Birmingham_Stechford_(constituency)

Birmingham Stechford
Birmingham Stechford
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

Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983

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.

Quick Facts County, 1950–1983 ...

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.

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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

Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Stechford
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]

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

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