Birmingham Hodge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Birmingham, Hodge Hill in Birmingham.
Location of Birmingham within England.
County	West Midlands
Electorate	75,985 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Liam Byrne (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Birmingham Stechford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Birmingham, Hodge Hill is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. The current MP is Liam Byrne of the Labour Party, first elected in a 2004 by-election.

The constituency was created in 1983, partially replacing the earlier Birmingham Stechford constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency covers a diverse area of east Birmingham, including the predominantly Asian inner-city area of Washwood Heath and the mostly white area of Shard End on the city's eastern boundary, as well as Hodge Hill itself. The constituency is one of the most deprived in the region and contains very few middle-class residents.

When the Hodge Hill area committee district of Birmingham was created in 2004 its boundaries were those of the constituency.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England created a modified Hodge Hill constituency with the following electoral wards:

• Bordesley Green
• Hodge Hill
• Shard End
• Washwood Heath

These boundaries were first used in 2010.

History

The constituency was created in 1983, replacing the former seat of Birmingham Stechford.

Hodge Hill is a traditionally Labour area, normally seeing large majorities for the party. However in 2004 the appointment of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Terry Davis, as secretary general of the Council of Europe resulted in a fiercely contested by-election. Along with a by-election in Leicester South held on the same day, the seat saw a fierce challenge by the Liberal Democrats, hoping to build on their previous by-election gain at Brent East, as well as competition for the anti-war vote from RESPECT The Unity Coalition. On a low turnout Labour's Liam Byrne held the seat by a margin of just 460 votes over the Liberal Democrats, with RESPECT taking over 1000 votes.

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Liam Byrne of the Labour Party, who was elected in a 2004 by-election. He succeeded Terry Davis, who had held the seat since its creation in the 1983 general election. Before that he had held the now historic constituency of Birmingham Stechford since the 1979 general election.

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Terry Davis	Labour
	2004 by-election	Liam Byrne	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Byrne	22,077	52.0	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Tariq Khan	11,775	27.7	-2.1
	Conservative	Shailesh Parekh	4,936	11.6	+1.0
	BNP	Richard Lumby	2,333	5.5	+0.4
	UKIP	Waheed Rafiq	714	1.7	-1.1
	Social Democrat	Peter Johnson	637	1.5	N/A
Majority			10,302	24.3
Turnout			42,472	56.6	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 2000s

Note: percentage changes are from the figures at the 2001 general election, not the 2004 by-election.

General Election 2005: Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Byrne	13,822	48.6	−15.3
	Liberal Democrat	Nicola Davies	8,373	29.5	+21.4
	Conservative	Deborah Thomas	3,768	13.3	−6.7
	BNP	Denis Adams	1,445	5.1	N/A
	UKIP	Adrian Duffen	680	2.4	+1.4
	Peace and Progress	Azmat Begg	329	1.2	N/A
Majority			5,449	19.2
Turnout			28,417	52.7	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−18.3

2004 by-election: Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Byrne	7,451	36.5	-27.4
	Liberal Democrat	Nicola Davies	6,991	34.2	+26.1
	Conservative	Stephen Eyre	3,543	17.3	-2.7
	Respect	John Rees	1,282	6.3	N/A
	National Front	Jim Starkey	805	3.9	N/A
	English Democrats	Mark Wheatley	277	1.4	N/A
	Christian Vote	Rev. George Hargreaves	90	0.4	N/A
Majority			460
Turnout			20,439	37.9

2001 General Election: Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Davis	16,901	63.9	-1.7
	Conservative	Debbie Lewis	5,283	20.0	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Dow	2,147	8.1	-0.4
	BNP	Lee Windridge	889	3.3	N/A
	People's Justice	Perwaz Hussain	561	2.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Dennis Cridge	284	1.1	N/A
	UKIP	Harvey Vivian	275	1.0	-0.9
	Muslim Party	Ayub Khan	125	0.5
Majority			11,618	43.9
Turnout			26,465	47.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Birmingham Hodge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Davis	22,398	65.59	+11.97
	Conservative	E Grant	8,198	24.01	-29.61
	Liberal Democrat	H Thomas	2,891	8.47	-0.69
	UKIP	P Johnson	660	1.93	N/A
Majority			14,200	41.59	+4.28
Turnout			34,148	60.89	-9.94

General Election 1992: Birmingham Hodge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Davis	21,895	53.62	+4.9
	Conservative	Miss Elizabeth M. Gibson	14,827	36.31	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Sean C.G. Hagan	3,740	9.16	-5.2
	National Front	Eddy J. Whicker	370	0.91	+0.9
Majority			7,068	17.31	+5.6
Turnout			40,832	70.83	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.8

See also

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

External links

• Birmingham city council constituency page