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The House of Commons Library collects and verifies election returns from local authorities before publishing the results. We expect to publish 2024 general election results here around Friday 12th July. You can read more about election night, counts and how results are announced in our explainer, and view a list of winning MPs on our summary page.

Election for the constituency of West Bromwich West on 6 May 2010.

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of West Bromwich West, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Labour hold by Adrian Bailey with a majority of 5,651 - 15.6% - on a turnout of 55.8%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
BAILEY, Adrian Lab / Co-op 16,263 45.0% -8.7%
HARDIE, Andrew Con 10,612 29.3% 6.6%
SMITH, Sadie LD 4,336 12.0% 1.8%
GREEN, Russ BNP 3,394 9.4% -1.5%
FORD, Malcolm UKIP 1,566 4.3% 1.8%

An electorate of 64,859, having a valid vote count of 36,171 and an invalid vote count of 148.

Result declared at 04:18 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.

This constituency of West Bromwich West was established by the 2010-2024 boundary set for England. This election was the first held under that boundary set. Any holds, gains and vote change percentages as a result of this election are calculated from notional results.