Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Borough constituency | |
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| Birmingham, Edgbaston shown within Birmingham, and Birmingham shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Gisela Stuart |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Midlands |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Birmingham, Edgbaston is a constituency located in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system of election. It is a marginal constituency between the Labour Party and the Conservatives.
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[edit] Boundaries
Situated to the south and east of Birmingham's centre, this is a neat and mostly middle-class slice, with parks, Warwickshire's cricket ground and two grammar schools. It was once held by former Conservative Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, and had been a traditional Conservative seat for decades. However, suburbs towards Birmingham's city centre have pockets of considerable deprivation, notably Deritend, and have helped Labour hold the seat since 1997.
The seat also contains the Bartley Green ward, which has a higher percentage of working families.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified Birmingham, Edgbaston seat, with the following wards:
- Bartley Green, Edgbaston, Harborne and Quinton.
[edit] History
This seat has returned a female MP for over 50 years. The Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the next General Election is Edgbaston councillor Deirdre Alden, also the defeated Conservative candidate in 2005. This makes it almost certain that the seat will return a woman MP after the next election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | George Dixon | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1898 | Sir Francis William Lowe | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Neville Chamberlain | Conservative | |
| 1940 | Sir Peter Bennett | Conservative | |
| 1953 | Dame Edith Pitt | Conservative | |
| 1966 | Jill Knight | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Gisela Stuart | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| 2005 General Election: Birmingham, Edgbaston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gisela Stuart | 16,465 | 43.8 | -5.3 | |
| Conservative | Deidre Alden | 14,116 | 37.5 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Dixon | 5,185 | 13.8 | +1.8 | |
| Green | Peter Beck | 1,116 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Stephen White | 749 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,349 | 6.2 | |||
| Turnout | 37,631 | 58.0 | +2.0 | ||
| General Election 2001: Birmingham, Edgbaston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gisela Stuart | 18,517 | 49.1 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Nigel Hastilow | 13,819 | 36.6 | -2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola Davies | 4,528 | 12.0 | +2.3 | |
| Pro-Euro Conservative | Collis Gretton | 454 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Sam Brackenbury | 431 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,698 | 12.4 | |||
| Turnout | 37,749 | 56.9 | -12.9 | ||
[edit] Sources
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
