Birmingham All Saints (UK Parliament constituency)

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Birmingham All Saints
Borough constituency
Created: 1955
Abolished: 1974
Type: House of Commons

Birmingham All Saints was a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency, which returned one member to Parliament. It was created in 1955 and abolished in 1974.

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[edit] Boundaries

Before 1955 the area (part of the city of Birmingham, in the geographic county of Warwickshire) was divided between Birmingham Ladywood (All Saints' and Rotton Park wards) and Birmingham Handsworth (Soho ward).

The division was located in the west of the central part of the city, within its boundaries in 1955. To the west was Smethwick, to the north Birmingham Handsworth, to the east Birmingham Ladywood and to the south Birmingham Edgbaston.

In the 1974 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the All Saints division was abolished. The three wards which had comprised the division (All Saints', Rotton Park and Soho) were added to Ladywood ward to form a revised Birmingham Ladywood constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1955)
Year Member Party
1955 Denis Herbert Howell Labour
1959 John Harold Hollingsworth Conservative
1964 (Alastair) Brian Walden Labour
  • Constituency abolished (1974)

[edit] Elections

Explanatory notes:-

  • The votes figure in the 'Turnout' box is the number of registered electors.
  • No swing figure is calculated unless the same two parties are in first and second place in both the present and the last election. Swing is the average of the party % vote change between the pair of elections. A positive swing is towards Conservative and a negative swing is towards Labour.
General Election 1955: Birmingham All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis Herbert Howell 18,867 51.8 N/A
Conservative F.J. Williams 17,560 48.2 N/A
Majority 1,307 3.6 N/A
Turnout 51,562 70.6 N/A
Labour gain from new seat Swing N/A
General Election 1959: Birmingham All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Harold Hollingsworth 17,235 50.0 +1.8
Labour Denis Herbert Howell 17,215 50.0 -1.8
Majority 20 0.0 N/A
Turnout 48,611 70.9 +0.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +1.8
General Election 1964: Birmingham All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Walden 14,975 50.8 +0.8
Conservative John Harold Hollingsworth 14,505 49.2 -0.8
Majority 470 1.6 N/A
Turnout 44,594 66.1 -4.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -0.8
General Election 1966: Birmingham All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Walden 16,350 58.5 +7.7
Conservative John Harold Hollingsworth 11,595 41.5 -7.7
Majority 4,755 17.0 +15.4
Turnout 42,896 65.1 -1.0
Labour hold Swing -7.7
General Election 1970: Birmingham All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Walden 12,041 54.5 -4.0
Conservative John Harold Hollingsworth 7,762 35.2 -6.3
Liberal D.G. Minnis 2,271 10.3 +10.3
Majority 4,279 19.3 +2.3
Turnout 36,290 60.8 -4.3
Labour hold Swing -5.15

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
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