An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Birmingham, Selly Oak, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Stephen McCabe with a majority of 8,447 - 18.6% - on a turnout of 60.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MCCABE, Stephen | Lab | 21,584 | 47.7% | 9.1% |
BOULTER, Alex | Con | 13,137 | 29.0% | -2.1% |
BROOKES, Steven | UKIP | 5,755 | 12.7% | 10.3% |
GREEN, Colin | LD | 2,517 | 5.6% | -16.7% |
THOMAS, Clare | Green | 2,301 | 5.1% | 3.7% |
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 75,092, having a valid vote count of 45,294 and an invalid vote count of 175.
Result declared at 05:24 on 8 May 2015.