2022 Birmingham Erdington by-election

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. The winner was Paulette Hamilton, standing for Labour, who won 55.5% of the votes on a turnout of 27% of the electorate.

2022 Birmingham Erdington by-election
3 March 2022

Birmingham Erdington constituency
Turnout27.0% ( 26.3 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Con
Candidate Paulette Hamilton Robert Alden
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 50.3% 40.1%
Popular vote 9,413 6,147
Percentage 55.5% 36.3%
Swing 5.2pp 3.8pp

MP before election

Jack Dromey
Labour

Elected MP

Paulette Hamilton
Labour

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

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