UK general elections2015 › Birmingham, Northfield

Birmingham, Northfield — 2015

Richard Burden (Labour Party) was elected with 17,673 votes41.6% of 42,461 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. 41.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,461

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 17,67341.6%−8.4 ptsElected
2Rachel Maclean Conservative Party 15,16435.7%
3Keith Rowe UK Independence Party 7,10616.7%
4Steven Haynes Liberal Democrats 1,3493.2%
5Anna Masters Green Party 1,1692.8%

Electorate 71,428 · Turnout 59.4% · Majority 2,509 · Back to 2015 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.