Sutton Coldfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°34′N 1°49′W / 52.56°N 1.81°W

Sutton Coldfield
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Sutton Coldfield in City of Birmingham.
Location of City of Birmingham within England.
County	West Midlands
Electorate	75,031 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1945
Member of parliament	Andrew Mitchell (Conservative (UK))
Created from	North Warwickshire or the 'Tamworth' division of Warwickshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Sutton Coldfield is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Mitchell, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

This area contributed to the old seat of North Warwickshire or the 'Tamworth' division of Warwickshire, which remains in a much narrower form as the largely suburban town to the north has developed.^[2][3]

Political history

All MPs elected since the constituency's creation in 1945 have been Conservative. Sutton Coldfield is, on the length of party representation measure combined with numerical majority, among the safest seats in the country for the party. The current MP was formerly for Gedling in Nottinghamshire

Prominent frontbench members

Geoffrey Lloyd (later created a life peer) was for four years the Minister of Fuel and Power then Minister of Education for two years mostly under the Third Churchill ministry then Macmillan Ministry.

Former Cabinet minister Sir Norman Fowler served the seat until retiring in 2001. Departments he led during the Thatcher ministry were transport, social services and then employment.

Andrew Mitchell was Secretary of State for International Development then briefly Chief Whip to the Conservatives while in Coalition Government 2010-2015, until standing down after swearing at police, while attempting to take his bicycle through the main gates of Downing Street, in 2012.

Boundaries

1945-1955: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, and the Rural Districts of Meriden (the civil parishes of Allesley, Arley, Astley, Balsall, Barston, Berkswell, Bickenhill, Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley Wood, Coleshill, Corley, Coundon, Curdworth, Fillongley, Great Packington, Hampton-in-Arden, Keresley, Kinwalsey, Lea Marston, Little Packington, Maxstoke, Meriden, Nether Whitacre, Over Whitacre, Sheldon, Shustoke, Water Orton, and Wishaw) and Tamworth (the civil parishes of Amington, Austrey, Glascote, Kingsbury, Middleton, Newton Regis, Seckington, Shuttington, and Wilnecote and Castle Liberty).

1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, and the County Borough of Birmingham ward of Erdington.

1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield.

1983-2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton New Hall, and Sutton Vesey.

2010-present: The City of Birmingham wards of Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton New Hall, Sutton Trinity, and Sutton Vesey.

The constituency covers the northern part of the City of Birmingham. It corresponds to the former borough of Sutton Coldfield.

Constituency profile

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian. At that date the regional average stood at 4.7%^[4]

Locally, the Conservatives have 11 councillors in this seat, with Labour's one councillor in the Sutton Vesey ward.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[5]	Party	Notes
	1945	Sir John Mellor	Conservative
	1955	Rt Hon Geoffrey Lloyd		Minister of Fuel and Power 31 October 1951 – 20 December 1955 Minister of Education 17 September 1957 – 14 October 1959 Later Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd of Broomfield
	Feb 1974	Rt Hon Sir Norman Fowler		Minister of Transport 11 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 Secretary of State for Transport 5 January 1981 – 14 September 1981 Secretary of State for Social Services 14 September 1981 – 13 June 1987 Secretary of State for Employment 13 June 1987 – 3 January 1990 Chairman of the Conservative Party 11 April 1992 – 15 July 1994 Later Baron Fowler of Sutton Coldfield
	2001	Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell		Secretary of State for International Development 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip 4 September-19 October 2012

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Sutton Coldfield[6][7][8][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	27,782	54.6	+0.7
	Labour	Robert Pocock	11,365	22.3	+1.9
	UKIP	Marcus John Brown[10]	7,489	14.7	+11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Brighton-Knight	2,627	5.2	-12.9
	Green	David Ratcliff	1,426	2.8	+1.7
	Ubuntu	Mark Sleigh	165	0.3	N/A
Majority			16,417	32.3	-1.3
Turnout			50,854	67.85	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.67

General Election 2010: Sutton Coldfield[11][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	27,303	54.0	+1.4
	Labour	Robert Pocock	10,298	20.4	−5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Brighton	9,117	18.0	+1.4
	BNP	Robert Grierson	1,749	3.5	N/A
	UKIP	Edward Siddall-Jones	1,587	3.1	−1.8
	Green	Joe Rooney	535	1.1	N/A
Majority			17,005	33.6
Turnout			50,589	67.9	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Sutton Coldfield[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	24,308	52.5	+2.1
	Labour	Robert Pocock	12,025	26.0	−1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Drury	7,710	16.6	−2.4
	UKIP	Stephen Shorrock	2,275	4.9	+2.2
Majority			12,283	26.5
Turnout			46,318	63.5	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

General Election 2001: Sutton Coldfield[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	21,909	50.4	−1.8
	Labour	Robert Pocock	11,805	27.2	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Turner	8,268	19.0	−0.3
	UKIP	Mike Nattrass	1,186	2.7	N/A
	Independent	Ian Robinson	284	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,104	23.2
Turnout			43,452	60.5	−12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Sutton Coldfield[15][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Norman Fowler	27,373	52.2	−12.9
	Labour	Alan C. York	12,488	23.8	+8.9
	Liberal Democrat	James E. Whorwood	10,139	19.4	+0.0
	Referendum	Douglas Hope	2,401	4.6	N/A
Majority			14,885	28.4
Turnout			52,401	72.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

General Election 1992: Sutton Coldfield[17][18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Norman Fowler	37,001	65.2	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	James E. Whorwood	10,965	19.3	−5.4
	Labour	Mrs Jan M. Bott-Obi	8,490	15.0	+3.6
	Natural Law	Huw S. Meads	324	0.6	N/A
Majority			26,036	45.9	+6.5
Turnout			56,780	79.5	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Sutton Coldfield[19][20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Norman Fowler	34,475	64.0
	Liberal	T Bick	13,292	24.67
	Labour	L Monk	6,104	11.33
Majority			21,183	39.32
Turnout			53,871	74.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Sutton Coldfield[21][22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Norman Fowler	31,753	65.4
	Liberal	A Jones	12,769	26.3
	Labour	C Gibbons	4,066	8.4
Majority			18,984	39.1
Turnout				71.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Sutton Coldfield[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Fowler	34,096	68.9
	Liberal	CEA Hooper	7,989	16.1
	Labour	J Partridge	6,511	13.2
	National Front	R Wallace	466	0.9
	Independent Conservative	GC Hammond	459	0.9
Majority			26,107	52.7
Turnout				77.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Sutton Coldfield[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Fowler	25,729	57.1
	Liberal	A Watson	12,373	27.5
	Labour	G W Wells	6,955	15.4
Majority			13,356	29.7
Turnout				74.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Sutton Coldfield[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Fowler	28,355	57.5
	Liberal	A. Watson	14,929	30.3
	Labour	R.A. Little	6,028	12.2
Majority			13,426	29.7
Turnout				82.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Sutton Coldfield[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lloyd	36,774	57.4
	Labour	P Tebbutt	18,134	28.3
	Liberal	L King	9,163	14.3
Majority			18,640	29.1
Turnout				69.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Sutton Coldfield[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lloyd	30,350	52.5
	Labour	D Finnigan	14,257	24.7
	Liberal	M Whincup	13,237	22.9
Majority			16,093	27.8
Turnout				76.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Sutton Coldfield[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lloyd	31,772	57.9
	Liberal	MH Whincup	14,745	25.5
	Labour	P E Tombs	11,399	19.7
Majority			17,027	29.4
Turnout				78.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Sutton Coldfield[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lloyd	33,064	63.4
	Labour	Roy Sydney George Hattersley	11,310	21.8
	Liberal	K Hovers	7,543	14.5
Majority			21,754	41.9
Turnout				41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Sutton Coldfield[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lloyd	31,552	69.9
	Labour	CB Norwood	13,565	30.1
Majority			17,987	39.9
Turnout				76.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Sutton Coldfield[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mellor	36,628	63.7
	Labour	DG Allen	20,893	36.3
Majority			15,735	27.4
Turnout				81.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Sutton Coldfield[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mellor	36,017	62.8
	Labour	A Wilson	21,364	37.2
Majority			14,653	25.5
Turnout				83.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Sutton Coldfield[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mellor	28,225	58.2	N/A
	Labour	Frederick William Mulley	18,261	37.6	N/A
	Common Wealth	J. Purser	2,043	4.2	N/A
Majority			9,964	20.5	N/A
Turnout				74.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

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. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. http://www.gazetteer.co.uk Gazetteer of counties as in 1885 and before: Sutton Coldfield
3. See Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
4. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
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10. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/suttoncoldfield/
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12. Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll 2010
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External links

• Birmingham city council constituency page