Birmingham King's Norton (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham King's Norton
Birmingham King's Norton
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1918–1955
Seats	One
Replaced by	Birmingham Selly Oak and Birmingham Northfield

Birmingham King's Norton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of the "Northfield and Selly Oak Wards and the part of King's Norton Ward which is not included in the Moseley Division" in the County Borough of Birmingham.^[1]

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of the "King's Norton and Moseley and King's Heath wards of the County Borough of Birmingham". Moseley and King's Heath wards had previously been part of the Birmingham Moseley and Birmingham Sparkbrook constituencies, as had the part of King's Norton ward which lay to the north of Bells Lane and to the east and south-east of the middle of Monyhull Hall Road and Brandwood Road. Northfield and Selly Oak wards became the constituency of Birmingham Northfield.^[2]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party	Notes
1918	Sir Herbert Austin	Coalition Conservative^[4]	later Baron Austin
1922	Sir Herbert Austin	Conservative	later Baron Austin
1924	Robert Dennison	Labour
1929	Lionel Beaumont-Thomas	Conservative
1935	Ronald Cartland	Conservative
1941 by-election	John Peto	Conservative
1945	Raymond Blackburn	Labour
1950	Geoffrey Lloyd	Conservative	later Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd
1955	Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Birmingham Kings Norton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
C	Unionist	Herbert Austin	8,809	54.5
	Co-operative Party	Thomas Hackett	4,917	30.4
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	2,435	15.1
Majority			3,892	24.1
Turnout			16,161
	Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Birmingham Kings Norton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Austin	8,870	41.5	−13.0
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Barton	7,017	32.8	+2.4
	Liberal	Walter Meakin	5,474	25.6	+10.5
Majority			1,853	8.7	−15.4
Turnout			21,361	74.0
	Unionist hold		Swing

General election 1923: Birmingham Kings Norton^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Austin	9,545	43.4	+1.9
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Barton	6,743	30.7	−2.1
	Liberal	Elizabeth Cadbury	5,686	25.9	+0.3
Majority			2,802	12.7	+4.0
Turnout			21,974	74.1	+0.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	+2.0

General election 1924: Birmingham Kings Norton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Dennison	10,497	43.3	+12.6
	Unionist	Herbert Austin	10,364	42.8	−0.6
	Liberal	John Fryer	3,370	13.9	−12.0
Majority			133	0.5	N/A
Turnout			24,231	84.9	+10.8
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General election 1929: Birmingham Kings Norton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lionel Beaumont-Thomas	14,464	42.0	−0.8
	Labour	Robert Dennison	13,973	40.6	−2.7
	Liberal	Archie Marshall	5,998	17.4	+3.5
Majority			491	1.4	N/A
Turnout			34,435	82.8	−2.1
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Birmingham Kings Norton^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Beaumont-Thomas	22,063	57.5	+15.5
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchison	11,016	28.7	−11.9
	Liberal	Archie Marshall	5,294	13.8	−3.6
Majority			11,047	28.8	+27.4
Turnout			38,373	81.0	−1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.7

General election 1935: Birmingham Kings Norton^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Cartland	24,559	56.8	−0.7
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchison	18,684	43.2	+14.5
Majority			5,875	13.6	−15.2
Turnout			43,243	74.6	−6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1941 Birmingham King's Norton by-election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peto	21,573	86.9	+30.1
	Independent	A. W. L. Smith	1,696	6.8	New
	Pacifist	Stuart Morris	1,552	6.3	New
Majority			19,877	80.1	+66.5
Turnout			24,821	35.0	−39.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1945: Birmingham Kings Norton^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Blackburn	32,062	55.2	+12.0
	Conservative	John Peto	19,764	34.0	−22.8
	Liberal	Bertram Samuel White	6,289	10.8	New
Majority			12,298	21.2	N/A
Turnout			58,115	74.0	−0.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Birmingham King's Norton ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lloyd	27,308	50.61
	Labour	Albert Bradbeer	21,715	40.24
	Liberal	Michael Beesley	4,940	9.15	New
Majority			5,593	10.37
Turnout			53,963	84.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Birmingham King's Norton ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lloyd	30,456	57.70
	Labour	Denis Howell	22,325	42.30
Majority			8,131	15.40
Turnout			52,781	81.63
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9
^ Representation of the People Act 1948, Schedule 1
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 86. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, p.86
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig

[1] Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9

[2] Representation of the People Act 1948, Schedule 1

[3] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)

[craig1918-1949-4] Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 86. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

[5] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[6] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[7] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[8] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[9] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[10] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[11] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[12] F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, p.86

[13] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[14] British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig

[15] British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig

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