An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Walsall South, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Valerie Vaz with a majority of 8,892 - 20.2% - on a turnout of 65.4%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
VAZ, Valerie | Lab | 25,286 | 57.4% | 10.2% |
BIRD, James | Con | 16,394 | 37.2% | 4.4% |
BENNETT, Derek | UKIP | 1,805 | 4.1% | -11.5% |
WELLINGS PURVIS, Anna | LD | 587 | 1.3% | -0.3% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 67,417, having a valid vote count of 44,072 and an invalid vote count of 117.
Result declared at 03:28 on 9 June 2017.