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Voting and Elections

2005 General Election Results

The results of the 2005 General Election in Newham's constituencies.
East Ham

David John Bamber - Christian Peoples Alliance - 580
Ann Mary Haigh - Liberal Democrats - 4,296
Sarah Louise Macken - Conservative Party 5,196
Abdul Khaliq Mian - Respect (George Galloway) - 8,171
Stephen Cresswell Timms - Labour Party - 21,326

Turnout: 50.78%
Stephen Cresswell Timms is duly elected

West Ham

Generoso Alcantara - Veritas - Party Leader Robert Kilroy-Silk - 365
Lyn Carol Brown - Labour Party - 15,840
Lindsey Ann German - Respect (George Galloway) - 6,039
Stephen Charles Hammond - Christian Peoples Alliance - 437
Jane Alison Lithgow - Green Party - 894
Henry Edmund Burke Mayhew - UK Independence Party - 409
Alexandra Elizabeth Sugden - Liberal Democrats - 3,364
Christopher Lawrence Whitbread - Conservative Party - 3,618

Turnout: 49.71%
Lyn Carol Brown is duly elected

Poplar and Canning Town

Jim Fitzpatrick is duly elected

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