UK general elections › 2010 › Birmingham, Hall Green
Birmingham, Hall Green — 2010
Roger Godsiff (Labour Party) was elected with 16,039 votes— 32.9% of 48,727 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. 32.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −17.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,727
| 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 | Roger Godsiff | Labour Party | 16,039 | 32.9% | −17.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Salma Yaqoob | Respect Party | 12,240 | 25.1% | — | |
| 3 | Jerry Evans | Liberal Democrats | 11,988 | 24.6% | — | |
| 4 | Jo Barker | Conservative Party | 7,320 | 15.0% | — | |
| 5 | Alan Blumenthal | UK Independence Party | 950 | 1.9% | — | |
| 6 | Andrew Gardner | Independent | 190 | 0.4% | — |
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.