Sutton Coldfield (UK Parliament constituency)

**Sutton Coldfield**
Borough constituency

Sutton Coldfield shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created:	1945
MP:	Andrew Mitchell
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Midlands
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Sutton Coldfield is a borough 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.

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

Sutton Coldfield is one of the Conservative Party's safest seats in Britain, having held it since its formation in 1945. The current member of Parliament is Andrew Mitchell, former MP for Gedling in Nottinghamshire, who replaced the former Cabinet minister Sir Norman Fowler in 2001.

General Election 2005: Sutton Coldfield
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
	UK Independence	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
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
	UK Independence	Mike Nattrass	1,186	2.7	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Ian Robinson	284	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,104	23.2
Turnout			43,452	60.5	-12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

v • d • e Constituencies in the West Midlands

Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston • Birmingham, Erdington • Birmingham Hall Green • Birmingham Hodge Hill • Birmingham Northfield • Birmingham Perry Barr • Birmingham Selly Oak • Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath • Burton • Cannock Chase • Coventry North East • Coventry North West • Coventry South • Dudley North • Dudley South • Halesowen and Rowley Regis • Newcastle-under-Lyme • North Warwickshire • Nuneaton • Redditch • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Stoke-on-Trent Central • Stoke-on-Trent North • Stoke-on-Trent South • Stourbridge • Tamworth • Telford • Walsall North • Walsall South • Warley • Warwick and Leamington • West Bromwich East • West Bromwich West • Wolverhampton North East • Wolverhampton South East • Wolverhampton South West • Worcester

Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills • Bromsgrove • Leominster • Lichfield • Ludlow • Meriden • Mid Worcestershire • North Shropshire • Rugby and Kenilworth • Shrewsbury and Atcham • South Staffordshire • Stone • Stratford-on-Avon • Sutton Coldfield • The Wrekin • West Worcestershire

Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley • Hereford • Solihull

Health Concern	Wyre Forest

Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) • Labour (2) • UKIP (1) • Liberal Democrats (1)