UK general elections › 2019 › Walsall South
Walsall South — 2019
Valerie Vaz (Labour Party) was elected with 20,872 votes— 49.1% of 42,472 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. 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,472
| 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 | Valerie Vaz | Labour Party | 20,872 | 49.1% | −0.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gurjit Bains | Conservative Party | 17,416 | 41.0% | — | |
| 3 | Gary Hughes | The Brexit Party | 1,660 | 3.9% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Harris | Liberal Democrats | 1,602 | 3.8% | — | |
| 5 | John Macefield | Green Party | 634 | 1.5% | — | |
| 6 | Akheil Mehboob | Independent | 288 | 0.7% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.