UK general elections › 2010 › Birmingham, Erdington
Birmingham, Erdington — 2010
Jack Dromey (Labour Party) was elected with 14,869 votes— 41.8% of 35,546 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. 41.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,546
| 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 | Jack Dromey | Labour Party | 14,869 | −8.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Robert Alden | Conservative Party | 11,592 | — | ||
| 3 | Ann Holtom | Liberal Democrats | 5,742 | — | ||
| 4 | Kevin McHugh | British National Party | 1,815 | — | ||
| 5 | Mark Foy | UK Independence Party | 842 | — | ||
| 6 | Tony Tomkins | Independent | 240 | — | ||
| 7 | Terry Williams | National Front | 229 | — | ||
| 8 | Timothy Gray | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 217 | — |
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.