UK general elections › 2010 › Birmingham, Selly Oak
Birmingham, Selly Oak — 2010
Stephen McCabe (Labour Party) was elected with 17,950 votes— 38.5% of 46,563 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. 38.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,563
| 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 | Stephen McCabe | Labour Party | 17,950 | 38.5% | −11.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nigel Dawkins | Conservative Party | 14,468 | 31.1% | — | |
| 3 | Dave Radcliffe | Liberal Democrats | 10,371 | 22.3% | — | |
| 4 | Lynette Orton | British National Party | 1,820 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Jeffrey Burgess | UK Independence Party | 1,131 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | James Burn | Green Party | 664 | 1.4% | — | |
| 7 | Samuel Leeds | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 159 | 0.3% | — |
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.