UK general elections2015 › Birmingham, Yardley

Birmingham, Yardley — 2015

Jess Phillips (Labour Party) was elected with 17,129 votes41.6% 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

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
1Jess Phillips Labour Party 17,12941.6%−8.4 ptsElected
2John Hemming Liberal Democrats 10,53425.6%
3Paul Clayton UK Independence Party 6,63716.1%
4Arun Photay Conservative Party 5,76014.0%
5Grant Bishop Green Party 6981.7%
6Teval Stephens Respect Party 1870.5%
7Eamonn Flynn Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1350.3%
8Peter Johnson Social Democratic Party 710.2%

Electorate 72,146 · Turnout 57.0% · Majority 6,595 · 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.