Sutton Coldfield (UK Parliament constituency)
52°34′N 1°49′W / 52.56°N 1.81°W
Sutton Coldfield | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Sutton Coldfield in City of Birmingham | |
![]() Location of City of Birmingham within England | |
County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 75,031 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1945 |
Member of Parliament | Andrew Mitchell (Conservative (UK)) |
Created from | North Warwickshire or the 'Tamworth' division of Warwickshire |
Sutton Coldfield is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Mitchell, a Conservative.[n 2]
History
This area contributed to the old seat of North Warwickshire or the 'Tamworth' division of Warwickshire, which remains in a much narrower form as the largely suburban town to the north has developed.[2][3]
- Political history
All MPs elected since the constituency's creation in 1945 have been Conservative. Sutton Coldfield is, on the length of party representation measure combined with numerical majority, among the safest seats in the country for the party. The current MP was formerly for Gedling in Nottinghamshire
- Prominent frontbench members
Geoffrey Lloyd (later created a life peer) was for four years the Minister of Fuel and Power then Minister of Education for two years mostly under the Third Churchill ministry then Macmillan Ministry.
Former Cabinet minister Sir Norman Fowler served the seat until retiring in 2001. Departments he led during the Thatcher ministry were transport, social services and then employment.
Andrew Mitchell was Secretary of State for International Development then briefly Chief Whip to the Conservatives while in Coalition Government 2010-2015, until standing down after swearing at police, while attempting to take his bicycle through the main gates of Downing Street, in 2012.
Boundaries
1945-1955: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, and the Rural Districts of Meriden (the civil parishes of Allesley, Arley, Astley, Balsall, Barston, Berkswell, Bickenhill, Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley Wood, Coleshill, Corley, Coundon, Curdworth, Fillongley, Great Packington, Hampton-in-Arden, Keresley, Kinwalsey, Lea Marston, Little Packington, Maxstoke, Meriden, Nether Whitacre, Over Whitacre, Sheldon, Shustoke, Water Orton, and Wishaw) and Tamworth (the civil parishes of Amington, Austrey, Glascote, Kingsbury, Middleton, Newton Regis, Seckington, Shuttington, and Wilnecote and Castle Liberty).
1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, and the County Borough of Birmingham ward of Erdington.
1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield.
1983-2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton New Hall, and Sutton Vesey.
2010-present: The City of Birmingham wards of Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton New Hall, Sutton Trinity, and Sutton Vesey.
The constituency covers the northern part of the City of Birmingham. It corresponds to the former borough of Sutton Coldfield.
Constituency profile
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian. At that date the regional average stood at 4.7%[4]
Locally, the Conservatives have 11 councillors in this seat, with Labour's one councillor in the Sutton Vesey ward.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[5] | Party | Notes | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | Sir John Mellor | Conservative | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1955 | Rt Hon Geoffrey Lloyd | Minister of Fuel and Power 31 October 1951 – 20 December 1955 Minister of Education 17 September 1957 – 14 October 1959 Later Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd of Broomfield | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | Rt Hon Sir Norman Fowler | Minister of Transport 11 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 Secretary of State for Transport 5 January 1981 – 14 September 1981 Secretary of State for Social Services 14 September 1981 – 13 June 1987 Secretary of State for Employment 13 June 1987 – 3 January 1990 Chairman of the Conservative Party 11 April 1992 – 15 July 1994 Later Baron Fowler of Sutton Coldfield | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2001 | Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell | Secretary of State for International Development 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip 4 September-19 October 2012 |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 27,782 | 54.6 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Robert Pocock | 11,365 | 22.3 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Marcus John Brown[10] | 7,489 | 14.7 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Brighton-Knight | 2,627 | 5.2 | −12.9 | |
Green | David Ratcliff | 1,426 | 2.8 | +1.7 | |
Ubuntu | Mark Sleigh | 165 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,417 | 32.3 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 50,854 | 67.85 | −0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.67 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 27,303 | 54.0 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Robert Pocock | 10,298 | 20.4 | −5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Brighton | 9,117 | 18.0 | +1.4 | |
BNP | Robert Grierson | 1,749 | 3.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | Edward Siddall-Jones | 1,587 | 3.1 | −1.8 | |
Green | Joe Rooney | 535 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,005 | 33.6 | |||
Turnout | 50,589 | 67.9 | +5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 24,308 | 52.5 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Robert Pocock | 12,025 | 26.0 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Drury | 7,710 | 16.6 | −2.4 | |
UKIP | Stephen Shorrock | 2,275 | 4.9 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 12,283 | 26.5 | |||
Turnout | 46,318 | 63.5 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 21,909 | 50.4 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Robert Pocock | 11,805 | 27.2 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Turner | 8,268 | 19.0 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | Mike Nattrass | 1,186 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Ian Robinson | 284 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,104 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 43,452 | 60.5 | −12.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Norman Fowler | 27,373 | 52.2 | −12.9 | |
Labour | Alan C. York | 12,488 | 23.8 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | James E. Whorwood | 10,139 | 19.4 | +0.0 | |
Referendum | Douglas Hope | 2,401 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,885 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 52,401 | 72.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Norman Fowler | 37,001 | 65.2 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James E. Whorwood | 10,965 | 19.3 | −5.4 | |
Labour | Mrs Jan M. Bott-Obi | 8,490 | 15.0 | +3.6 | |
Natural Law | Huw S. Meads | 324 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 26,036 | 45.9 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 56,780 | 79.5 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Norman Fowler | 34,475 | 64.0 | ||
Liberal | T Bick | 13,292 | 24.67 | ||
Labour | L Monk | 6,104 | 11.33 | ||
Majority | 21,183 | 39.32 | |||
Turnout | 53,871 | 74.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Norman Fowler | 31,753 | 65.4 | ||
Liberal | A Jones | 12,769 | 26.3 | ||
Labour | C Gibbons | 4,066 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | 18,984 | 39.1 | |||
Turnout | 71.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Fowler | 34,096 | 68.9 | ||
Liberal | CEA Hooper | 7,989 | 16.1 | ||
Labour | J Partridge | 6,511 | 13.2 | ||
National Front | R Wallace | 466 | 0.9 | ||
Ind. Conservative | GC Hammond | 459 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 26,107 | 52.7 | |||
Turnout | 77.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Fowler | 25,729 | 57.1 | ||
Liberal | A Watson | 12,373 | 27.5 | ||
Labour | G W Wells | 6,955 | 15.4 | ||
Majority | 13,356 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 74.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Fowler | 28,355 | 57.5 | ||
Liberal | A. Watson | 14,929 | 30.3 | ||
Labour | R.A. Little | 6,028 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 13,426 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 82.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 36,774 | 57.4 | ||
Labour | P Tebbutt | 18,134 | 28.3 | ||
Liberal | L King | 9,163 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 18,640 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | 69.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 30,350 | 52.5 | ||
Labour | D Finnigan | 14,257 | 24.7 | ||
Liberal | M Whincup | 13,237 | 22.9 | ||
Majority | 16,093 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 76.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 31,772 | 57.9 | ||
Liberal | MH Whincup | 14,745 | 25.5 | ||
Labour | P E Tombs | 11,399 | 19.7 | ||
Majority | 17,027 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 78.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 33,064 | 63.4 | ||
Labour | Roy Sydney George Hattersley | 11,310 | 21.8 | ||
Liberal | K Hovers | 7,543 | 14.5 | ||
Majority | 21,754 | 41.9 | |||
Turnout | 41.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 31,552 | 69.9 | ||
Labour | CB Norwood | 13,565 | 30.1 | ||
Majority | 17,987 | 39.9 | |||
Turnout | 76.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mellor | 36,628 | 63.7 | ||
Labour | DG Allen | 20,893 | 36.3 | ||
Majority | 15,735 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 81.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mellor | 36,017 | 62.8 | ||
Labour | A Wilson | 21,364 | 37.2 | ||
Majority | 14,653 | 25.5 | |||
Turnout | 83.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Mellor | 28,225 | 58.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Frederick William Mulley | 18,261 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Common Wealth | J. Purser | 2,043 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,964 | 20.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 74.5 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ http://www.gazetteer.co.uk Gazetteer of counties as in 1885 and before: Sutton Coldfield
- ^ See Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Richard Brighton Knight". Lib Dems. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ https://yournextmp.com/constituency/65703/sutton-coldfield
- ^ "Birmingham Newsroom Sutton Coldfield 2015 Results". Birmingham Newsroom. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/suttoncoldfield/
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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