Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Stechford
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	West Midlands
1950 (1950)–1983 (1983)
Replaced by	Birmingham Hodge Hill

Birmingham Stechford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Stechford district of the city of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Stechford itself is now part of the Birmingham Yardley seat.

Boundaries

General Election 1979: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Davis	21,166	48.4	-9.2
	Conservative	Andrew MacKay	19,517	44.6	+16.8
	Liberal	Graham Gopsill	2,349	5.4	-9.2
	National Front	F. Russell	698	1.6	N/A
Majority			1,649	3.8	-25.9
Turnout				71.6	+7.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

NB: Changes are from previous general election

Birmingham Stechford by-election, 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew MacKay	15,731	43.4	+15.6
	Labour	Terry Davis	13,782	38.0	-19.6
	National Front	Andrew Brons	2,955	8.2	N/A
	Liberal	Graham Gopsill	2,901	8.0	-6.4
	International Marxist	Brian Heron	494	1.4	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Paul Foot	377	1.0	N/A
Turnout			36,240
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election October 1974: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Jenkins	23,075	57.6	+4.5
	Conservative	D. Wedgwood	11,152	27.8	-2.4
	Liberal	Graham Gopsill	5,860	14.6	-1.4
Majority			11,923	29.7	+6.9
Turnout			40,087	64.1	-1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Jenkins	23,704	53.1	-3.1
	Conservative	D. Wedgwood	13,472	30.1	-9.5
	Liberal	Graham Gopsill	7,221	16.2	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Royston Bull	280	0.6	N/A
Majority			10,232	22.9	+6.2
Turnout				72.1	+8.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Jenkins	22,559	56.2	-8.0
	Conservative	J. Stevens	15,848	39.5	+6.3
	National Democratic	D. Hardy	1,483	3.6	N/A
	Communist	S. Pegg	298	0.8	-1.8
Majority			6,711	16.7	-14.3
Turnout				63.8	-6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Jenkins	24,597	64.2	+7.4
	Conservative	D Knox	12,727	33.2	-10.0
	Communist	W Dunn	998	2.6	N/A
Majority			11,871	31.0	+17.3
Turnout				70.2	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Jenkins	22,421	56.8	+3.2
	Conservative	D Knox	17,033	43.2	-3.2
Majority			5,388	13.7	+6.6
Turnout				71.0	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Jenkins	21,919	53.6	-4.8
	Conservative	JM Bailey	18,996	46.4	+4.8
Majority			2,923	7.1	-9.8
Turnout				73.5	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Jenkins	23,358	58.4	-1.1
	Conservative	JM Bailey	16,618	41.6	+1.1
Majority			6,740	16.9	-2.1
Turnout				72.7	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Jenkins	34,355	59.5	+1
	Conservative	E Pitt	23,384	40.5	+3.9
Majority			10,971	19.0	-2.9
Turnout				81.4	-2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Jenkins	33,077	58.5	N/A
	Conservative	E Pitt	20,699	36.6	N/A
	Liberal	SW Haslam	2,789	5.0	N/A
Majority			12,378	21.9	N/A
Turnout				83.4	N/A

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Cardiff South East	Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1967–1970	Succeeded by Enfield West