Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 52°26′N 1°50′W / 52.43°N 1.84°W
| Birmingham, Hall Green | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Birmingham, Hall Green in Birmingham. |
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 Location of Birmingham within England. |
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| County | West Midlands |
| Electorate | 77,157 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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:
[edit] 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 | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Birmingham, Hall Green [3][4] | |||||
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| 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% | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Birmingham, Hall Green | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Birmingham, Hall Green | |||||
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| 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] | |||||
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| 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 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "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.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll 2010
- ^ Birmingham City Council: General Election 2010
- ^ "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.
