Birmingham Erdington (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Birmingham, Erdington shown within Birmingham, and Birmingham shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918, 1974 |
| MP: | Sion Simon |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Midlands |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Birmingham, Erdington 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. It is strongly inclined to elect Labour MPs, although the Conservatives were close challengers in the 1980s.
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[edit] Boundaries
In the north-east of the city of Birmingham, this is a mix of council estates and more affluent suburbs up against the Sutton Coldfield border. The infamous Spaghetti Junction motorway junction is within this constituency. The large Kingstanding council estate is also within this seat.
[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, Erdington constituency with the following wards:
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1918 - 1929: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland Conservative
- 1929 - 1931: Charles James Simmons
- 1931 - 1936: John Frederick Eales
- 1936 - 1945: John Allan Cecil Wright
- 1945 - 1955: Julius Silverman, Labour
- 1974 - 1983: Julius Silverman, Labour
- 1983 - 2001: Robin Corbett Labour
- 2001 - present: Siôn Simon Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Birmingham, Erdington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sion Simon | 16,810 | 53.0 | −3.8 | |
| Conservative | Victoria Elvidge | 7,235 | 22.8 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jerry Evans | 5,027 | 15.8 | +4.0 | |
| British National | Sharon Ebanks | 1,512 | 4.8 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Rannal Hepburn | 746 | 2.3 | +0.6 | |
| National Front | Terry Williams | 416 | 1.3 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 9,575 | 30.2 | |||
| Turnout | 31,746 | 48.9 | +2.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −1.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: Birmingham, Erdington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sion Simon | 17,375 | 56.8 | -2.0 | |
| Conservative | Oliver Lodge | 7,413 | 24.2 | -3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Johnson | 3,602 | 11.8 | +1.6 | |
| National Front | Michael Shore | 681 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Steven Goddard | 669 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Mark Nattrass | 521 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Judith Sambrook-Marshall | 343 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,962 | 32.6 | |||
| Turnout | 30,604 | 46.6 | -14.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
