UK general elections2010 › Birmingham, Hodge Hill

Birmingham, Hodge Hill — 2010

Liam Byrne (Labour Party) was elected with 22,077 votes52.0% of 42,472 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,472

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
1Liam Byrne Labour Party 22,07752.0%+2.0 ptsElected
2Tariq Khan Liberal Democrats 11,77527.7%
3Shailesh Parekh Conservative Party 4,93611.6%
4Richard Lumby British National Party 2,3335.5%
5Waheed Rafiq UK Independence Party 7141.7%
6Peter Johnson Social Democratic Party 6371.5%

Electorate 75,040 · Turnout 56.6% · Majority 10,302 · 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.