UK general elections › 2017 › Birmingham, Yardley
Birmingham, Yardley — 2017
Jess Phillips (Labour Party) was elected with 25,398 votes— 57.1% of 44,502 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 57.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +7.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,502
| 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 | 25,398 | 57.1% | +7.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mohammed Afzal | Conservative Party | 8,824 | 19.8% | — | |
| 3 | John Hemming | Liberal Democrats | 7,984 | 17.9% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Clayton | UK Independence Party | 1,916 | 4.3% | — | |
| 5 | Christopher Garghan | Green Party | 280 | 0.6% | — | |
| 6 | Abu Nowshed | Independent | 100 | 0.2% | — |
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.