Birmingham Erdington (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°31′N 1°52′W / 52.51°N 1.87°W

Birmingham, Erdington
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Birmingham, Erdington in Birmingham.
Location of Birmingham within England.
County	West Midlands
Population	97,778 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	67,598 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1974
Member of parliament	Jack Dromey (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Birmingham Aston and Sutton Coldfield[3]
1918–1955
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Birmingham, Erdington is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jack Dromey of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

The seat is ethnically diverse and well developed, has quite considerable social housing and has a high proportion of adults of working age in relation to the West Midlands as a whole in a low income bracket.^[4] Since the seat was recreated in 1974 Labour MPs have been elected, although Conservative candidates reduced the majority to three figures in 1979 and 1983.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Erdington North, Erdington South, and Washwood Heath, and part of Aston ward.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Bromford, Erdington, and Gravelly Hill.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Gravelly Hill, and Stockland Green.

1983-1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingsbury, and Stockland Green.

1997-2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingsbury, Kingstanding, and Stockland Green.

2010-present: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingstanding, Stockland Green, and Tyburn.

In the north-east of the city of Birmingham, this is a mix of council estates, some of which are now private homes under the Right to Buy, the large Kingstanding estate and Castle Vale being examples, and generally more affluent suburbs which are private housing particularly towards the Sutton Coldfield border in Erdington itself, the strongest Conservative ward in the seat.^[5] Spanning to the city's green borders, the area includes for example Birmingham Spaghetti Junction motorway junction.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1955

Election		Member[6]	Party
	1918	Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland	Conservative
	1929	Charles James Simmons	Labour
	1931	John Frederick Eales	Conservative
	1936 by-election	John Allan Cecil Wright	Conservative
	1945	Julius Silverman	Labour
	1955	constituency abolished

MPs since 1974

Election		Member[6]	Party
	1974	Julius Silverman	Labour
	1983	Robin Corbett	Labour
	2001	Siôn Simon	Labour
	2010	Jack Dromey	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Dromey [7]	15,824	45.6	+3.8
	Conservative	Robert Alden [8][7]	10,695	30.8	-1.8
	UKIP	Andrew Garcarz	6,040	17.4	+15.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Holtom [9]	965	2.8	−13.4
	Green	Joe Belcher [10]	948	2.7	+2.7
	TUSC	Ted Woodley	212	0.6	+0.6
Majority			5,129	14.8	+5.6
Turnout			34,684	53.3	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Going into the 2015 general election, this was the 179th most marginal constituency in Great Britain, the Conservatives requiring a swing from Labour of 4.6% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election).^[11]

General Election 2010: Birmingham Erdington[12][13][14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Dromey	14,869	41.8	−11.1
	Conservative	Robert J.C. Alden	11,592	32.6	+9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ann L. Holtom	5,742	16.2	+0.3
	BNP	Kevin McHugh	1,815	5.1	+0.4
	UKIP	Maria T. Foy	842	2.4	+0.0
	Independent	Tony Tomkins	240	0.7	N/A
	National Front	Terry Williams	229	0.6	−0.5
	Christian	Timothy J. Gray	217	0.6	N/A
Majority			3,277	9.2
Turnout			35,546	53.5	+5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Siôn Simon	16,810	53.0	−3.8
	Conservative	Mrs. Victoria T. Elvidge	7,235	22.8	−1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jerry Evans	5,027	15.8	+4.0
	BNP	Sharon Ebanks	1,512	4.8	N/A
	UKIP	Rannal L. Hepburn	746	2.3	+0.6
	National Front	Terry Williams	416	1.3	−0.9
Majority			9,575	30.2
Turnout			31,746	48.9	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.2

General Election 2001: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Siôn Simon	17,375	56.8	−2.0
	Conservative	Oliver Arthur Wynlayne Lodge	7,413	24.2	−3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Sandra Johnson	3,602	11.8	+1.6
	National Front	Michael Patrick Shore	681	2.2	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Steven John Goddard	669	2.2	N/A
	UKIP	Mark Nattrass	521	1.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Mrs. Judith Sambrook-Marshall	343	1.1	N/A
Majority			9,962	32.6
Turnout			30,604	46.6	−14.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Corbett	23,764	58.8	+8.4
	Conservative	Anthony C. Tomkins	11,107	27.5	−10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ian A.G. Garrett	4,112	10.2	−1.8
	Referendum	Geoff Cable	1,424	3.5	N/A
Majority			12,657	31.3	+18.4
Turnout			40,407	60.8	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.2

General Election 1992: Birmingham Erdington[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Corbett	18,549	50.5	+4.6
	Conservative	Stanley Norman Hope	13,814	37.6	−1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Dr. John Roe Brown Campbell	4,398	12.0	N/A
Majority			4,735	12.9	+6.2
Turnout			36,761	70.1	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Corbett	17,037	45.9	+6.1
	Conservative	Paul Joseph Johnston	14,570	39.2	+0.1
	Social Democratic	Neil Alfred Biddlestone	5,530	14.9	−6.2
Majority			2,467	6.6	+6.0
Turnout			37,137	68.5	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

General Election 1983: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Corbett	14,930	39.8	−6.2
	Conservative	Daniel Moylan	14,699	39.2	−5.3
	Social Democratic	Christopher Bernard Barber	7,915	21.1	N/A
Majority			231	0.6	−0.9
Turnout			37,554	67.0	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Julius Silverman	20,105	46.0	−5.5
	Conservative	John Edward Cambray Alden	19,425	44.5	+13.4
	Liberal	Hugh Joseph Duffy	3,487	8.0	−6.2
	National Front	Frank Hastilow	687	1.6	−1.7
Majority			680	1.6	−18.8
Turnout			43,704	67.9	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.5

General Election October 1974: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Julius Silverman	22,160	51.5	+2.7
	Conservative	John Edward Cambray Alden	13,383	31.1	−3.0
	Liberal	Julia Mabel Mills	6,119	14.2	−0.6
	National Front	Thomas Michael Finnegan	1,413	3.3	+0.9
Majority			8,777	20.4	+5.7
Turnout			43,075	65.5	−6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

General Election February 1974: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Julius Silverman	22,978	48.7	N/A
	Conservative	John Edward Cambray Alden	16,050	34.0	N/A
	Liberal	Patrick Thurlbeck Humphrey	6,991	14.8	N/A
	National Front	Thomas Michael Finnegan	1,145	2.4	N/A
Majority			6,928	14.7	N/A
Turnout			47,164	72.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1951: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Julius Silverman	29,561	53.1	+1.3
	Conservative	D.H. Broome	26,153	46.9	+4.7
Majority			3,408	6.1	−3.5
Turnout			55,714	82.6	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.7

General Election 1950: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Julius Silverman	29,252	51.77	−9.0
	Conservative	John Allan Cecil Wright	23,842	42.2	+3.0
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fitzgerald	3,408	6.0	N/A
Majority			5,410	9.57	−15.5
Turnout			56,502	83.4	+14.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.0

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Julius Silverman	34,786	60.8	+23.4
	Conservative	John Allan Cecil Wright	22,457	39.2	−19.1
Majority			12,329	21.5
Turnout			57,243	69.0	+3.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+31.3

Elections in the 1930s

Birmingham Erdington by-election, 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Allan Cecil Cecil-Wright	27,068	56.5	−1.8
	Labour	Charles Simmons	20,834	43.5	+6.1
Majority			6,234	13.0
Turnout			47,902
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Frederick Eales	27,716	58.3	−2.8
	Labour	Charles Simmons	17,757	37.4	+5.5
	Independent	H.C. Bell	2,050	4.3	N/A
Majority			9,959	21.0
Turnout			47,523	65.5	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.2

General Election 1931: Birmingham Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Frederick Eales	35,672	68.1
	Labour	Charles Simmons	16,767	31.9
Majority			18,996	36.3
Turnout			52,439	77.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Birmingham Erdington [16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles James Simmons	20,665	43.4
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Sir Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland	20,532	43.1
	Liberal	Henry James Herbert Dyer	6,395	13.4	n/a
Majority			133	0.2
Turnout
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1923: Birmingham Erdington [17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland	14,683	66.0	n/a
	Labour	Albert Edward Eyton	7,574	34.0	n/a
Majority			7,109	32.0	n/a
Turnout				59.4	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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

1. "Birmingham, Erdington: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
2. "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
3. "Media Pack - Birmingham Local and General Elections 2010" (PDF). Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
4. 2001 Census
5. Ordnance survey website
6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
7. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/birmingham-erdington-2015.html
8. Robert J.C. Alden
9. "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
10. West Midlands Green Party
11. Ransome Mpini; Charlotte Thornton; John Walton; Marcelo Zanni (24 February 2014). "Election 2015: The political battleground". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
12. Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll 2010
13. Birmingham City Council: General Election 2010
14. "Birmingham Erdington". Election 2010. BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
15. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
16. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
17. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

External links

• Birmingham city council constituency page