Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)
Birmingham Stechford | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Birmingham Erdington and Birmingham Yardley |
Replaced by | Birmingham Hodge Hill and Birmingham Yardley[1] |
Birmingham Stechford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Stechford district of the city of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Stechford itself is now part of the Birmingham Yardley seat.
Boundaries
[edit]1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Sheldon, Stechford, and Washwood Heath.[2]
1955–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Stechford and Washwood Heath.[3]
1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Shard End, Stechford, and Washwood Heath.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Roy Jenkins | Labour | |
1977 by-election | Andrew MacKay | Conservative | |
1979 | Terry Davis | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 33,077 | 58.5 | ||
Conservative | Edith Pitt | 20,699 | 36.6 | ||
Liberal | Sydney Walter Haslam | 2,789 | 5.0 | ||
Majority | 12,378 | 21.9 | |||
Turnout | 56,565 | 83.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 34,355 | 59.5 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Edith Pitt | 23,384 | 40.5 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 10,971 | 19.0 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 57,739 | 81.4 | −2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 23,358 | 58.4 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Joseph Morris Bailey | 16,618 | 41.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 6,740 | 16.8 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,976 | 72.7 | −8.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 21,919 | 53.6 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | Joseph Morris Bailey | 18,996 | 46.4 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 2,923 | 7.2 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,915 | 73.5 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 22,421 | 56.8 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | David Knox | 17,033 | 43.2 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 5,388 | 13.6 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,454 | 71.0 | −2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 24,597 | 64.2 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | David Knox | 12,727 | 33.2 | −10.0 | |
Communist | William Dunn | 998 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 11,871 | 31.0 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,322 | 70.2 | −0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 22,559 | 56.2 | −8.0 | |
Conservative | John B Stevens | 15,848 | 39.5 | +6.3 | |
National Democratic | Douglas Hardy | 1,483 | 3.6 | New | |
Communist | Sidney Pegg | 298 | 0.8 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 6,711 | 16.7 | −14.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,188 | 63.8 | −6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 23,704 | 53.1 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | David John Wedgwood | 13,472 | 30.1 | −9.6 | |
Liberal | Graham Gopsill | 7,221 | 16.2 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Royston Bull | 280 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 10,232 | 23.0 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 44,677 | 72.1 | +8.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 23,075 | 57.6 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | David John Wedgwood | 11,152 | 27.8 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | Graham Gopsill | 5,860 | 14.6 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 11,923 | 29.8 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,087 | 64.1 | −8.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew MacKay | 15,731 | 43.4 | +15.6 | |
Labour | Terence Davis | 13,782 | 38.0 | −19.6 | |
National Front | Andrew Brons | 2,955 | 8.2 | New | |
Liberal | Graham Gopsill | 2,901 | 8.0 | −6.6 | |
International Marxist | Brian Heron | 494 | 1.4 | New | |
Socialist Workers | Paul Foot | 377 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,949 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,240 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry Davis | 21,166 | 48.4 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew MacKay | 19,517 | 44.6 | +16.8 | |
Liberal | Graham Gopsill | 2,349 | 5.4 | −9.2 | |
National Front | F. Russell | 698 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,649 | 3.8 | −26.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,730 | 71.6 | +7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "'Birmingham Stechford', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Birmingham and North Warwickshire) Order 1955. SI 1955/177". Statutory Instruments 1955. Part II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1956. pp. 2099–2102.