Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham, Northfield
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Birmingham, Northfield in Birmingham.
Location of Birmingham within England.
County	West Midlands
Electorate	72,190 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament	Richard Burden (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament 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 MP Richard Burden was nonetheless returned, albeit with a reduced majority. He was re-elected, with a substantially reduced majority, in 2010.

1 Boundaries
2 Proposed changes
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 See also
6 Notes and references
7 External links

Boundaries

From 1997 to 2010, the constituency encompassed the wards of Northfield, Longbridge and Weoley in outer south-west Birmingham.

Following the review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands,^[2] the Boundary Commission for England created a modified Northfield seat which gained the ward of Kings Norton (previously in the Selly Oak constituency).

The modified constituency came into effect at the 2010 general election, with the following electoral wards:

The constituency has a population of 97,858 (data from 2001 Census).

Proposed changes

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission of England has recommended a revised constituency consisting of:

Kings Norton
Longbridge
Northfield
Bournville (currently part of Birmingham Selly Oak)

Weoley ward would be moved to a new Birmingham Harborne constituency.

These proposals are open to public consultation and will be voted upon, after any revisions are made, in 2013.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1950	Raymond Blackburn	Labour
1951	Donald Chapman	Labour
1970	Ray Carter	Labour
1979	Jocelyn Cadbury	Conservative
1982 by-election	John Spellar	Labour
1983	Roger King	Conservative
1992	Richard Burden	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Birmingham, Northfield^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Burden	16,841	40.3	-10.1
	Conservative	Keely Huxtable	14,059	33.6	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Dixon	6,550	15.7	+3.3
	BNP	Les Orton	2,290	5.5	+2.2
	UKIP	John Borthwick	1,363	3.3	+1.0
	Green	Susan Pearce	406	1.0	N/A
	Common Good	Dick Rodgers	305	0.7	-0.4
Majority			2,782	6.7
Turnout			41,814	58.6	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Birmingham, Northfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Burden	15,419	49.6	-6.4
	Conservative	Vicky Ford	8,965	28.9	-0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Sword	4,171	13.4	+2.2
	BNP	Mark Cattell	1,278	4.1	N/A
	UKIP	Gillian Chant	641	2.1	+0.2
	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Burden	16,528	56.0	-1.5
	Conservative	Nils Purser	8,730	29.6	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Sword	3,322	11.2	+0.8
	UKIP	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	-1.5

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Birmingham, Northfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Burden	22,316	57.4	+11.9
	Conservative	Alan Blumenthal	10,873	28.0	−14.4
	Liberal Democrat	Micheal Ashell	4,078	10.5	+0.4
	Referendum Party	D Gent	1,243	3.2	N/A
	BNP	Keith Axon	337	0.9	N/A
Majority			11,443
Turnout			38,847	68.3	−7.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.1

General Election 1992: Birmingham, Northfield^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Burden	22,443	45.5	+6.3
	Conservative	Roger King	23,803	44.4	−0.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Cropp	5,431	10.1	−5.5
Majority			630	1.1	−4.8
Turnout			53,667	76.1	+4.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Birmingham, Northfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger King	24,024	45.1	+2.4
	Labour	John Spellar	20,889	39.2	+1.7
	Social Democrat	J Gordon	8,319	15.6	-3.6
Majority			3,135
Turnout			53,232	72.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2

General Election 1983: Birmingham, Northfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger King	22,596	42.7	-2.7
	Labour	John Spellar	19,836	37.5	-7.6
	Liberal	D Webb	10,045	19.0	+10.8
	Communist	Peter Sheppard	420	0.8	N/A
Majority			2,760
Turnout			52,897	71.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.1

Birmingham, Northfield by-election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Spellar	15,904	36.3	−8.8
	Conservative	Roger Gale	15,615	35.6	−9.8
	Liberal	Stephen Ridley	11,453	26.1	+18.0
	National Front	Ian Anderson	411	0.9	-0.2
	Communist	Peter Sheppard	349	0.8	N/A
	People's Progressive Party	Ronald Taylor	63	0.2	N/A
	Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident	Bill Boaks	60	0.1	N/A
Majority			289	0.7
Turnout			43,855	55.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-0.51

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Birmingham, Northfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jocelyn Cadbury	25,304	45.4	+13.4
	Labour	Ray Carter	25,100	45.1	-6
	Liberal	R Lewthwaite	4,538	8.2	-6.7
	National Front	R Newman	614	1.1	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	J Beale	144	0.3	N/A
Majority			204	0.37
Turnout			78,873	70.6	+2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+10.2

General Election, October 1974: Birmingham, Northfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Carter	27,435	52.1
	Conservative	Jocelyn Cadbury	16,838	32.0
	Liberal	D Haines	7,851	14.9
	People Party	EA Davenport	359	0.7
	Communist	Derek Robinson	180	0.3
Majority			10,597	20.1
Turnout			52,663	67.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/West_Midlands_Boroughs/images/Birmingham_OM_RR.gif
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
^ Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll 2010
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

External links

Birmingham city council constituency page

Constituencies in the West Midlands (59)

Conservative (33)	Aldridge-Brownhills Bromsgrove Burton Cannock Chase Dudley South Halesowen and Rowley Regis Hereford and South Herefordshire Kenilworth and Southam Lichfield Ludlow Meriden Mid Worcestershire North Herefordshire North Shropshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton Redditch Rugby Shrewsbury and Atcham South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stone Stourbridge Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Coldfield Tamworth The Wrekin Warwick and Leamington West Worcestershire Wolverhampton South West Worcester Wyre Forest

Labour (24)	Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Perry Barr Birmingham, Selly Oak Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Telford Walsall North Walsall South Warley West Bromwich East West Bromwich West Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East

Liberal Democrats (2)	Birmingham, Yardley Solihull

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) UKIP (2) Labour (1) Liberal Democrats (1)