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2017 general election results

Birmingham, Erdington

Shows the general election results for Birmingham, Erdington, which is a constituency in West Midlands. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 65,067 and a turnout of 57.2%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Jack Dromey
Majority
7,285
Electorate
65,067
Turnout
57.2%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 58.0%
Con 38.4%
LD 2.0%
Green 1.6%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Jack Dromey  Lab 21,571 58.0 12.3
Robert Alden  Con 14,286 38.4 7.6
Ann Holtom * LD 750 2.0 -0.8
James Lovatt * Green 610 1.6 -1.1
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con LD Green UKIP TUSC BNP Ind NF CHP Oth
2005 52.9% 22.9% 15.8% 0.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.0%
2010 41.8% 32.6% 16.2% 0.0% 2.4% 0.0% 5.1% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
2015 45.6% 30.8% 2.8% 2.7% 17.4% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 58.0% 38.4% 2.0% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
377 Birmingham, Erdington 19.6%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
270 Birmingham, Erdington 58.0%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
640 Birmingham, Erdington 57.2%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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