Birmingham Sparkbrook (UK Parliament constituency)
| Birmingham Sparkbrook | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | West Midlands |
| 1918–1997 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Birmingham Sparkbrook & Small Heath |
Birmingham, Sparkbrook was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency.
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[edit] History
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[edit] Boundaries
1983-1997: The following three wards of the City of Birmingham: Fox Hollies, Sparkbrook, and Sparkhill.
[edit] Members of Parliament
The seat's most high-profile MP was Roy Hattersley, who represented it for over 30 years and was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. He retired in 1997, and his old seat was abolished, the replacement constituency being won by Roger Godsiff.
| Election | Member | Party[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Leo Amery | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Conservative | ||
| 1945 | Percy Shurmer | Labour | |
| 1959 | Leslie Seymour | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Roy Hattersley | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | ||
[edit] Elections
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[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Birmingham Sparkbrook[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Roy Hattersley | 22,116 | 64.1 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | MJ Khamisa | 8,544 | 24.8 | −0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | DJ Parry | 3,028 | 8.8 | −2.5 | |
| Green | CJ Alldrick | 833 | 2.4 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 13,572 | 39.3 | +4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 34,521 | 66.8 | +3.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
[edit] References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 89. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
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