Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°28′N 1°49′W / 52.46°N 1.82°W / 52.46; -1.82

Birmingham, Yardley is a constituency^{[n 1]} of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Jess Phillips of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Members of Parliament

From creation in 1918 until the 2005 general election, the MP elected for Birmingham Yardley was on all but three occasions a member of the party winning the general election, making it a bellwether seat. Exceptions were Labour wins on the local level compared to Conservative wins nationally in 1951, 1955 and 1992.

Boundaries

Yardley area committee district is coterminous with the seat which covers an area of the south-east of Birmingham with and on the boundaries of Solihull. It borders the parliamentary constituencies of Solihull, Meriden, Birmingham Hall Green and Birmingham Hodge Hill.

2010–present: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, and Stechford and Yardley North.

1983-2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.

1950-1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Saltley, Small Heath, and Yardley.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Birmingham Yardley^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jess Phillips	25,398	57.1	15.4
	Conservative	Mohammed Afzal	8,824	19.8	5.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	7,984	17.9	7.7
	UKIP	Paul Clayton	1,916	4.3	11.8
	Green	Christopher Garghan	280	0.6	1.1
	Independent	Abu Nowshed	100	0.2	0.2
Majority			16,574	37.2	21.2
Turnout			44,502	61.3	4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	4.8

General Election 2015: Birmingham Yardley^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jess Phillips	17,129	41.5	9.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	10,534	25.6	14.0
	UKIP	Paul Clayton	6,637	16.1	13.2
	Conservative	Arun Photay	5,760	14.0	5.2
	Green	Grant Bishop	698	1.7	1.7
	Respect	Teval Stephens	187	0.5	N/A
	TUSC	Eamonn Flynn	135	0.3	N/A
	Social Democratic	Peter Johnson	71	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,595	16.0
Turnout			41,313	57.3	0.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	11.7

General Election 2010: Birmingham Yardley^[9][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	16,162	39.6	2.5
	Labour	Lynnette Kelly	13,160	32.2	2.5
	Conservative	Meirion Jenkins	7,836	19.2	8.6
	BNP	Tanya Lumby	2,153	5.3	0.1
	UKIP	Graham Duffen	1,190	2.9	1.8
	National Front	Paul Morris	349	0.9	0.5
Majority			3,002	7.3
Turnout			40,850	56.5	2.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Birmingham Yardley^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	13,648	46.4	8.1
	Labour	Jayne Innes	10,976	37.3	9.6
	Conservative	Paul Uppal	2,970	10.1	3.0
	BNP	Robert Purcell	1,523	5.2	N/A
	UKIP	Mohammed Yaqub	314	1.1	0.0
Majority			2,672	9.1
Turnout			29,431	57.7	0.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	8.8

General Election 2001: Birmingham Yardley^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Estelle Morris	14,085	46.9	0.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	11,507	38.3	5.4
	Conservative	Barrie Roberts	3,941	13.1	4.7
	UKIP	Alan Ware	329	1.1	0.7
	Socialist Labour	Colin Wren	151	0.5	N/A
Majority			2,578	8.6
Turnout			30,011	57.2	13.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Birmingham Yardley^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Estelle Morris	17,778	47.0	12.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	12,463	33.0	2.8
	Conservative	Anne Jobson	6,736	17.8	16.7
	Referendum	Duncan Livingston	646	1.7	N/A
	UKIP	Alan Ware	164	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,315	14.3	13.9
Turnout			37,141	71.2	6.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Birmingham Yardley^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Estelle Morris	14,884	34.9	1.7
	Conservative	David Bevan	14,722	34.5	8.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	12,899	30.2	9.6
	National Front	Pauline Read	192	0.4	N/A
Majority			162	0.4	5.6
Turnout			42,697	78.0	4.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Birmingham Yardley^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Bevan	17,931	42.6	0.6
	Labour	Geoffrey Edge	15,409	36.6	0.3
	Liberal	Leslie Smith	8,734	20.8	1.3
Majority			2,522	6.0
Turnout				73.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Birmingham Yardley^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Bevan	17,986	43.2	6.7
	Labour	Roger Godsiff	15,121	36.3	6.2
	Social Democratic	David Bennett	8,109	19.5	13.7
	National Front	Robert Jones	415	1.0	0.7
Majority			2,865	6.88
Turnout				72.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Archibald Gossling	23,956	48.9	2.1
	Unionist	Edward Salt	19,590	39.9	13.3
	Liberal	Charles Albert Beaumont	5,500	11.2	N/A
Majority			4,366	9.0	N/A
Turnout			49,046	77.8	0.5
Registered electors			63,068
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	7.7

General Election 1924: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Alfred Jephcott	16,149	53.2	0.3
	Labour	Archibald Gossling	14,184	46.8	0.3
Majority			1,965	6.4	0.6
Turnout			30,333	77.3	12.9
Registered electors			39,235
	Unionist hold		Swing	0.3

General Election 1923: Birmingham Yardley ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Alfred Jephcott	13,300	53.5	4.6
	Labour	Archibald Gossling	11,562	46.5	4.6
Majority			1,738	7.0	9.2
Turnout			24,862	64.4	6.1
Registered electors			38,591
	Unionist hold		Swing	4.6

General Election 1922: Birmingham Yardley ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Alfred Jephcott	15,586	58.1	1.8
	Labour	Archibald Gossling	11,234	41.9	3.6
Majority			4,352	16.2	1.8
Turnout			26,820	70.5	17.3
Registered electors			38,045
	Unionist hold		Swing	0.9

Election in the 1910s

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

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