UK general elections2010 › Birmingham, Edgbaston

Birmingham, Edgbaston — 2010

Gisela Stuart (Labour Party) was elected with 16,894 votes40.6% of 41,571 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 40.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,571

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Gisela Stuart Labour Party 16,89440.6%−9.4 ptsElected
2Deirdre Alden Conservative Party 15,62037.6%
3Roger Harmer Liberal Democrats 6,38715.4%
4Trevor Lloyd British National Party 1,1962.9%
5Greville Warwick UK Independence Party 7321.8%
6Phil Simpson Green Party 4691.1%
7Harry Takhar Impact Party 1460.4%
8Charith Fernando Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 1270.3%

Electorate 68,573 · Turnout 60.6% · Majority 1,274 · Back to 2010 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.