candidates won more than 5% of the vote in 2015 therefore kept their deposits. Conservative Drury fell 6.2% short of winning the seat in 2015; in 2017, however, Efford more than doubled his margin to 6,296, Labour's largest majority in the seat since 1997. First use of open primaries in London In 2006, the Eltham Conservative Association became the first in London to select a prospective parliamentary candidate by means of an open primary election, where any voter on the electoral roll was entitled to attend and vote. David Gold (PPC Brighton Pavilion 2001) defeated Jackie Doyle-Price (PPC Sheffield Hillsborough 2005) and Eric Ollerenshaw (former London Assembly member), by winning more than 50% of the ballot in the first round at a meeting chaired by Michael Portillo on 31 July 2006 at the Bob Hope Theatre. Approximately 140 people attended the open primary. Ironically while Gold was defeated in Eltham at the 2010 General Election, both Doyle-Price and Ollerenshaw won seats elsewhere. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 1980s See also List of parliamentary constituencies in London Politics of Greenwich Royal Borough of Greenwich Greenwich London Borough Council Notes References External links Eltham Labour Party Eltham | Greenwich Conservatives Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards) Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards) Politics of the Royal Borough of Greenwich Parliamentary constituencies in London Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 Eltham