Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Borough constituency | |
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| Birmingham, Northfield shown within Birmingham, and Birmingham shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Richard Burden |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Midlands |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Birmingham, Northfield 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.
The area's most notable feature is that of the now closed MG Rover Group factory. It has long dominated the constituency and officially closed in the run up to the 2005 general election. The Labour member of Parliament Richard Burden was nonetheless returned, albeit with a reduced majority. The constituency is to gain the ward of Kings Norton (currently covered by the constituency of Selly Oak) at the next election. Until 1992 the seat was represented by a Conservative MP.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency currently encompasses the wards of Northfield, Longbridge and Weoley in outer south-west Birmingham.
[edit] Boundary review
Following the review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Northfield seat with the following electoral wards:
- Kings Norton, Longbridge, Northfield and Weoley.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1950 – 1951: Raymond Blackburn, Labour
- 1951 – 1970: Donald Chapman, Labour
- 1970 – 1979: Raymond Carter, Labour
- 1979 – 1982: Jocelyn Cadbury, Conservative
- 1982 – 1983: John Spellar, Labour
- 1983 – 1992: Roger King, Conservative
- 1992 – present: Richard Burden, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Birmingham, Northfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Richard Burden | 15,419 | 49.6 | -6.4 | |
| Conservative | Vicky Ford | 8,965 | 28.9 | -0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Sword | 4,171 | 13.4 | +2.2 | |
| British National | Mark Cattell | 1,278 | 4.1 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Gillian Chant | 641 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Common Good | Richard Rogers | 428 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alternative | Louise Houdley | 120 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Workers' Revolutionary | Frank Sweeney | 34 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,454 | 20.8 | |||
| Turnout | 31,056 | 56.6 | +3.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Birmingham, Northfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Richard Burden | 16,528 | 56.0 | -1.5 | |
| Conservative | Nils Purser | 8,730 | 29.6 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Sword | 3,322 | 11.2 | +0.8 | |
| UK Independence | Stephen Rogers | 550 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Clive Walder | 193 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Zane Carpenter | 151 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Communist | Andrew Chaffer | 60 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,798 | 26.4 | |||
| Turnout | 29,534 | 52.8 | -15.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
