UK general elections2010 › Birmingham, Northfield

Birmingham, Northfield — 2010

Richard Burden (Labour Party) was elected with 16,841 votes40.3% 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

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
1Richard Burden Labour Party 16,841−9.7 ptsElected
2Keely Huxtable Conservative Party 14,059
3Mike Dixon Liberal Democrats 6,550
4Les Orton British National Party 2,290
5John Borthwick UK Independence Party 1,363
6Susan Pearce Green Party 406
7Dick Rodgers Common Good 305

Electorate 71,338 · Turnout 58.6% · Majority 2,782 · 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.