UK general elections › 2015 › Birmingham, Yardley
Birmingham, Yardley — 2015
Jess Phillips (Labour Party) was elected with 17,129 votes— 41.6% of 41,151 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. 41,151
| 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 | Jess Phillips | Labour Party | 17,129 | −8.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | John Hemming | Liberal Democrats | 10,534 | — | ||
| 3 | Paul Clayton | UK Independence Party | 6,637 | — | ||
| 4 | Arun Photay | Conservative Party | 5,760 | — | ||
| 5 | Grant Bishop | Green Party | 698 | — | ||
| 6 | Teval Stephens | Respect Party | 187 | — | ||
| 7 | Eamonn Flynn | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 135 | — | ||
| 8 | Peter Johnson | Social Democratic Party | 71 | — |
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.