UK general elections › 2015 › Birmingham, Edgbaston
Birmingham, Edgbaston — 2015
Gisela Stuart (Labour Party) was elected with 18,518 votes— 44.8% of 41,293 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. 44.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,293
| 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 | Gisela Stuart | Labour Party | 18,518 | −5.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Luke Evans | Conservative Party | 15,812 | — | ||
| 3 | Graham Short | UK Independence Party | 4,154 | — | ||
| 4 | Phil Simpson | Green Party | 1,371 | — | ||
| 5 | Lee Dargue | Liberal Democrats | 1,184 | — | ||
| 6 | Gabriel Ukandu | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 163 | — | ||
| 7 | Henna Rai | Independent | 91 | — |
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.