King's_Norton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Birmingham King's Norton
Birmingham King's Norton
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1918–1955
Seats	One
Replaced by	Birmingham Selly Oak and Birmingham Northfield

Birmingham King's Norton (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1955

Birmingham King's Norton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

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	Member^[3]	Party	Notes
1918	Sir Herbert Austin	Coalition Conservative^[4]	later Baron Austin
1922	Sir Herbert Austin	Conservative	later Baron Austin
1924	Robert Dennison	Labour
1929	Lionel Beaumont-Thomas	Conservative
1935	Ronald Cartland	Conservative
1941 by-election	John Peto	Conservative
1945	Raymond Blackburn	Labour
1950	Geoffrey Lloyd	Conservative	later Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd
1955	Constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
C	Unionist	Herbert Austin	8,809	54.5
	Co-operative Party	Thomas Hackett	4,917	30.4
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	2,435	15.1
Majority			3,892	24.1
Turnout			16,161
	Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Austin	8,870	41.5	-13.0
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Barton	7,017	32.8	+2.4
	Liberal	Walter Meakin	5,474	25.6	+10.5
Majority			1,853	8.7	-15.4
Turnout			21,361	74.0
	Unionist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Austin	9,545	43.4	+1.9
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Barton	6,743	30.7	-2.1
	Liberal	Elizabeth Cadbury	5,686	25.9	+0.3
Majority			2,802	12.7	+4.0
Turnout			21,974	74.1	+0.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	+2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Dennison	10,497	43.3	+12.6
	Unionist	Herbert Austin	10,364	42.8	-0.6
	Liberal	John Fryer	3,370	13.9	-12.0
Majority			133	0.5	N/A
Turnout			24,231	84.9	+10.8
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

Birmingham King's Norton (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham King's Norton
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1955
Seats	One
Replaced by	Birmingham Selly Oak and Birmingham Northfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lionel Beaumont-Thomas	14,464	42.0	-0.8
	Labour	Robert Dennison	13,973	40.6	-2.7
	Liberal	Archie Marshall	5,998	17.4	+3.5
Majority			491	1.4	N/A
Turnout			34,435	82.8	-2.1
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Beaumont-Thomas	22,063	57.5	+15.5
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchison	11,016	28.7	-11.9
	Liberal	Archie Marshall	5,294	13.8	-3.6
Majority			11,047	28.8	+27.4
Turnout			38,373	81.0	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Cartland	24,559	56.8	-0.7
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchison	18,684	43.2	+14.5
Majority			5,875	13.6	-15.2
Turnout			43,243	74.6	-6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peto	21,573	86.9	+30.1
	Independent	A. W. L. Smith	1,696	6.8	New
	Pacifist	Stuart Morris	1,552	6.3	New
Majority			19,877	80.1	+66.5
Turnout			24,821	35.0	-39.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Blackburn	32,062	55.2	+12.0
	Conservative	John Peto	19,764	34.0	-22.8
	Liberal	Bertram Samuel White	6,289	10.8	New
Majority			12,298	21.2	N/A
Turnout			58,115	74.0	-0.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lloyd	27,308	50.61
	Labour	Albert Bradbeer	21,715	40.24
	Liberal	Michael Beesley	4,940	9.15	New
Majority			5,593	10.37
Turnout			53,963	84.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lloyd	30,456	57.70
	Labour	Denis Howell	22,325	42.30
Majority			8,131	15.40
Turnout			52,781	81.63
	Conservative hold		Swing