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Birmingham Hodge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Hodge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency


Hodge Hill and Solihull North is a constituency[n 1] of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons since 2004 by Liam Byrne, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]

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Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to major boundary changes including the incorporation of northern areas of the Borough of Solihull (Castle Bromwich and Smith's Wood). As a consequence, it will be renamed Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North, to be first contested at the next general election.[3]

Constituency profile

The constituency covers a diverse area of east Birmingham, including the predominantly Asian inner-city area of Washwood Heath and the mostly white area of Shard End on the city's eastern boundary, as well as Hodge Hill itself. There is roughly a three-way split of social housing, privately rented and privately owned homes. The area has a high proportion of low-income households, with the constituency having one of the highest Indices of Multiple Deprivation in the West Midlands for its central area.[4]

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Liam Byrne of the Labour Party, who was elected in the 2004 by-election. He succeeded Terry Davis, who had held the seat since its creation in the 1983 general election. For the four years from the 1979 general election Davis held the largely predecessor constituency to the area, Birmingham Stechford.

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Boundaries

Map of present boundaries

2010–present: The City of Birmingham wards of Bordesley Green, Hodge Hill, Shard End, and Washwood Heath.

1983–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Hodge Hill, Shard End, and Washwood Heath.

When the Hodge Hill area committee district of Birmingham was created in 2004 its boundaries were those of the constituency.

History

The constituency was created in 1983, taking much of abolished Birmingham Stechford, the remainder of which bolstered Birmingham Yardley (principally Stechford itself). The predecessor seat was won by the Labour candidate in all but one election since its 1950 creation.

In 2004, the appointment of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Terry Davis, as secretary general of the Council of Europe resulted in a fiercely contested by-election. The seat saw a strong result by the Liberal Democrat candidate,[n 3] who hoped to build on her party's previous by-election gain at Brent East, as well as vote splitting by the similarly aligned-to-Labour, anti-war RESPECT The Unity Coalition candidate. On a low turnout, the incumbent held the seat by a margin of 460 votes over the Liberal Democrats. The 2015 result made the seat the ninth safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[6]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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1: The Liberal Democrats suspended Waheed Rafiq from the party, over numerous antisemitic, and other offensive social media posts. It was too late to prevent him standing in the election and his name remained on the ballot paper as a Liberal Democrat.[8] Rafiq polled the lowest percentage for any Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2019 election.

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Elections in the 2000s

Note: percentage changes are from the figures at the 2001 general election, not the 2004 by-election.

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Elections in the 1990s

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Elections in the 1980s

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See also

Notes

  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. In the same way as by-election in Leicester South, held on the same day by the Labour Party

References

  1. "Birmingham, Hodge Hill: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  4. "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  5. "Birmingham Hodge Hill Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. Wickham, Alex (20 November 2019). "The Lib Dems Have Suspended A Candidate Who Repeatedly Made Antisemitic Remarks". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. "Statement of Persons Nominated and notice of poll". Birmingham City Council. Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  8. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. "Birmingham Hodge Hill [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  14. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  16. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  18. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

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