UK general elections2015 › West Bromwich East

West Bromwich East — 2015

Tom Watson (Labour Party) was elected with 18,817 votes50.2% of 37,492 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,492

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
1Tom Watson Labour Party 18,81750.2%+0.2 ptsElected
2Olivia Seccombe Conservative Party 9,34724.9%
3Steve Latham UK Independence Party 7,94921.2%
4Flo Clucas Liberal Democrats 7512.0%
5Barry Lim Green Party 6281.7%

Electorate 63,637 · Turnout 58.9% · Majority 9,470 · 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.