Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 52°28′N 1°49′W / 52.46°N 1.82°W
Birmingham, Yardley | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Birmingham, Yardley in Birmingham. | |
Location of Birmingham within England. | |
County | West Midlands |
Population | 106,738 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 73,261 (December 2010)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of parliament | Jess Phillips (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | West Midlands |
Birmingham, Yardley is a constituency[n 1] of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Jess Phillips of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Saltley, Small Heath, and Yardley.
1950-1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.
1983-2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.
2010–present: The City of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, and Stechford and Yardley North.
Yardley area committee district is coterminous with the seat which covers an area of the south-east of Birmingham with and on the boundaries of Solihull. It borders the parliamentary constituencies of Solihull, Meriden, Birmingham Hall Green and Birmingham Hodge Hill.
Members of Parliament
From creation in 1918 until the 2005 general election, the MP elected for Birmingham Yardley was on all but three occasions a member of the party winning the general election, making it a bellwether seat. Exceptions were Labour wins on the local level compared to Conservative wins nationally in 1951, 1955 and 1992.
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Jess Phillips | 17,129 | 41.5 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Hemming | 10,534 | 25.6 | −14.0 | |
UKIP | Paul Clayton | 6,637 | 16.1 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Arun Photay | 5,760 | 14.0 | −5.2 | |
Green | Grant Bishop | 698 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Respect | Teval Stephens | 187 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
TUSC | Eamonn Flynn | 135 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Social Democratic | Peter Johnson | 71 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 6,595 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 41,313 | 57.3 | +0.7 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | 11.7 | |||
Going into the 2015 general election, this was the 142nd most marginal constituency in Great Britain, Labour requiring a swing from the Liberal Democrats of 3.7% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election).[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | John Hemming | 16,162 | 39.6 | −2.5 | |
Labour | Lynnette Kelly | 13,160 | 32.2 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | Meirion Jenkins | 7,836 | 19.2 | +8.6 | |
BNP | Tanya Lumby | 2,153 | 5.3 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Graham Duffen | 1,190 | 2.9 | +1.8 | |
National Front | Paul Morris | 349 | 0.9 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 3,002 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 40,850 | 56.5 | +2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Democrat | John Hemming | 13,648 | 46.4 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Jayne Innes | 10,976 | 37.3 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Paul Uppal | 2,970 | 10.1 | −3.0 | |
BNP | Robert Purcell | 1,523 | 5.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Mohammed Yaqub | 314 | 1.1 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 2,672 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 29,431 | 57.7 | +0.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | −8.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Estelle Morris | 14,085 | 46.9 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Hemming | 11,507 | 38.3 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Barrie Roberts | 3,941 | 13.1 | −4.7 | |
UKIP | Alan Ware | 329 | 1.1 | +0.7 | |
Socialist Labour | Colin Wren | 151 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,578 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 30,011 | 57.2 | −13.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Estelle Morris | 17,778 | 47.0 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Hemming | 12,463 | 33.0 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Anne Margaret Jobson | 6,736 | 17.8 | −16.7 | |
Referendum | Duncan Keith Livingston | 646 | 1.7 | N/A | |
UKIP | Alan James Ware | 164 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,315 | 14.3 | +13.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,141 | 71.2 | −6.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Estelle Morris | 14,884 | 34.9 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew David Gilroy Bevan | 14,722 | 34.5 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Hemming | 12,899 | 30.2 | +9.6 | |
National Front | Miss Pauline Read | 192 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 162 | 0.4 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,697 | 78.0 | +4.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Andrew David Gilroy Bevan | 17,931 | 42.6 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Edge | 15,409 | 36.6 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Leslie William Smith | 8,734 | 20.8 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 2,522 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 73.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew David Gilroy Bevan | 17,986 | 43.2 | −6.7 | |
Labour | Roger Godsiff | 15,121 | 36.3 | −6.2 | |
Social Democratic | David Anthony Bennett | 8,109 | 19.5 | +13.7 | |
National Front | Robert Paul Jones | 415 | 1.0 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 2,865 | 6.88 | |||
Turnout | 72.14 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Andrew David Gilroy Bevan | 20,193 | 47.56 | ||
Labour | Syd Tierney | 19,029 | 44.81 | ||
Liberal | Susan Mary Anderson | 2,491 | 5.87 | ||
National Front | Harold Challendar | 749 | 1.8 | ||
Majority | 1,164 | 2.74 | |||
Turnout | 73.75 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Syd Tierney | 20,834 | 48.3 | ||
Conservative | Derek Michael Coombs | 16,664 | 38.6 | ||
Liberal | John Aldridge | 4,518 | 10.5 | ||
National Front | Harold Challendar | 1,034 | 2.4 | ||
More Prosperous Britain | Thomas Keen | 111 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 4,170 | 9.66 | |||
Turnout | 73.09 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Syd Tierney | 20,580 | 44.62 | ||
Conservative | Derek Michael Coombs | 18,633 | 40.40 | ||
Liberal | John Aldridge | 6,912 | 14.99 | ||
Majority | 1,947 | 4.22 | |||
Turnout | 78.72 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Michael Coombs | 21,827 | 50.14 | ||
Labour Co-op | Ioan Lyonel Evans | 21,707 | 49.86 | ||
Majority | 120 | 0.28 | |||
Turnout | 69.70 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ioan Lyonel Evans | 25,568 | 56.35 | ||
Conservative | Leonard Harry Cleaver | 19,809 | 43.65 | ||
Majority | 5,759 | 12.69 | |||
Turnout | 77.62 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ioan Lyonel Evans | 22,788 | 50.19 | ||
Conservative | Leonard Harry Cleaver | 22,619 | 49.81 | ||
Majority | 169 | 0.37 | |||
Turnout | 77.05 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leonard Harry Cleaver | 23,482 | 51.52 | ||
Labour | Henry Charles Usborne | 22,097 | 48.48 | ||
Majority | 1,385 | 3.04 | |||
Turnout | 77.08 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Charles Usborne | 23,722 | 53.52 | ||
Conservative | Philip Welsby Holland | 20,598 | 46.48 | ||
Majority | 3,124 | 7.05 | |||
Turnout | 75.02 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Charles Usborne | 22,800 | 53.15 | ||
Conservative | Albert E. Shaw | 20,099 | 46.85 | ||
Majority | 2,701 | 6.30 | |||
Turnout | 82.51 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Charles Usborne | 22,342 | 51.16 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Richards Matthews | 18,431 | 42.20 | ||
Liberal | A.S. Ritchie | 2,553 | 5.85 | ||
Communist | J. Falconer | 347 | 0.79 | ||
Majority | 3,911 | 8.96 | |||
Turnout | 84.32 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wesley Perrins | 33,835 | 60.49 | ||
Conservative | Edward William Salt | 16,514 | 29.53 | ||
Liberal | Charles Frederick Middleton | 5,583 | 9.98 | ||
Majority | 17,321 | 30.97 | |||
Turnout | 69.21 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward William Salt | 25,717 | 57.67 | ||
Labour | Charles Jarman | 18,879 | 42.33 | ||
Majority | 6,838 | 15.33 | |||
Turnout | 65.22 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward William Salt | 32,061 | 65.19 | ||
Labour | Archibald George Gossling | 16,640 | 33.83 | ||
New Party | EJ Bartleet | 479 | 0.97 | ||
Majority | 15,421 | 31.36 | |||
Turnout | 76.70 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Archibald George Gossling | 23,956 | 48.8 | +2.0 | |
Unionist | Edward William Salt | 19,590 | 39.9 | -13.3 | |
Liberal | Charles Albert Beaumont | 5,500 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,366 | 8.9 | 15.3 | ||
Turnout | 49,046 | 77.8 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alfred Roger Jephcott | 16,149 | 53.2 | ||
Labour | Archibald George Gossling | 14,184 | 46.8 | ||
Majority | 1,965 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 30,333 | ||||
Unionist hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alfred Roger Jephcott | 13,300 | 53.5 | -4.6 | |
Labour | Archibald George Gossling | 11,562 | 46.5 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 1,738 | 7.0 | -9.2 | ||
Turnout | 64.4 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ "Birmingham, Yardley: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000568
- ↑ http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1223585843081&ssbinary=true&blobheadervalue1=attachment%3B+filename%3D109208General_Elections_Result_2015_detailed.pdf
- ↑ Ransome Mpini; Charlotte Thornton; John Walton; Marcelo Zanni (24 February 2014). "Election 2015: The political battleground". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll 2010
- ↑ "General Election 2010". birmingham.gov.uk.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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