Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Borough constituency | |
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| Birmingham, Edgbaston shown within Birmingham, and Birmingham shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Gisela Stuart |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Midlands |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Birmingham Edgbaston is a borough constituency located in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system of election. Its best-known MP has been Neville Chamberlain (Prime Minister 1937-1940), and it has been represented only by women MPs since 1953. It is currently a marginal constituency between the Labour Party and the Conservatives.
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[edit] Boundaries
Situated to the south and east of Birmingham's centre, this is a neat and mostly middle-class slice, with parks, Warwickshire's cricket ground and two grammar schools. It was a safe Conservative seat for decades, but suburbs towards Birmingham's city centre now have pockets of considerable deprivation, notably Deritend, helping Labour hold the seat since 1997.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified Birmingham, Edgbaston seat, with the following wards:
- Bartley Green, Edgbaston, Harborne and Quinton.
[edit] History
This seat has returned a female MP for over 50 years. The Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the next General Election is Edgbaston councillor Deirdre Alden, also the defeated Conservative candidate in 2005. It is therefore likely the trend of this seat returning a female MP will continue past the next election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | George Dixon | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1898 by-election | Sir Francis William Lowe | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Neville Chamberlain | Conservative | |
| 1940 by-election | Sir Peter Bennett | Conservative | |
| 1953 by-election | Dame Edith Pitt | Conservative | |
| 1966 | Jill Knight | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Gisela Stuart | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| 2005 General Election: Birmingham, Edgbaston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gisela Stuart | 16,465 | 43.8 | -5.3 | |
| Conservative | Deidre Alden | 14,116 | 37.5 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Dixon | 5,185 | 13.8 | +1.8 | |
| Green | Peter Beck | 1,116 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Stephen White | 749 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,349 | 6.2 | |||
| Turnout | 37,631 | 58.0 | +2.0 | ||
| General Election 2001: Birmingham, Edgbaston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gisela Stuart | 18,517 | 49.1 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Nigel Hastilow | 13,819 | 36.6 | -2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nicola Davies | 4,528 | 12.0 | +2.3 | |
| Pro-Euro Conservative | Collis Gretton | 454 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Sam Brackenbury | 431 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,698 | 12.4 | |||
| Turnout | 37,749 | 56.9 | -12.9 | ||
| General Election 1997: Birmingham, Edgbaston | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gisela Stuart | 23,554 | 48.6 | +9.3 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Marshall | 18,712 | 38.6 | -10.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | James Gallagher | 4,691 | 9.7 | -0.4 | |
| Referendum Party | Jonathan Oakton | 1,065 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| British Democratic Party | Derek Campbell | 443 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,842 | 10.0 | 10.0 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
[edit] References
[edit] See also
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Bewdley |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1937 – 1940 |
Succeeded by Epping |
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