UK general elections › 2015 › West Bromwich West
West Bromwich West — 2015
Adrian Bailey (Labour Party) was elected with 16,578 votes— 47.3% of 35,026 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. 47.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,026
| 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 | Adrian Bailey | Labour Party | 16,578 | 47.3% | −2.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Graham Eardley | UK Independence Party | 8,836 | 25.2% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Ratner | Conservative Party | 8,365 | 23.9% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Redding | Green Party | 697 | 2.0% | — | |
| 5 | Karen Trench | Liberal Democrats | 550 | 1.6% | — |
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.