Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°28′N 1°49′W / 52.46°N 1.82°W

Birmingham, Yardley
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Birmingham, Yardley in Birmingham.
Location of Birmingham within England.
County	West Midlands
Population	106,738 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	73,261 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Jess Phillips (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Birmingham, Yardley is a constituency^{[n 1]} of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Jess Phillips of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Saltley, Small Heath, and Yardley.

1950-1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.

1983-2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.

2010-present: The City of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, and Stechford and Yardley North.

Yardley area committee district is coterminous with the seat which covers an area of the south-east of Birmingham with and on the boundaries of Solihull. It borders the parliamentary constituencies of Solihull, Meriden, Birmingham Hall Green and Birmingham Hodge Hill.

Members of Parliament

From creation in 1918 until the 2005 general election, the MP elected for Birmingham Yardley was on all but three occasions a member of the party winning the general election, making it a bellwether seat. Exceptions were Labour wins on the local level compared to Conservative wins nationally in 1951, 1955 and 1992.

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1918	Alfred Roger Jephcott	Coalition Conservative
	1929	Archibald George Gossling	Labour
	1931	Edward William Salt	Conservative
	1945	Wesley Perrins	Labour
	1950	Henry Usborne	Labour
	1959	Leonard Cleaver	Conservative
	1964	Ioan Evans	Labour Co-operative
	1970	Derek Coombs	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Syd Tierney	Labour
	1979	David Gilroy Bevan	Conservative
	1992	Estelle Morris	Labour
	2005	John Hemming	Liberal Democrat
	2015	Jess Phillips	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Birmingham Yardley[4][5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jess Phillips	17,129	41.6	+9.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	10,534	25.6	−14.0
	UKIP	Paul Clayton	6,637	16.1	+13.2
	Conservative	Arun Photay	5,760	14.0	−5.2
	Green	Grant Bishop	698	1.7	+1.7
	Respect	Teval Stephens	187	0.5	+0.5
	TUSC	Eamonn Flynn	135	0.3	+0.3
	Social Democratic	Peter Johnson	71	0.2	+0.2
Majority			6,595	16.0
Turnout			41,313	57.3	+0.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	11.7

Going into the 2015 general election, this was the 142nd most marginal constituency in Great Britain, Labour requiring a swing from the Liberal Democrats of 3.7% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election).^[7]

General Election 2010: Birmingham Yardley[8][9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	16,162	39.6	−2.5
	Labour	Lynnette Kelly	13,160	32.2	−2.5
	Conservative	Meirion Jenkins	7,836	19.2	+8.6
	BNP	Tanya Lumby	2,153	5.3	+0.1
	UKIP	Graham Duffen	1,190	2.9	+1.8
	National Front	Paul Morris	349	0.9	+0.5
Majority			3,002	7.3
Turnout			40,850	56.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Birmingham Yardley[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	13,648	46.4	+8.1
	Labour	Jayne Innes	10,976	37.3	−9.6
	Conservative	Paul Uppal	2,970	10.1	−3.0
	BNP	Robert Purcell	1,523	5.2	N/A
	UKIP	Mohammed Yaqub	314	1.1	0.0
Majority			2,672	9.1
Turnout			29,431	57.7	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	−8.8

General Election 2001: Birmingham Yardley[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Estelle Morris	14,085	46.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	11,507	38.3	+5.4
	Conservative	Barrie Roberts	3,941	13.1	−4.7
	UKIP	Alan Ware	329	1.1	+0.7
	Socialist Labour	Colin Wren	151	0.5	N/A
Majority			2,578	8.6
Turnout			30,011	57.2	−13.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Birmingham Yardley[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Estelle Morris	17,778	47.0	+12.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	12,463	33.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Anne Jobson	6,736	17.8	−16.7
	UKIP	Alan Ware	164	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,315	14.3	+13.9
Turnout			37,141	71.2	−6.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Birmingham Yardley[14][15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Estelle Morris	14,884	34.9	−1.7
	Conservative	David Bevan	14,722	34.5	−8.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Hemming	12,899	30.2	+9.6
	National Front	Miss Pauline Read	192	0.4	N/A
Majority			162	0.4	−5.6
Turnout			42,697	78.0	+4.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Birmingham Yardley[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bevan	17,931	42.6	−0.6
	Labour	Geoffrey Edge	15,409	36.6	+0.3
	Liberal	Leslie William Smith	8,734	20.8	+1.3
Majority			2,522	6.0
Turnout				73.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Birmingham Yardley[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bevan	17,986	43.2
	Labour	Roger Godsiff	15,121	36.32
	Social Democratic	D. Bennett	8,109	19.48
	National Front	R. Jones	415	1.00
Majority			2,865	6.88
Turnout				72.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bevan	20,193	47.56
	Labour	Syd Tierney	19,029	44.81
	Liberal	S.M. Anderson	2,491	5.87
	National Front	H. Challendar	749	1.76
Majority			1,164	2.74
Turnout				73.75
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election October 1974: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Tierney	20,834	48.3
	Conservative	Derek Coombs	16,664	38.6
	Liberal	John Aldridge	4,518	10.5
	National Front	H. Challendar	1,034	2.4
	More Prosperous Britain	Thomas Keen	111	0.3
Majority			4,170	9.66
Turnout				73.09
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Tierney	20,580	44.62
	Conservative	Derek Coombs	18,633	40.40
	Liberal	John Aldridge	6,912	14.99
Majority			1,947	4.22
Turnout				78.72
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1970: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Coombs	21,827	50.14
	Labour Co-op	Ioan Evans	21,707	49.86
Majority			120	0.28
Turnout				69.70
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ioan Evans	25,568	56.35
	Conservative	Leonard Cleaver	19,809	43.65
Majority			5,759	12.69
Turnout				77.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ioan Evans	22,788	50.19
	Conservative	Leonard Cleaver	22,619	49.81
Majority			169	0.37
Turnout				77.05
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Cleaver	23,482	51.52
	Labour	Henry Usborne	22,097	48.48
Majority			1,385	3.04
Turnout				77.08
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1955: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Usborne	23,722	53.52
	Conservative	Philip Welsby Holland	20,598	46.48
Majority			3,124	7.05
Turnout				75.02
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Usborne	22,800	53.15
	Conservative	A.E. Shaw	20,099	46.85
Majority			2,701	6.30
Turnout				82.51
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Usborne	22,342	51.16
	Conservative	G. Matthews	18,431	42.20
	Liberal	A.S. Ritchie	2,553	5.85
	Communist	J. Falconer	347	0.79
Majority			3,911	8.96
Turnout				84.32
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wesley Perrins	33,835	60.49
	Conservative	Edward William Salt	16,514	29.53
	Liberal	Charles Frederick Middleton	5,583	9.98
Majority			17,321	30.97
Turnout				69.21
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward William Salt	25,717	57.67
	Labour	C. Jarman	18,879	42.33
Majority			6,838	15.33
Turnout				65.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward William Salt	32,061	65.19
	Labour	Archibald Gossling	16,640	33.83
	New Party	EJ Bartleet	479	0.97
Majority			15,421	31.36
Turnout				76.70
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Archibald George Gossling	23,956	48.8	+2.0
	Unionist	Edward William Salt	19,590	39.9	-13.3
	Liberal	Charles Albert Beaumont	5,500	11.2	N/A
Majority			4,366	8.9	15.3
Turnout			49,046	77.8
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.6

General Election 1924: Birmingham Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alfred Roger Jephcott	16,149	53.2
	Labour	Archibald George Gossling	14,184	46.8
Majority			1,965	6.5
Turnout			30,333
	Unionist hold

General Election 1923: Birmingham Yardley [18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alfred Roger Jephcott	13,300	53.5	-4.6
	Labour	Archibald George Gossling	11,562	46.5	+4.6
Majority			1,738	7.0	-9.2
Turnout				64.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.6

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, Yardley: 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. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
4. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000568
6. http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1223585843081&ssbinary=true&blobheadervalue1=attachment%3B+filename%3D109208General_Elections_Result_2015_detailed.pdf
7. Ransome Mpini; Charlotte Thornton; John Walton; Marcelo Zanni (24 February 2014). "Election 2015: The political battleground". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
8. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
9. Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll 2010
10. "General Election 2010". birmingham.gov.uk.
11. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
15. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
16. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
17. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
18. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

External links

• Birmingham city council constituency page