Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Birmingham, Northfield
Borough constituency
Birmingham, Northfield shown within Birmingham, and Birmingham shown within England
Created: 1950
MP: Richard Burden
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: West Midlands
EP constituency: West Midlands

Birmingham, Northfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The area's most notable feature is that of the now closed MG Rover Group factory. It has long dominated the constituency and officially closed in the run up to the 2005 general election. The Labour member of Parliament Richard Burden was nonetheless returned, albeit with a reduced majority. The constituency is to gain the ward of Kings Norton (currently covered by the constituency of Selly Oak) at the next election. Until 1992 the seat was represented by a Conservative MP.

The Conservative candidate at the next General Election will be Keely Huxtable.[1]

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency currently encompasses the wards of Northfield, Longbridge and Weoley in outer south-west Birmingham.

[edit] Boundary review

Following the review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Northfield seat with the following electoral wards:

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1950 Raymond Blackburn Labour
1951 Donald Chapman Labour
1970 Raymond Carter Labour
1979 Jocelyn Cadbury Conservative
1982 by-election John Spellar Labour
1983 Roger King Conservative
1992 Richard Burden Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Birmingham, Northfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Burden 15,419 49.6 -6.4
Conservative Vicky Ford 8,965 28.9 -0.7
Liberal Democrat Trevor Sword 4,171 13.4 +2.2
British National Party Mark Cattell 1,278 4.1 N/A
UK Independence Gillian Chant 641 2.1 N/A
Common Good Richard Rogers 428 1.4 N/A
Socialist Alternative Louise Houdley 120 0.4 N/A
Workers' Revolutionary Frank Sweeney 34 0.1 N/A
Majority 6,454 20.8
Turnout 31,056 56.6 +3.8
Labour hold Swing -2.8
General Election 2001: Birmingham, Northfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Burden 16,528 56.0 -1.5
Conservative Nils Purser 8,730 29.6 +1.6
Liberal Democrat Trevor Sword 3,322 11.2 +0.8
UK Independence Stephen Rogers 550 1.9 N/A
Socialist Alliance Clive Walder 193 0.7 N/A
Socialist Labour Zane Carpenter 151 0.5 N/A
Communist Andrew Chaffer 60 0.2 N/A
Majority 7,798 26.4
Turnout 29,534 52.8 -15.5
Labour hold Swing
Birmingham Northfield by-election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Spellar 15,904 36.3 −8.8
Conservative Roger Gale 15,615 35.6 −9.8
Liberal Stephen Ridley 11,453 26.1 +18.0
National Front Ian Anderson 411 0.9 -0.2
Communist Peter Sheppard 349 0.8 N/A
People's Progressive Party Ronald Taylor 63 0.2 N/A
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident Bill Boaks 60 0.1 N/A
Majority 289 0.7
Turnout 43,855 55.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -0.51

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.birminghamconservatives.co.uk/ppc/ Birmingham Conservatives
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