UK general elections › 2015 › Birmingham, Selly Oak
Birmingham, Selly Oak — 2015
Stephen McCabe (Labour Party) was elected with 21,584 votes— 47.7% of 45,294 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. 47.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,294
| 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 | Stephen McCabe | Labour Party | 21,584 | 47.7% | −2.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alex Boulter | Conservative Party | 13,137 | 29.0% | — | |
| 3 | Steven Brookes | UK Independence Party | 5,755 | 12.7% | — | |
| 4 | Colin Green | Liberal Democrats | 2,517 | 5.6% | — | |
| 5 | Clare Thomas | Green Party | 2,301 | 5.1% | — |
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.