Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham, Ladywood
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Birmingham, Ladywood in Birmingham.
Location of Birmingham within England.
County	West Midlands
Population	126,693 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	74,008 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Shabana Mahmood (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Birmingham, Ladywood is a constituency^{[n 1]} of part of the city of Birmingham, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Shabana Mahmood of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

Birmingham Ladywood is an area of Birmingham city centre along with the areas of Aston, Newtown, Lozells, Soho, and Nechells. The area is one of the most multicultural in Birmingham and Britain. In the recession of 2008–09 it was the first place in Britain where the claimant count rate of unemployment exceeded 10%, breaching that level in January 2009. In July 2008 Ladywood had the highest unemployment rate in the whole of the West Midlands (by the international standardised measure, which is usually higher than the claimant count) at just over 18%, compared with neighbouring Birmingham seats Perry Barr (8.1%), Sparkbrook and Small Heath (13.9%), and Yardley (7%).^[3]^[4] For the year ending September 2014 the unemployment rate was 12.4%,^[5] although the employment rate had increased only slightly, from 46.1% to 46.6% (compared with 69.7% for the West Midlands as a whole).^[6]

The average house price in Ladywood is just under £155,000 making it much lower than the national average of just over £288,000. ^[7]

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Ladywood and Rotton Park.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of All Saints', Ladywood, and Rotton Park.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Duddeston, Ladywood, and St Paul's.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of All Saints', Ladywood, Rotton Park, and Soho.

1983-1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Ladywood, Sandwell, and Soho.

1997-present: The City of Birmingham wards of Aston, Ladywood, Nechells, and Soho.

The constituency includes the entirety of Birmingham City Centre (Ladywood ward), as well as Aston, Nechells and Soho which (based on the indices of Multiple Deprivation) are the city wards of highest deprivation. Aston University is within the seat, as are Birmingham's two league football clubs, Aston Villa and Birmingham City.

History

The constituency has undergone several boundary changes since its creation in 1918 but has remained a safe Labour seat since the Second World War, with the exception of a by-election in 1969 when Wallace Lawler won the seat for the Liberal Party. The seat was regained for Labour by Doris Fisher at the 1970 general election.

The constituency's first MP was the future Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who transferred to the Edgbaston seat in 1929. Its current MP is Shabana Mahmood, one of the country's first three female Muslim MPs.^[8]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[9]	Party
1918	Neville Chamberlain	Conservative/Unionist
1929	Wilfrid Whiteley	Labour
1931	Geoffrey Lloyd	Conservative/Unionist
1945	Victor Yates	Labour
1969 by-election	Wallace Lawler	Liberal
1970	Doris Fisher	Labour
Feb 1974	Brian Walden	Labour
1977 by-election	John Sever	Labour
1983	Clare Short	Labour
2006	Clare Short	Independent Labour
2010	Shabana Mahmood	Labour

Clare Short, elected as a Labour MP from the 1983 general election onwards, resigned the Labour whip on 20 October 2006 and wished it to be known that she would continue to sit in the Commons as an Independent Labour MP and a true "Social Democrat".

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Birmingham Ladywood ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shabana Mahmood	26,444	73.6	+18.0
	Conservative	Isabel Sigmac	4,576	12.7	+0.8
	UKIP	Clair Braund	1,805	5.0	+2.5
	Green	Margaret Okole	1,501	4.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Shazad Iqbal^[11]	1,374	3.8	-23.6
	Liberty	Tim Burton^[12]	216	0.6	+0.6
Majority			21,868	60.9	+32.7
Turnout			35,916	52.7	+4
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.6

General Election 2010: Birmingham Ladywood^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shabana Mahmood	19,950	55.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ayoub Khan	9,845	27.5	−1.9
	Conservative	Nusrat M. Ghani	4,277	11.9	+3.5
	UKIP	Christopher Booth	902	2.5	−3.0
	Green	Peter C. Beck	859	2.4	+2.1
Majority			10,105	28.2
Turnout			35,833	48.7	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Short	17,262	51.9	−17.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ayoub Khan	10,461	31.5	+23.3
	Conservative	Philippa Stroud	3,515	10.6	−0.7
	UKIP	Mrs. Lyn Nazemi-Afshar	2,008	6.0	+5.1
Majority			6,801	20.5
Turnout			33,246	46.8	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−20.1

General Election 2001: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Short	21,694	68.9	−5.2
	Conservative	Benjamin H. Prentice	3,551	11.3	−2.0
	Liberal Democrat	S. Mahmood Chaudhry	2,586	8.2	+0.3
	People's Justice	Allah Ditta	2,112	6.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Surinder P. Virdee	443	1.4	N/A
	Muslim Party	Mahmood Hussain	432	1.4	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	James Caffery	392	1.2	N/A
	UKIP	Dr. Anneliese Nattrass	283	0.9	N/A
Majority			18,143	57.6
Turnout			31,493	44.3	−9.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Birmingham Ladywood^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Short	28,134	74.1	+2.7
	Conservative	Shailesh Vara	5,052	13.3	−7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Sardul Singh Marwa	3,020	8.0	−0.2
	Referendum	Mrs. Ruth A. Gurney	1,086	2.9	N/A
	National Democrats	Andrew Carmichael	685	1.8	N/A
Majority			23,082	60.8	0.9
Turnout			37,977	54.2	−11.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

General Election 1992: Birmingham Ladywood^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Short	24,887	66.3	+8.6
	Conservative	Mrs Barbara S. Ashford	9,604	25.6	−5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Brian L. Worth	3,068	8.2	−1.1
Majority			15,283	40.7	0.9
Turnout			37,559	65.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Short	21,971	57.7	+6.7
	Conservative	Simon Timothy Lee	11,943	31.3	+4.3
	Social Democratic	Gurdial Singh Sangha	3,532	9.3	−11.2
	Green	Mrs. Joyce Hilda Mary Millington	650	1.7	N/A
Majority			10,028	26.3
Turnout			38,096	64.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Short	19,278	51.0	−3.1
	Conservative	Mrs. P. Le Hunte	10,248	27.1	−10.6
	Liberal	Kenneth George Hardeman	7,758	20.5	+12.5
	Stop Deportation of Black People	Baba Bakhtaura	355	0.9	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	R.W. Atkinson	198	0.5	N/A
Majority			9,030	23.9
Turnout			37,837	62.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Sever	13,450	63.5	−1.0
	Conservative	A. Newhouse	5,691	26.9	+4.8
	Liberal	Kenneth George Hardeman	2,030	9.6	−3.8
Majority			7,759	36.7
Turnout			21,071	62.3	+5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.9

Birmingham Ladywood by-election, 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Sever	8,227	53.1	−11.3
	Conservative	Quentin Davies	4,402	28.4	+6.3
	National Front	Anthony Reed Herbert	888	5.7	N/A
	Liberal	Kenneth George Hardeman	765	4.9	−8.5
	Socialist Unity	Raghib Ahsan	534	3.5	N/A
	Independent	James Hunte	336	2.2	N/A
	Independent Conservative	George Matthews	71	0.5	N/A
	Reform Party	Peter Courtney	63	0.4	N/A
	Air Road Public Safety	Bill Boaks	46	0.3	N/A
Majority			3,825	24.7
Turnout			15,484
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alastair Brian Walden	14,818	64.5	+5.9
	Conservative	Richard Lawn	5,079	22.1	−1.8
	Liberal	Kenneth George Hardeman	3,086	13.4	−1.2
Majority			9,739	42.4
Turnout			22,983	56.9	−7.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alastair Brian Walden	15,126	58.6	+15.2
	Conservative	Richard Lawn	6,164	23.9	+2.3
	Liberal	Kenneth George Hardeman	3,753	14.6	−20.4
	National Front	John Alexander Alfred Davis	751	2.9	N/A
Majority			8,962	34.7
Turnout			25,794	64.2	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Fisher	5,067	43.4	−15.5
	Liberal	Wallace Lawler	4,087	35.0	+11.3
	Conservative	C.L. Wade	2,523	21.6	+4.2
Majority			980	8.4
Turnout			11,677	62.2	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Birmingham Ladywood by-election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wallace Lawler	5,104	54.4	+30.6
	Labour	Doris Fisher	2,391	25.5	−33.5
	Conservative	Dr. Louis Glass	1,580	16.8	−0.5
	British Movement	Colin Jordan	282	3.0	N/A
	Fellowship	James Haigh	34	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,713	28.9
Turnout			9,391
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1966: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Yates	8,895	58.9	−4.3
	Liberal	Wallace Lawler	3,580	23.7	N/A
	Conservative	T.G. John	2,621	17.4	−19.4
Majority			5,315	35.2
Turnout			15,096	59.7	+6.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Yates	10,098	63.2	−0.5
	Conservative	T.G. John	5,879	36.8	+0.5
Majority			4,219	26.4
Turnout			15,977	53.7	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.5

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Yates	14,717	63.7	−2.0
	Conservative	T.G. John	8,393	36.3	+2.0
Majority			6,324	27.4
Turnout			23,110	59.1	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.0

General Election 1955: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Yates	18,476	65.7	+6.1
	Conservative	P.W. Hodges	9,665	34.3	−6.1
Majority			8,811	31.3
Turnout			28,141	60.0	−17.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.1

General Election 1951: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Yates	24,088	59.6	−1.8
	Conservative	L. Seymour	16,331	40.4	+1.8
Majority			7,757	19.2
Turnout			40,419	77.4	−3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.8

General Election 1950: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Yates	25,603	61.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Frederic Bennett	16,071	38.6	−5.5
Majority			9,532	22.8
Turnout			41,674	80.4	+10.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Yates	13,503	55.9	+27.6
	Unionist	Geoffrey Lloyd	10,657	44.1	−27.7
Majority			2,846	11.8
Turnout			24,160	70.1	+4.1
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+27.7

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Geoffrey Lloyd	18,565	71.8	+0.0
	Labour	George Hubert Humphreys	7,311	28.3	+0.0
Majority			11,254	43.5
Turnout			25,876	66.0	−12.1
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Geoffrey Lloyd	23,057	71.8
	Labour	Wilfrid Whiteley	9,057	28.2
Majority			14,000	43.6
Turnout			32,114	78.1
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Birmingham Ladywood ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfrid Whiteley	16,447	50.0
	Unionist	Geoffrey William Lloyd	16,436	50.0
Majority			11	0.0
Turnout			32,883
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1924: Birmingham Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Arthur Neville Chamberlain	13,374	49.1	-4.1
	Labour	Oswald Ernald Mosley	13,297	48.9	+2.1
	Liberal	Alfred William Bowkett	539	2.0	+2.0
Majority			77	0.2	-3.8
Turnout			27,200	80.5	+8.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-2.0

General Election 1923: Birmingham Ladywood ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Arthur Neville Chamberlain	12,884	53.2	-2.0
	Labour	Robert Dunstan	11,330	46.8	+2.0
Majority			1,554	6.4	-4.0
Turnout				72.0	+1.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1910s

M. Corbett Ashby

General Election 1918: Birmingham Ladywood^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Arthur Neville Chamberlain	9,405	69.5
	Labour	John William Kneeshaw	2,572	19.0
	Liberal	Margery Irene Corbett Ashby	1,552	11.5
Majority			6,833	50.5
Turnout				40.6
	Unionist hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Birmingham, Ladywood: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Residence-based unemployment rates by parliamentary constituency United Kingdom, June 2008 House of Commons research paper
↑ "Unemployment in graphics". Recession tracker (BBC News). 18 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
↑ "Constituency Profile". nomis official labour market statistics. Source: Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
↑ "Economically Active - Time Series: In employment". nomis official labour market statistics. Source: Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
↑ Upmystreet.zoopla.co.uk
↑ Adetunji, Jo; Tran, Mark (7 May 2010). "General election 2010: first female Muslim MPs elected". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 7 May 2010.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/birminghamladywood/
↑ "Shazad Iqbal PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
↑ http://freedomlovinginfidel.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/tim-burton-is-standing-as-liberty-gb.html
↑ Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll 2010
↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Birmingham Ladywood". BBC News.
↑ "UK General Election results May 1997". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 1 May 1992. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

External links

Birmingham city council constituency page

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Bewdley	Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1923–1924	Succeeded by Colne Valley

Coordinates: 52°29′N 1°52′W / 52.49°N 1.87°W / 52.49; -1.87

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