UK general elections › 2017 › West Bromwich East
West Bromwich East — 2017
Tom Watson (Labour Party) was elected with 22,664 votes— 58.0% of 39,098 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,098
| 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 | Tom Watson | Labour Party | 22,664 | 58.0% | +8.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Emma Crane | Conservative Party | 14,951 | 38.2% | — | |
| 3 | Karen Trench | Liberal Democrats | 625 | 1.6% | — | |
| 4 | John Macefield | Green Party | 533 | 1.4% | — | |
| 5 | Colin Rankine | Independent | 325 | 0.8% | — |
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.