Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt2
Name = Birmingham, Hall Green
Map1 = BirminghamHallGreen
Map2 = Birmingham
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Entity = Birmingham
Entitylink = Birmingham
County = West Midlands
EP = West Midlands
MP = Steve McCabe
Party = Labour

Birmingham, Hall Green is a borough 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

Hall Green looked safe for the Conservatives in the 1980s, but with Birmingham Edgbaston this was the last of the Conservatives’ Birmingham seats lost to Labour in 1997. This was the first time Labour had won the seat since its creation in 1950.

Birmingham, Hall Green is made up of three wards - Billesley, Brandwood and Hall Green. The constituency is a suburban seat south of the city centre on the fringes of Birmingham and bordering Solihull in the east. The number of non-whites (9.3%) is low compared to the rest of the city, as is the number in council homes (25.7%) but both figures are higher than national averages. It contains public parks, open space and numerous tree-lined streets.

One famous landmark is Sarehole Mill, where J. R. R. Tolkien spent his boyhood and which provided the inspiration for "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings".

Many constituents were employed in the car industry - notably Rover's nearby factories.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified version of the Hall Green seat which contains only a third of the existing constituency. It retains only one of its former wards — Hall Green itself — and adds three new wards, including two from the Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency which is to be abolished at the next General Election. Its new wards are:

*Hall Green, Moseley and Kings Heath, Sparkbrook, and Springfield.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jerry Evans
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Godsiff
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Ison
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Steve McCabe
votes = 16,304
percentage = 47.2
change = −7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eddie Hughes
votes = 10,590
percentage = 30.7
change = −3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roger Harmer
votes = 6,682
percentage = 19.3
change = +10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = David Melhuish
votes = 960
percentage = 2.8
change = +0.7Election box majority
votes = 5,714
percentage = 16.5
change =Election box turnout
votes = 34,536
percentage = 60.4
change = +2.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −1.8

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Birmingham, Hall GreenElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Steve McCabe
votes = 18,049
percentage = 54.6
change = +1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Chris White
votes = 11,401
percentage = 34.5
change = +1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Punjab Singh
votes = 2,926
percentage = 8.8
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter Johnson
votes = 708
percentage = 2.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,648
percentage = 20.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 33,084
percentage = 57.5
change = -13.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: Birmingham, Hall GreenElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Steve McCabe
votes = 22,372
percentage = 53.5
change = +15.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Hargreaves
votes = 13,952
percentage = 33.4
change = -12.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alastair Dow
votes = 4,034
percentage = 9.6
change = -6.03Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Paul Bennett
votes = 1,461
percentage = 3.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 8,420
percentage = 20.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 41,819
percentage = 71.2 %
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = 14%

References

See also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands