Birmingham Hodge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt2
Name = Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Map1 = BirminghamHodgeHill
Map2 = Birmingham
Type = Borough
Year = 1983
Entity = Birmingham
Entitylink = Birmingham
County = West Midlands
EP = West Midlands
MP = Liam Byrne
Party = Labour

Birmingham, Hodge Hill is a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created in 1983.

Boundaries

The constituency covers a diverse area of east Birmingham, including the predominantly Asian inner-city area of Washwood Heath and the mostly white area of Shard End on the city's eastern boundary, as well as Hodge Hill itself. The constituency is one of the most deprived in the region and contains very few middle-class residents.

When the Hodge Hill area committee district of Birmingham was created in 2004 its boundaries were those of the constituency.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified Hodge Hill constituency with the following electoral wards:

*Bordesley Green, Hodge Hill, Shard End and Washwood Heath

History

The constituency was created with its current name in 1983. It is predated by Birmingham Stechford.

Birmingham, Hodge Hill is a traditionally Labour area, normally seeing large majorities for the party. However in 2004 the appointment of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Terry Davis, as secretary general of the Council of Europe resulted in a fiercely contested by-election. Along with a by-election in Leicester South held on the same day, the seat saw a fierce challenge by the Liberal Democrats, hoping to build on their previous by-election gain at Brent East, as well as competition for the anti-war vote from RESPECT The Unity Coalition. On a low turnout Labour's Liam Byrne held the seat by a margin of just 460 votes over the Liberal Democrats, with RESPECT taking over 1000 votes.

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Liam Byrne of the Labour Party, who was elected in the 2004 by-election. He succeeded Terry Davis, who had held the seat since its creation 21 years earlier. Terry Davis was first elected in the 1983 general election. Before that he had held the now historic constituency of Birmingham Stechford, since the 1979 general election.

Elections

Note: percentage changes are from the figures at the 2001 general election, not the 2004 by-election.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Liam Byrne
votes = 13,822
percentage = 48.6
change = −15.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicola Davies
votes = 8,373
percentage = 29.5
change = +21.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Deborah Thomas
votes = 3,768
percentage = 13.3
change = −6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Denis Adams
votes = 1,445
percentage = 5.1
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Adrian Duffen
votes = 680
percentage = 2.4
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Peace and Progress Party
candidate = Azmat Begg
votes = 329
percentage = 1.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 5,449
percentage = 19.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 28,417
percentage = 52.7
change = +4.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −18.3

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Liam Byrne
votes = 7,451
percentage = 36.5
change = -27.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicola Davies
votes = 6,991
percentage = 34.2
change = +26.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Eyre
votes = 3,543
percentage = 17.3
change = -2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
candidate = John Rees
votes = 1,282
percentage = 6.3
change = +6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = Jim Starkey
votes = 805
percentage = 3.9
change = +3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Mark Wheatley
votes = 277
percentage = 1.4
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Operation Christian Vote
candidate = Rev. George Hargreaves
votes = 90
percentage = 0.4
change = +0.4Election box majority
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Davis
votes = 16,901
percentage = 63.9
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Debbie Lewis
votes = 5,283
percentage = 20.0
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Charles Dow
votes = 2,147
percentage = 8.1
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Lee Windridge
votes = 889
percentage = 3.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = People's Justice Party (UK)
candidate = Perwaz Hussain
votes = 561
percentage = 2.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Cridge
votes = 284
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Harvey Vivian
votes = 275
percentage = 1.0
change = -0.9Election box candidate
party = Muslim Party
candidate = Ayub Khan
votes = 125
percentage = 0.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 11,618
percentage = 43.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 26,465
percentage = 47.9
change =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands