Birmingham All Saints (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Birmingham All Saints
Type = Borough
Year = 1955
Abolition = 1974
members = one

Birmingham All Saints was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons. It was created in 1955 and abolished in 1974.

Boundaries

Before 1955 the area (part of the city of Birmingham, in the geographic county of Warwickshire) was divided between Birmingham Ladywood (All Saints' and Rotton Park wards) and Birmingham Handsworth (Soho ward).

The division was located in the west of the central part of the city, within its boundaries in 1955. To the west was Smethwick, to the north Birmingham Handsworth, to the east Birmingham Ladywood and to the south Birmingham Edgbaston.

In the 1974 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the All Saints division was abolished. The three wards which had comprised the division (All Saints', Rotton Park and Soho) were added to Ladywood ward to form a revised Birmingham Ladywood constituency.

Members of Parliament

* "Constituency created" (1955)
*"Constituency abolished" (1974)

Election results

Explanatory notes:-
* The votes figure in the 'Turnout' box is the number of registered electors.
* No swing figure is calculated unless the same two parties are in first and second place in both the present and the last election. Swing is the average of the party % vote change between the pair of elections. A positive swing is towards Conservative and a negative swing is towards Labour.

Election box begin
title=General Election 1955: Birmingham All SaintsElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denis Herbert Howell
votes = 18,867
percentage = 51.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = F.J. Williams
votes = 17,560
percentage = 48.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,307
percentage = 3.6
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 51,562
percentage = 70.6
change = "N/A"Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = new seat
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1959: Birmingham All SaintsElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Harold Hollingsworth
votes = 17,235
percentage = 50.0
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denis Herbert Howell
votes = 17,215
percentage = 50.0
change = -1.8Election box majority
votes = 20
percentage = 0.0
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 48,611
percentage = 70.9
change = +0.3Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +1.8

Election box begin
title=General Election 1964: Birmingham All SaintsElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Walden
votes = 14,975
percentage = 50.8
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Harold Hollingsworth
votes = 14,505
percentage = 49.2
change = -0.8Election box majority
votes = 470
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 44,594
percentage = 66.1
change = -4.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -0.8

Election box begin
title=General Election 1966: Birmingham All SaintsElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Walden
votes = 16,350
percentage = 58.5
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Harold Hollingsworth
votes = 11,595
percentage = 41.5
change = -7.7Election box majority
votes = 4,755
percentage = 17.0
change = +15.4Election box turnout
votes = 42,896
percentage = 65.1
change = -1.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -7.7

Election box begin
title=General Election 1970: Birmingham All SaintsElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Walden
votes = 12,041
percentage = 54.5
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Harold Hollingsworth
votes = 7,762
percentage = 35.2
change = -6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = D.G. Minnis
votes = 2,271
percentage = 10.3
change = +10.3Election box majority
votes = 4,279
percentage = 19.3
change = +2.3Election box turnout
votes = 36,290
percentage = 60.8
change = -4.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -5.15

ee also

*List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

References

* "Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* "British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979", edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)