UK general elections2015 › Birmingham, Selly Oak

Birmingham, Selly Oak — 2015

Stephen McCabe (Labour Party) was elected with 21,584 votes47.7% 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

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
1Stephen McCabe Labour Party 21,58447.7%−2.3 ptsElected
2Alex Boulter Conservative Party 13,13729.0%
3Steven Brookes UK Independence Party 5,75512.7%
4Colin Green Liberal Democrats 2,5175.6%
5Clare Thomas Green Party 2,3015.1%

Electorate 75,092 · Turnout 60.3% · Majority 8,447 · 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.