Birmingham Duddeston (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Duddeston
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	One
Created from	Aston Manor
Replaced by	Birmingham Small Heath and Birmingham Aston

Birmingham Duddeston was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of "Duddeston and Nechells Ward, St Mary's Ward (except the part thereof included in the Aston Division), and so much of the portion of Aston Ward which is not included in the Aston Division as lies to the west of the London and North Western Railway".

On its abolition by the Representation of the People Act 1948, the Duddeston and Nechells Wards became part of the Small Heath constituency, and the St Mary's and Aston wards were transferred in their entirety to the Aston constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Eldred Hallas	Coalition NDP
	1919		Labour
	1922	Sir Ernest Hiley	Conservative
	1923	John Burman	Conservative
	1929	George Francis Sawyer	Labour
	1931	Sir Oliver Simmonds	Conservative
	1945	Edith Wills	Labour Co-op
	1950	Constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Birmingham Duddeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	National Democratic	Eldred Hallas	8,796	79.41
	Liberal	John Frances Crowley	2,280	20.59
Majority			6,516	58.82
Turnout			11,076	32.42
Registered electors			34,167
	National Democratic win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Birmingham Duddeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Ernest Hiley	13,091	61.11	New
	Labour	Michael Brothers	8,331	38.89	New
Majority			4,760	22.22	N/A
Turnout			21,422	62.29	+29.87
Registered electors			34,388
	Unionist gain from Coalition National Democratic		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Birmingham Duddeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Burman	11,712	59.58	−1.53
	Labour	George Francis Sawyer	7,309	37.19	−1.70
	Free Trade	A Ford	634	3.23	New
Majority			4,403	22.39	+0.17
Turnout			19,655	56.88	−5.41
Registered electors			34,553
	Unionist hold		Swing	+0.09

General election 1924: Birmingham Duddeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Burman	11,407	51.15	−8.43
	Labour	George Francis Sawyer	10,892	48.85	+11.66
Majority			515	2.30	−20.09
Turnout			22,299	64.31	+7.43
Registered electors			34,673
	Unionist hold		Swing	−10.05

General election 1929: Birmingham Duddeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Francis Sawyer	18,204	61.00	+12.15
	Unionist	John Burman	11,639	39.00	−12.15
Majority			6,565	22.00	N/A
Turnout			29,843	68.59	+4.28
Registered electors			43,507
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+12.15

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Birmingham Duddeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Simmonds	16,332	61.10	+22.10
	Labour	George Francis Sawyer	9,789	36.62	−24.38
	Communist	Bernard Moore	327	1.22	New
	New Party	Jessie Williams	284	1.06	New
Majority			6,543	24.48	N/A
Turnout			26,732	64.43	−4.16
Registered electors			41,492
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+23.24

General election 1935: Birmingham Duddeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Simmonds	12,146	57.76	−3.34
	Labour	George Francis Sawyer	8,884	42.24	+5.62
Majority			3,262	15.52	−8.96
Turnout			21,030	53.72	−10.71
Registered electors			39,144
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.48

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Birmingham Duddeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Edith Wills	10,745	64.98	+22.74
	Conservative	Oliver Simmonds	5,791	35.02	−22.74
Majority			4,954	29.96	N/A
Turnout			16,536	63.49	+9.77
Registered electors			26,047
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+22.74

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)