Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Birmingham, Yardley shown within Birmingham, and Birmingham shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | John Hemming |
| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Midlands |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Birmingham, Yardley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
Yardley area committee district is situated in the south-east of Birmingham, at the boundary of Solihull.
[edit] Boundary review
Following the review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands by the Boundary Commission for England, Yardley is to be modified with the following electoral wards making up a revised constituency.
- Acocks Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, Stechford and Yardley North.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1918 — 1929: Alfred Roger Jephcott, Unionist
- 1929 — 1931: Archibald George Gossling, Labour
- 1931 — 1945: Edward William Salt, Conservative
- 1945 — 1950: Wesley Perrins, Labour
- 1950 — 1959: Henry Usborne, Labour
- 1959 — 1964: Leonard Cleaver, Conservative
- 1964 — 1970: Ioan Evans, Labour Co-operative
- 1970 — 1974: Derek Coombs, Conservative
- 1974 — 1979: Syd Tierney, Labour
- 1979 — 1992: David Bevan, Conservative
- 1992 — 2005: Estelle Morris, Labour
- 2005 — present: John Hemming, Liberal Democrat
[edit] Election results
Birmingham, Yardley, historically a rare three-way marginal, was gained by the Liberal Democrat candidate John Hemming in 2005. Despite its marginal Parliamentary history, all local government seats in the constituency are now held by the Liberal Democrats.
Labour's Estelle Morris (now Baroness Morris of Yardley) had held the seat since winning it with a majority of just 162 votes in 1992 but stood down at the 2005 election. John Hemming finally won a Parliamentary seat at the sixth time of asking, having also stood in Yardley in 1992, 1997 and 2001.
| General Election 2005: Birmingham, Yardley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | |
| British National | Robert Purcell | 1,523 | 5.2 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Mohammed Yaqub | 314 | 1.1 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 2,672 | 9.1 | |||
| Turnout | 29,431 | 57.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -8.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Birmingham, Yardley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Estelle Morris | 14,083 | 46.9 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Hemming | 11,507 | 38.3 | +5.4 | |
| Conservative | Barrie Roberts | 3,941 | 13.1 | -4.7 | |
| UK Independence | Alan Ware | 329 | 1.1 | +0.7 | |
| Socialist Labour | Colin Wren | 151 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,576 | 8.6 | |||
| Turnout | 30,011 | 57.2 | -13.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Birmingham, Yardley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Estelle Morris | 17,778 | 47.0 | +12.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Hemming | 12,463 | 33.0 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Anne Jobson | 6,736 | 17.8 | -16.7 | |
| UK Independence | Alan Ware | 164 | 0.4 | n/a | |
| Majority | 5,314 | 14.3 | +13.9 | ||
| Turnout | 37,141 | 71.2 | -6.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Birmingham, Yardley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Estelle Morris | 14,884 | 34.9 | -1.7 | |
| Conservative | David Bevan | 14,722 | 34.5 | -8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Hemming | 12,899 | 30.2 | +9.6 | |
| National Front | P Read | 192 | 0.4 | n/a | |
| Majority | 162 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 78.0 | +4.1 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Birmingham, Yardley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Bevan | 17,931 | 42.6 | ||
| Labour | Geoffrey Edge | 15,409 | 36.6 | ||
| Liberal | L Smith | 8,734 | 20.8 | ||
| Majority | 2,522 | 6.0 | |||
| Turnout | 73.9 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
