 |
| Turnout | 55.5% |
| Conservative | Shea, Paul |
| Labour | Timms, Stephen |
| Liberal Democrat | Brice, Chris |
| Green | Maciejowska, Judy |
Election turnout for the East Ham constituency in 2010 was 55.5%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.
This graph shows the results from 31 people in the East Ham constituency who have taken our quiz, displaying which party best matches their opinions of the series of questions we ask.
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