UK general elections › 2010 › West Bromwich West
West Bromwich West — 2010
Adrian Bailey (Labour Party) was elected with 16,263 votes— 45.0% of 36,171 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. 45.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,171
| 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 | Adrian Bailey | Labour Party | 16,263 | 45.0% | −5.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andrew Hardie | Conservative Party | 10,612 | 29.3% | — | |
| 3 | Sadie Smith | Liberal Democrats | 4,336 | 12.0% | — | |
| 4 | Russ Green | British National Party | 3,394 | 9.4% | — | |
| 5 | Malcolm Ford | UK Independence Party | 1,566 | 4.3% | — |
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.