Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham, Hall Green
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Birmingham, Hall Green in Birmingham.

Location of Birmingham within England.
County West Midlands
Electorate 77,157 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament Roger Godsiff (Labour)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency West Midlands

Birmingham, Hall Green is a borough 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.

Contents

Boundaries

Hall Green looked safe for the Conservatives in the 1980s, but with Birmingham, Edgbaston this was the last of the Conservatives’ Birmingham seats lost to Labour in 1997. This was the first time Labour had won the seat since its creation in 1950.

Birmingham, Hall Green is made up of four wards - Hall Green, Moseley and Kings Heath, Springfield and Sparkbrook. The constituency is a suburban seat south of the city centre on the fringes of Birmingham and bordering Solihull in the east. The number of non-whites (9.3%) is low compared to the rest of the city, as is the number in council homes (25.7%) but both figures are higher than national averages. It contains public parks, open space and numerous tree-lined streets.

One famous landmark is Sarehole Mill, where J. R. R. Tolkien spent his boyhood and which provided the inspiration for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Many constituents were employed in the car industry - notably Rover's nearby factories.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified version of the Hall Green seat which contains only a third of the existing constituency. It retains only one of its former wards — Hall Green itself — and adds three new wards, including two from the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency which was abolished at the 2010 General Election. Its new wards are:

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1950 Aubrey Jones Conservative
1965 by-election Sir Reginald Eyre Conservative
1987 Andrew Hargreaves Conservative
1997 Steve McCabe Labour
2010 Roger Godsiff Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Birmingham, Hall Green [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Godsiff 16,039 32.9 -9.4
Respect Salma Yaqoob 12,240 25.1 N/A
Liberal Democrat Jerry Evans 11,988 24.6 -1.8
Conservative Jo Barker 7,320 15.0 +0.1
UKIP Alan Blumenthal 950 1.9 -1.0
Independent Andrew Gardner 190 0.4 +0.4
Majority 3,799 7.8
Turnout 48,727 63.6 +7.7
Labour hold Swing 11.7%

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Birmingham, Hall Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve McCabe 16,304 47.2 −7.4
Conservative Eddie Hughes 10,590 30.7 −3.8
Liberal Democrat Roger Harmer 6,682 19.3 +10.5
UKIP David Melhuish 960 2.8 +0.7
Majority 5,714 16.5
Turnout 34,536 60.4 +2.9
Labour hold Swing −1.8
General Election 2001: Birmingham, Hall Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve McCabe 18,049 54.6 +1.1
Conservative Chris White 11,401 34.5 +1.1
Liberal Democrat Punjab Singh 2,926 8.8 -0.8
UKIP Peter Johnson 708 2.1 N/A
Majority 6,648 20.1
Turnout 33,084 57.5 -13.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Birmingham, Hall Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve McCabe 22,372 53.5 +15.2
Conservative Andrew Hargreaves 13,952 33.4 -12.7
Liberal Democrat Alastair Dow 4,034 9.6 -6.03
Referendum Party Paul Bennett 1,461 3.5 N/A
Majority 8,420 20.1
Turnout 41,819 71.2 %
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 14.0
General Election 1992: Birmingham, Hall Green[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Hargreaves 21,649 46.1 +1.2
Labour Mrs JE Slowey 17,984 38.3 +10.1
Liberal Democrat DA McGrath 7,342 15.6 −11.4
Majority 3,665 7.8 −8.9
Turnout 46,975 78.2 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing −4.4

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "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. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  3. ^ Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll 2010
  4. ^ Birmingham City Council: General Election 2010
  5. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i02.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

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