UK general elections › 2010 › Birmingham, Northfield
Birmingham, Northfield — 2010
Richard Burden (Labour Party) was elected with 16,841 votes— 40.3% of 41,814 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. 40.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,814
| 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 | Richard Burden | Labour Party | 16,841 | 40.3% | −9.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Keely Huxtable | Conservative Party | 14,059 | 33.6% | — | |
| 3 | Mike Dixon | Liberal Democrats | 6,550 | 15.7% | — | |
| 4 | Les Orton | British National Party | 2,290 | 5.5% | — | |
| 5 | John Borthwick | UK Independence Party | 1,363 | 3.3% | — | |
| 6 | Susan Pearce | Green Party | 406 | 1.0% | — | |
| 7 | Dick Rodgers | Common Good | 305 | 0.7% | — |
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.