Birmingham Yardley | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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![]() Boundary of Birmingham Yardley in West Midlands region | |
County | West Midlands |
Population | 106,738 (2011 census) [1] |
Electorate | 73,261 (December 2010) [2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Jess Phillips (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Birmingham East and Tamworth |
Birmingham Yardley is a constituency [n 1] of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Jess Phillips of the Labour Party. [n 2]
Yardley Rural District was annexed to Birmingham under the 1911 Greater Birmingham Act.
The seat covers south-eastern areas of Birmingham including Stechford, Tyseley, Yardley and Acocks Green. Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Centrist", characterised by moderate views on social and economic issues. [3]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Saltley, Small Heath, and Yardley.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, and Yardley. [4]
1955–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley. [5]
1983–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.
2010–2024: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, and Stechford and Yardley North.
2024–present: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green; Sheldon; Small Heath; South Yardley; Tyseley & Hay Mills; Yardley East; Yardley West & Stechford. [6]
From the seat's creation in 1918 until the 2005 general election, the MP elected for Birmingham Yardley was on all but three occasions a member of the party that won the general election, making it a former bellwether seat. Exceptions were Labour wins in the constituency compared to Conservative wins nationally in 1951, 1955 and 1992.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Yvonne Clements | ||||
Green | Roxanne Green | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Harmer | ||||
Reform UK | Nora Kamberi | ||||
Workers Party | Jody McIntyre | ||||
Labour | Jess Phillips | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jess Phillips | 23,379 | 54.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Vincent Garrington | 12,720 | 29.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Harmer | 3,754 | 8.8 | ![]() | |
Brexit Party | Mary McKenna | 2,246 | 5.3 | New | |
Green | Christopher Garghan | 579 | 1.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 10,659 | 25.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 42,678 | 57.3 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jess Phillips | 25,398 | 57.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Mohammed Afzal | 8,824 | 19.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hemming | 7,984 | 17.9 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Paul Clayton | 1,916 | 4.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Christopher Garghan | 280 | 0.6 | ![]() | |
Independent | Abu Nowshed | 100 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 16,574 | 37.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 44,502 | 61.3 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jess Phillips | 17,129 | 41.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hemming | 10,534 | 25.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Paul Clayton | 6,637 | 16.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Arun Photay | 5,760 | 14.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Grant Bishop | 698 | 1.7 | New | |
Respect | Teval Stephens | 187 | 0.5 | New | |
TUSC | Eamonn Flynn | 135 | 0.3 | New | |
SDP | Peter Johnson | 71 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 6,595 | 15.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,313 | 57.3 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Hemming | 16,162 | 39.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Lynnette Kelly | 13,160 | 32.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Meirion Jenkins | 7,836 | 19.2 | ![]() | |
BNP | Tanya Lumby | 2,153 | 5.3 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Graham Duffen | 1,190 | 2.9 | ![]() | |
National Front | Paul Morris | 349 | 0.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 3,002 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 40,850 | 56.5 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Hemming | 13,648 | 46.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jayne Innes | 10,976 | 37.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Paul Uppal | 2,970 | 10.1 | ![]() | |
BNP | Robert Purcell | 1,523 | 5.2 | New | |
UKIP | Mohammed Yaqub | 314 | 1.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,672 | 9.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,431 | 57.7 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Estelle Morris | 14,085 | 46.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hemming | 11,507 | 38.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Barrie Roberts | 3,941 | 13.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Alan Ware | 329 | 1.1 | ![]() | |
Socialist Labour | Colin Wren | 151 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,578 | 8.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 30,011 | 57.2 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Estelle Morris | 17,778 | 47.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hemming | 12,463 | 33.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Anne Jobson | 6,736 | 17.8 | ![]() | |
Referendum | Duncan Livingston | 646 | 1.7 | New | |
UKIP | Alan Ware | 164 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 5,315 | 14.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 37,787 | 71.2 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Estelle Morris | 14,884 | 34.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | David Bevan | 14,722 | 34.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hemming | 12,899 | 30.2 | ![]() | |
National Front | Pauline Read | 192 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 162 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,697 | 78.0 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Bevan | 17,931 | 42.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Geoff Edge | 15,409 | 36.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Leslie Smith | 8,734 | 20.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,522 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 42,074 | 73.9 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Bevan | 17,986 | 43.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Roger Godsiff | 15,121 | 36.3 | ![]() | |
SDP | David Bennett | 8,109 | 19.5 | ![]() | |
National Front | Robert Jones | 415 | 1.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,865 | 6.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 41,631 | 72.1 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Bevan | 20,193 | 47.56 | ||
Labour | Syd Tierney | 19,029 | 44.81 | ||
Liberal | Susan Mary Anderson | 2,491 | 5.87 | ||
National Front | Harold Challendar | 749 | 1.80 | ||
Majority | 1,164 | 2.75 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,462 | 73.75 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Syd Tierney | 20,834 | 48.27 | ||
Conservative | Derek Coombs | 16,664 | 38.61 | ||
Liberal | John Aldridge | 4,518 | 10.47 | ||
National Front | Harold Challendar | 1,034 | 2.40 | New | |
More Prosperous Britain | Thomas Keen | 111 | 0.26 | New | |
Majority | 4,170 | 9.66 | |||
Turnout | 43,161 | 73.09 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Syd Tierney | 20,580 | 44.62 | ||
Conservative | Derek Coombs | 18,633 | 40.40 | ||
Liberal | John Aldridge | 6,912 | 14.99 | New | |
Majority | 1,947 | 4.22 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,213 | 78.72 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Derek Coombs | 21,827 | 50.14 | ||
Labour Co-op | Ioan Evans | 21,707 | 49.86 | ||
Majority | 120 | 0.28 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,534 | 69.70 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Ioan Evans | 25,568 | 56.35 | ||
Conservative | Leonard Cleaver | 19,809 | 43.65 | ||
Majority | 5,759 | 12.70 | |||
Turnout | 45,377 | 77.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Ioan Evans | 22,788 | 50.19 | ||
Conservative | Leonard Cleaver | 22,619 | 49.81 | ||
Majority | 169 | 0.38 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,407 | 77.05 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leonard Cleaver | 23,482 | 51.52 | ||
Labour | Henry Usborne | 22,097 | 48.48 | ||
Majority | 1,385 | 3.04 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,579 | 77.08 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Usborne | 23,722 | 53.52 | ||
Conservative | Philip Holland | 20,598 | 46.48 | ||
Majority | 3,124 | 7.04 | |||
Turnout | 44,320 | 75.02 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Usborne | 22,800 | 53.15 | ||
Conservative | Albert E. Shaw | 20,099 | 46.85 | ||
Majority | 2,701 | 6.30 | |||
Turnout | 42,899 | 82.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Henry Usborne | 22,342 | 51.16 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Matthews | 18,431 | 42.20 | ||
Liberal | A.S. Ritchie | 2,553 | 5.85 | ||
Communist | Jim Faulkner [24] | 347 | 0.79 | New | |
Majority | 3,911 | 8.96 | |||
Turnout | 43,673 | 84.32 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wesley Perrins | 33,835 | 60.49 | +18.16 | |
Conservative | Edward Salt | 16,514 | 29.53 | -28.14 | |
Liberal | Charles Frederick Middleton | 5,583 | 9.98 | New | |
Majority | 17,321 | 30.96 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,932 | 69.21 | +3.99 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.15 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Salt | 25,717 | 57.67 | -7.52 | |
Labour | Charles Jarman | 18,879 | 42.33 | +8.50 | |
Majority | 6,838 | 15.34 | -16.02 | ||
Turnout | 44,596 | 65.22 | -12.48 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.01 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Salt | 32,061 | 65.19 | +24.29 | |
Labour | Archibald Gossling | 16,640 | 33.83 | -15.07 | |
New Party | EJ Bartleet | 479 | 0.97 | New | |
Majority | 15,421 | 31.36 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,180 | 76.70 | -1.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +18.64 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Archibald Gossling | 23,956 | 48.9 | ![]() | |
Unionist | Edward Salt | 19,590 | 39.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Charles Albert Beaumont | 5,500 | 11.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,366 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,046 | 77.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 63,068 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Alfred Jephcott | 16,149 | 53.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Archibald Gossling | 14,184 | 46.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,965 | 6.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 30,333 | 77.3 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 39,235 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Alfred Jephcott | 13,300 | 53.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Archibald Gossling | 11,562 | 46.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,738 | 7.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 24,862 | 64.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 38,591 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Alfred Jephcott | 15,586 | 58.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | Archibald Gossling | 11,234 | 41.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 4,352 | 16.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 26,820 | 70.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 38,045 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Alfred Jephcott | 10,960 | 56.3 | |
Labour | George Shann | 7,466 | 38.3 | ||
Liberal | George Jackson | 1,049 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | 3,494 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 19,475 | 53.2 | |||
Registered electors | 36,575 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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