UK general elections › 2010 › Birmingham, Edgbaston
Birmingham, Edgbaston — 2010
Gisela Stuart (Labour Party) was elected with 16,894 votes— 40.6% 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
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gisela Stuart | Labour Party | 16,894 | −9.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Deirdre Alden | Conservative Party | 15,620 | — | ||
| 3 | Roger Harmer | Liberal Democrats | 6,387 | — | ||
| 4 | Trevor Lloyd | British National Party | 1,196 | — | ||
| 5 | Greville Warwick | UK Independence Party | 732 | — | ||
| 6 | Phil Simpson | Green Party | 469 | — | ||
| 7 | Harry Takhar | Impact Party | 146 | — | ||
| 8 | Charith Fernando | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 127 | — |
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.