Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°26′N 1°50′W / 52.43°N 1.84°W

Birmingham, Hall Green
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Birmingham, Hall Green in Birmingham.
Location of Birmingham within England.
County	West Midlands
Population	115,904 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	77,157 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Roger Godsiff (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Birmingham, Hall Green is a constituency^{[n 1]} of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Roger Godsiff of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries and constituency profile

1950-1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Hall Green and Sparkhill.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Brandwood, Hall Green, and Springfield.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Billesley, Brandwood, and Hall Green.

1983-2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Billesley, Brandwood, and Hall Green.

2010-present: The City of Birmingham wards of Hall Green, Moseley and King's Heath, Sparkbrook, and Springfield.

Hall Green had a Conservative MP throughout the period from 1950 to 1997 but formed with Birmingham, Edgbaston the last of all of the Birmingham seats during the 1979–1997 Conservative Government lost to Labour, in 1997. This was also the first time Labour had won the seat as it was created in 1950.

The constituency is a suburban seat on the fringes city centre to its south 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 proportion of social housing (25.7%), figures higher than the national average. In the area are a high number of public parks, open space and numerous tree-lined streets.^[3][4]

A 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.

Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England created a modified version of the Hall Green seat which contains a third of the constituency which existed for the 1997 General Election and new additions – the retained former ward is Hall Green itself – and additional wards include two from the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath which was abolished at the 2010 General Election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[5]	Party	Notes
	1950	Aubrey Jones	Conservative	Resigned 1965
	1965 by-election	Reginald Eyre	Conservative
	1987	Andrew Hargreaves	Conservative
	1997	Steve McCabe	Labour
	2010	Roger Godsiff	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Birmingham Hall Green[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Godsiff	28,147	59.8	+26.9
	Conservative	James Bird	8,329	17.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jerry Evans	5,459	11.6	−13.0
	Green	Elly Stanton	2,200	4.7	+4.7
	UKIP	Rashpal Mondair	2,131	4.5	+2.6
	Respect	Shiraz Peer	780	1.7	−23.5
Majority			19,818	42.1	+34.3
Turnout			47,046	61.6	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.1

General Election 2010: Birmingham Hall Green[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Godsiff	16,039	32.9	−14.3
	Respect	Salma Yaqoob	12,240	25.1	+25.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jerry Evans	11,988	24.6	+5.3
	Conservative	Jo Barker	7,320	15.0	-15.7
	UKIP	Alan Blumenthal	950	1.9	−0.9
	Independent	Andrew Gardner	190	0.4	+0.4
Majority			3,799	7.8
Turnout			48,727	63.6	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	11.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Birmingham Hall Green[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve McCabe	16,304	47.2	−7.4
	Conservative	Eddie Hughes	10,590	30.7	−3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Harmer	6,682	19.3	+10.5
	UKIP	David Melhuish	960	2.8	+0.7
Majority			5,714	16.5
Turnout			34,536	60.4	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.8

General Election 2001: Birmingham Hall Green[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve McCabe	18,049	54.6	+1.1
	Conservative	Chris White	11,401	34.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Punjab Singh	2,926	8.8	−0.8
	UKIP	Peter Johnson	708	2.1	N/A
Majority			6,648	20.1
Turnout			33,084	57.5	−13.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Birmingham Hall Green[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve McCabe	22,372	53.5	+15.2
	Conservative	Andrew Raikes Hargreaves	13,952	33.4	−12.7
	Liberal Democrat	Alastair Dow	4,034	9.6	−6.0
	Referendum	Paul Bennett	1,461	3.5	N/A
Majority			8,420	20.1
Turnout			41,819	71.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.0

General Election 1992: Birmingham Hall Green[12][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Raikes Hargreaves	21,649	46.1	+1.2
	Labour	Mrs Jane Elizabeth Slowey	17,984	38.3	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Andrew McGrath	7,342	15.6	−11.4
Majority			3,665	7.8	−8.9
Turnout			46,975	78.2	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Birmingham Hall Green[14][15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Raikes Hargreaves	20,478	44.9	−4.2
	Labour	Mrs. Frances Eveline Brook	12,857	28.2	+0.9
	Social Democratic	Francis Michael Wilkes	12,323	27.0	+3.4
Majority			7,621	16.7	−8.9
Turnout			45,658	74.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Birmingham Hall Green[16][17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Eyre	21,142	49.1
	Labour	Martin Henry Willis	11,769	27.3
	Liberal	John Alexander Melvin Hemming	10,175	23.6
Majority			9,373	21.8
Turnout			43,086	70.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Birmingham Hall Green[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Eyre	27,072	54.5
	Labour	T.J. Stewart	17,508	35.3
	Liberal	P.M. Lockyer	4,440	9.0
	National Front	R Maylin	615	1.2
Majority			9,564	19.3
Turnout				73.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Birmingham, Hall Green[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Eyre	20,569	43.7
	Labour	T.J. Stewart	17,945	38.1
	Liberal	I. Powney	8,532	18.1
Majority			2,624	5.6
Turnout				70.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Birmingham, Hall Green[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Eyre	27,280	56.5
	Labour	David Jamieson	21,036	43.5
Majority			6,244	12.9
Turnout				72.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Birmingham, Hall Green[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Eyre	27,319	60.4
	Labour	T.L. Keene	17,930	39.6
Majority			9,389	20.7
Turnout				67.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Birmingham, Hall Green[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Eyre	20,628	47.4
	Labour	GS Jonas	17,295	39.7
	Liberal	J Green	5,617	12.9
Majority			3,333	7.6
Turnout				73.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election 1965: Birmingham Hall Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Eyre	17,130	54.8	+2.3
	Labour	David Mumford	8,980	28.8	-3.0
	Liberal	Penelope Jessel	5,122	16.4	+0.8
Majority			8,150
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Birmingham, Hall Green[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aubrey Jones	23,879	52.5
	Labour	GS Rea	14,477	31.8
	Liberal	Penelope Jessel	7,113	15.6
Majority			9,402	20.7
Turnout				75.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Birmingham, Hall Green[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aubrey Jones	29,148	62.6
	Labour	DHV Fereday	15,431	33.2
	Independent Conservative	HW Maynard	1,955	4.2
Majority			13,717	29.5
Turnout				76.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Birmingham, Hall Green[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aubrey Jones	28,543	61.5
	Labour	WJS Pringle	17,846	38.5
Majority			10,697	23.1
Turnout				75.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Birmingham, Hall Green[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aubrey Jones	27,289	56.7
	Labour	T Crehan	20,874	43.3
Majority			6,415	13.3
Turnout				82.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Birmingham, Hall Green[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aubrey Jones	24,444	50.2
	Labour	T Crehan	20,591	42.2
	Liberal	GL Roy	3,703	7.6
Majority			5,472	11.4
Turnout				83.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

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, Hall Green: 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. Ordnance survey website
4. Google Maps street views
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
6. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
8. Birmingham City Council: General Election 2010
9. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
10. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
14. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
15. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
16. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
17. "UK General Election results April 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
18. "UK General Election results May 1979". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 28 May 1979. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
19. "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 10 October 1974. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
20. "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 28 February 1974. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
21. "UK General Election results June 1970". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 18 June 1970. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
22. "UK General Election results March 1966". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 31 March 1966. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
23. "UK General Election results October 1964". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 15 October 1964. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
24. "UK General Election results October 1959". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 8 October 1959. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
25. "UK General Election results May 1955". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 26 May 1955. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
26. "UK General Election results October 1951". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 25 October 1951. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
27. "UK General Election results March 1966". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 31 March 1966. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

External links

• Birmingham city council constituency page