UK general elections2017 › Birmingham, Northfield

Birmingham, Northfield — 2017

Richard Burden (Labour Party) was elected with 23,596 votes53.2% of 44,348 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,348

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
1Richard Burden Labour Party 23,59653.2%+3.2 ptsElected
2Meg Powell-Chandler Conservative Party 18,92942.7%
3Roger Harmer Liberal Democrats 9592.2%
4Eleanor Masters Green Party 8641.9%

Electorate 72,322 · Turnout 61.3% · Majority 4,667 · Back to 2017 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.