UK general elections › 2015 › Birmingham, Northfield
Birmingham, Northfield — 2015
Richard Burden (Labour Party) was elected with 17,673 votes— 41.6% 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
| 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 | Richard Burden | Labour Party | 17,673 | 41.6% | −8.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rachel Maclean | Conservative Party | 15,164 | 35.7% | — | |
| 3 | Keith Rowe | UK Independence Party | 7,106 | 16.7% | — | |
| 4 | Steven Haynes | Liberal Democrats | 1,349 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Anna Masters | Green Party | 1,169 | 2.8% | — |
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.