Birmingham Erdington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Birmingham, Erdington
Borough constituency
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 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

[edit] MPs 1918-1955

Election Member Party
1918 Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland Conservative
1929 Charles James Simmons Labour
1931 John Frederick Eales Conservative
1936 by-election John Allan Cecil Wright Conservative
1945 Julius Silverman Labour
1955 constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1974-present

Election Member Party
1974 Julius Silverman Labour
1983 Robin Corbett Labour
2001 Siôn Simon Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Birmingham, Erdington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sion Simon 16,810 53.0 −3.8
Conservative Victoria Elvidge 7,235 22.8 −1.4
Liberal Democrat Jerry Evans 5,027 15.8 +4.0
British National Party 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sion Simon 17,375 56.8 -2.0
Conservative Oliver Lodge 7,413 24.2 -3.3
Liberal Democrat 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

[edit] See also

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Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour
Birmingham Edgbaston • Birmingham, Erdington • Birmingham Hall Green • Birmingham Hodge Hill • Birmingham Northfield • Birmingham Perry Barr • Birmingham Selly Oak • Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath • Burton • Cannock Chase • Coventry North East • Coventry North West • Coventry South • Dudley North • Dudley South • Halesowen and Rowley Regis • Newcastle-under-Lyme • North Warwickshire • Nuneaton • Redditch • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Stoke-on-Trent Central • Stoke-on-Trent North • Stoke-on-Trent South • Stourbridge • Tamworth • Telford • Walsall North • Walsall South • Warley • Warwick and Leamington • West Bromwich East • West Bromwich West • Wolverhampton North East • Wolverhampton South East • Wolverhampton South West • Worcester
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
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Independent
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) • Labour (2) • UKIP (1) • Liberal Democrats (1)
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