General elections

The boundaries of Havering cover three constituencies, Romford, Hornchurch and Upminster and Dagenham and Rainham.

The three wards of Elm Park, South Hornchurch and Rainham and Wennington fall within the Dagenham and Rainham Constituency.

The Dagenham and Rainham Constituency is administered by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

2017 Romford constituency results:

The number of ballot papers rejected	Number of ballots
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more than one Candidate than voter entitled to	29
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	97
Rejected in part	0
Total	126

The number of ballot papers rejected	Number of ballots
Want of an official mark	1
Voting for more than one Candidate than voter entitled to	23
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	1
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	85
Rejected in part	0
Total	110

Total Votes	Number
Electorate	72594
Number of ballot papers issued	49337
Turnout	68%

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows	Number
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more Candidates than the voter was entitled to	45
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	114
Rejected in part	0
Total	159

Candidate	Party	Votes
BORG, Paul	British National Party	193
COLLINS, Melanie Jane	Green Party	1,411
MCGEARY, Paul Stephen Lawrence	Labour Party	11,103
MITCHELL, Jonathan Stuart	Liberal Democrats	1,501
WATKINSON, Angela Eileen	Conservative Party	27,051
WEBB, Lawrence James	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	13,977

Total Votes	Number
Electorate	79,331
Number of ballot papers issued	55,386
Turnout	70%

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows	Number
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more Candidates than the voter was entitled to	32
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	2
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	55
Rejected in part	0
Total	89

Total Votes	Number
Electorate	72594
Number of ballot papers issued	49337
Turnout	68%

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows	Number
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more Candidates than the voter was entitled to	73
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	1
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	103
Rejected in part	0
Total	177

Total Votes	Number
Electorate	78,547
Number of ballot papers issued	53,609
Turnout	68%

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows	Number
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more Candidates than the voter was entitled to	45
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	1
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	110
Rejected in part	0
Total	156