2022 Birmingham Erdington by-election

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2022 Birmingham Erdington by-election
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Birmingham Erdington constituency
Turnout27.0% (Decrease2.svg 26.3 pp)
 First partySecond party
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Con
Candidate Paulette Hamilton Robert Alden
Party Labour Conservative
Last election50.3%40.1%
Popular vote9,4136,147
Percentage55.5%36.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.2pp Decrease2.svg 3.8pp
MP before election

Jack Dromey
Labour

Elected MP

Paulette Hamilton
Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Erdington was held on 3 March 2022. It was triggered by the death of the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Jack Dromey on 7 January. [1] [2] The winner was Paulette Hamilton, standing for Labour, who won 55.5% of the votes on a turnout of 27% of the electorate.

Contents

This was the first by-election in a parliamentary constituency in Birmingham since the 2004 Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election.

Background and voter registration

Labour has held Birmingham Erdington since the seat was re-established in 1974. [2] Dromey had been the MP for the constituency since 2010, being re-elected in 2015, 2017 and 2019. He died suddenly in his Birmingham flat on the Friday morning of 7 January 2022, according to a family statement. He had spoken in a House of Commons afternoon debate on the UK resettlement scheme for Afghan refugees the day before. [3] [4]

The writ was issued on 31 January. The deadline to register to vote was 00:00 GMT on 15 February, with applications for postal votes due by 17:00 GMT on 16 February. [5]

Candidates

The Labour Party candidate was Paulette Hamilton, who is Birmingham City Council's cabinet member for Health and Social Care. She was selected in a virtual hustings against Ashley Bertie, the former West Midlands deputy police and crime commissioner, receiving 82 votes to Bertie's 32. [6]

The Conservative Party selected Robert Alden, who had contested the seat in the previous four general elections. [7]

Reform UK (formerly the Brexit Party) selected Birmingham postman Jack Brookes. [5]

The Liberal Democrats selected Lee Dargue, who works in the rail sector, occupational health and safety and environmental management. [5]

The Green Party selected local businesswoman Siobhan Harper-Nunes as its candidate. [8]

Michael Lutwyche stood as an independent. Lutwyche is a Justice-4-the-21 campaigner, supporting the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings. [9]

Dave Nellist stood for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC). He was the Labour MP for Coventry South East from 1983 to 1992. [10] [11] Nellist received support from the Breakthrough Party, the Northern Independence Party and Left Unity, who joined the TUSC on 20 January 2022 in the PAL - People's Alliance of the Left. [12]

David Bishop was a satirical candidate. He said he was standing for serious policies, such as scrapping HS2 and saving public lavatories, as well as less serious ones, like legalising brothels with a 20% discount for pensioners. [13] [14] This would be the last by election contested by David Bishop before his death in December 2022. [15]

Campaign

Near the end of the campaign, remarks made by Paulette Hamilton in 2015 were uncovered by GB News where she suggested she was torn between a democratic vote and an uprising to enable black people to get what "we really deserve in this country". [16] The comments led to calls from some Conservative MPs for her to be suspended by the Labour Party, who responded saying the remarks were taken out of context. [17]

Results

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Bar chart of the election result.
2022 Birmingham Erdington by-election [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paulette Hamilton 9,413 55.5 +5.2
Conservative Robert Alden6,14736.3–3.8
TUSC Dave Nellist 3602.1N/A
Reform UK Jack Brookes2931.7–2.4
Green Siobhan Harper-Nunes2361.4–0.4
Liberal Democrats Lee Dargue1731.0–2.7
Independent Michael Lutwyche1090.6N/A
CPA Mel Mbondiah790.5N/A
Independent Thomas O'Rourke760.4N/A
Monster Raving Loony The Good Knight Sir NosDa490.3N/A
Independent Clifton Holmes140.1N/A
Church of the Militant Elvis David Bishop80.0N/A
Majority3,26619.2+9.0
Turnout 17,01627.0–26.3
Labour hold Swing +4.5

Previous result

General election 2019: Birmingham Erdington [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Dromey 17,720 50.3 –7.7
Conservative Robert Alden14,11940.1+1.7
Brexit Party Wendy Garcarz1,4414.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Ann Holtom1,3013.7+1.7
Green Rob Grant6481.8+0.2
Majority3,60110.2–9.4
Turnout 35,22953.3–3.9
Labour hold Swing –4.7

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