Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt2
Name = Birmingham, Yardley
Map1 = BirminghamYardley
Map2 = Birmingham
Type = Borough
Year = 1918
Entity = Birmingham
Entitylink = Birmingham
County = West Midlands
EP = West Midlands
MP = John Hemming
Party = Liberal Democrat

Birmingham, Yardley is a 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.

Boundaries

Yardley area committee district is situated in the south-east of Birmingham, at the boundary of Solihull.

Boundary review

Following the review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands by the Boundary Commission for England, Yardley is to be modified with the following electoral wards making up a revised constituency.
*Acocks Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, Stechford and Yardley North.

Members of Parliament

*"Constituency created" (1918)

In every general election (apart from 1992 and 2005) the MP elected for Birmingham Yardley was a member of the party winning the general election, making it a bellwether seat.

Election results

Birmingham, Yardley, historically a rare three-way marginal, was gained by the Liberal Democrat candidate John Hemming in 2005. Despite its marginal Parliamentary history, all local government seats in the constituency are now held by the Liberal Democrats.

Labour's Estelle Morris (now Baroness Morris of Yardley) had held the seat since winning it with a majority of just 162 votes in 1992 but stood down at the 2005 election. John Hemming finally won a Parliamentary seat at the forth time of asking, having also stood in Yardley in 1992, 1997 and 2001.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hemming
votes = 13,648
percentage = 46.4
change = +8.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jayne Innes
votes = 10,976
percentage = 37.3
change = -9.6
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Uppal
votes = 2,970
percentage = 10.1
change = -3.0
Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Robert Purcell
votes = 1,523
percentage = 5.2
change = "N/A"
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Mohammed Yaqub
votes = 314
percentage = 1.1
change = 0.0
Election box majority
votes = 2,672
percentage = 9.1
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 29,431
percentage = 57.7
change = +0.5
Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -8.8

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Birmingham, Yardley
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Estelle Morris
votes = 14,085
percentage = 46.9
change = -0.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hemming
votes = 11,507
percentage = 38.3
change = +5.4
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barrie Roberts
votes = 3,941
percentage = 13.1
change = -4.7
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alan Ware
votes = 329
percentage = 1.1
change = +0.7
Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Wren
votes = 151
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"
Election box majority
votes = 2,578
percentage = 8.6
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 30,011
percentage = 57.2
change = -13.9
Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: Birmingham, Yardley
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Estelle Morris
votes = 17,778
percentage = 47.0
change = +12.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hemming
votes = 12,463
percentage = 33.0
change = +2.8
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Jobson
votes = 6,736
percentage = 17.8
change = -16.7
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alan Ware
votes = 164
percentage = 0.4
change = n/a
Election box majority
votes = 5,315
percentage = 14.3
change = +13.9
Election box turnout
votes = 37,141
percentage = 71.2
change = -6.8
Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1992: Birmingham, Yardley
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Estelle Morris
votes = 14,884
percentage = 34.9
change = -1.7
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Bevan
votes = 14,722
percentage = 34.5
change = -8.1
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hemming
votes = 12,899
percentage = 30.2
change = +9.6
Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Front
candidate = P Read
votes = 192
percentage = 0.4
change = n/a
Election box majority
votes = 162
percentage = 0.4
change =
Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 78.0
change = +4.1
Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1987: Birmingham, Yardley
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Bevan
votes = 17,931
percentage = 42.6
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Edge
votes = 15,409
percentage = 36.6
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = L Smith
votes = 8,734
percentage = 20.8
change =
Election box majority
votes = 2,522
percentage = 6.0
change =
Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.9
change =
Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Birmingham South (European Parliament constituency) — Infobox European Parliament constituency name = Infobox Birmingham South (European Parliament constituency) title = Birmingham South mapcaption = European Parliament logo created = 1979 dissolved = 1984 meps = 1 memberstate = United Kingdom… …   Wikipedia

  • Birmingham East (European Parliament constituency) — Infobox European Parliament constituency name = Infobox Birmingham East (European Parliament constituency) title = Birmingham East mapcaption = European Parliament logo created = 1984 dissolved = 1999 meps = 1 memberstate = United Kingdom sources …   Wikipedia

  • Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency) — UK constituency infobox alt2 Name = Birmingham, Ladywood Map1 = BirminghamLadywood Map2 = Birmingham Type = Borough Year = 1918 Entity = Birmingham Entitylink = Birmingham County = West Midlands EP = West Midlands MP = Clare Short Party =… …   Wikipedia

  • Birmingham Small Heath (UK Parliament constituency) — UK former constituency infobox Name = Birmingham Small Heath Type = Borough Year = 1950 Abolition = 1997 members = oneBirmingham Small Heath was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Small Heath district of Birmingham. It returned one… …   Wikipedia

  • Birmingham Acock's Green (UK Parliament constituency) — UK former constituency infobox Name = Birmingham Acock s Green Type = Borough Year = 1945 Abolition = 1950 members = oneBirmingham Acock s Green was a short lived constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from… …   Wikipedia

  • Yardley — may refer to: NOTOC Places*Yardley, Birmingham, a district in England *Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency represented in the British House of Commons *Yardley Gobion, Northamptonshire *Yardley Hastings,… …   Wikipedia

  • North Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency) — North Warwickshire County constituency for the House of Commons Boundary of North Warwickshire in Warwickshir …   Wikipedia

  • Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency) — Coventry South Borough constituency for the House of Commons Boundary of Coventry South in West Midlands …   Wikipedia

  • North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency) — NorthShropshire County constituency for the House of Commons Boundary of NorthShropshire in Shropshire …   Wikipedia

  • Mid Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency) — Mid Worcestershire County constituency for the House of Commons Boundary of Mid Worcestershire in Worcestershire …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”