UK general elections › 2015 › Birmingham, Erdington
Birmingham, Erdington — 2015
Jack Dromey (Labour Party) was elected with 15,824 votes— 45.6% of 34,684 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. 45.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 34,684
| 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 | Jack Dromey | Labour Party | 15,824 | −4.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Robert Alden | Conservative Party | 10,695 | — | ||
| 3 | Andrew Garcarz | UK Independence Party | 6,040 | — | ||
| 4 | Ann Holtom | Liberal Democrats | 965 | — | ||
| 5 | Joe Belcher | Green Party | 948 | — | ||
| 6 | Ted Woodley | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 212 | — |
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.