John Cryer was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead, taking a massive 58.6 per cent of the vote.

The MP, who has held the seat since 2010, won 23,858 votes at the count at Walthamstow Assembly Hall at around 6.30am this morning.

This was up on his 2010 score of 17,511 votes and he was way ahead of his nearest rival, Conservative Matthew Scott, who got 8,939 votes.

Third was the Green Party’s Ashley Gunstock with 2,974, followed by UKIP’s Rosie Beattie with 2,341, The Lib Dems' Carl Quilliam on 2,304, and independent Mahtab Aziz with 289 votes.

Speaking to the Guardian after his win, John Cryer said: “It is a privilege to be elected for such a diverse and rich constituency.

“Like I have done since 2010 I will serve the people of Leyton and Wanstead to the best of my ability.

“There were a number of issues in the last five years, such as the closure of Wanstead Hospital and attempted closure of Leyton Green.

“I think this has motivated people to come out and oppose the government, unfortunately it didn’t happen nationally.”

Conservative Matthew Scott was satisfied with the runner-up position, with 22 per cent of the vote.

He said: “I am pleased with the result, slightly more votes than we got last time and we have moved into second from third.

“It is a great platform to build on.”

The Green Party’s Ashley Gunstock, in his fourth election in a row in Leyton and Wanstead, saw a huge increase in votes from 562 in 2010 to 2,974 - taking 7.3 per cent of the vote.

He said: “It is a really positive number of votes, I really saw a difference in the attitude of people towards the Green Party.

“It is especially excellent to beat both the Lib Dems and UKIP, I think the Green Party is the party of the future.”

Rosie Beattie, of UKIP, gained just 37 votes more than the Lib Dems' Carl Quilliam, 5.8 per cent to 5.7 per cent of the overall vote respectively.

She said: “I am very pleased with how it went, it was my first election and it was great fun and challenging.

“I will certainly consider standing again next time.”

The Lib Dems saw a sharp fall in votes from 11,095 in 2010 to just 2,304.

Mr Quilliam was not at the count, but he spoke to the Guardian over the telephone about three hours before the result came out before he went to sleep.

He said: “The Conservatives have put a lot of time, effort and money into targeting Lib Dem seats.

“There has been scaremongering in this election and the Lib Dems have borne the brunt.

“People I spoke to in Leyton and Wanstead were receptive, but it is different to translate that into votes.”

The 63 per cent turnout was just 0.1 per cent down on 2010's election