Birmingham King's Norton (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

Contents

Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of the "Northfield and Selly Oak Wards and the part of King's Norton Ward which is not included in the Moseley Division" in the County Borough of Birmingham. [1]

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of the "King's Norton and Moseley and King's Heath wards of the County Borough of Birmingham". Moseley and King's Heath wards had previously been part of the Birmingham Moseley and Birmingham Sparkbrook constituencies, as had the part of King's Norton ward which lay to the north of Bells Lane and to the east and south-east of the middle of Monyhull Hall Road and Brandwood Road. Northfield and Selly Oak wards became the constituency of Birmingham Northfield. [2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [3] PartyNotes
1918 Sir Herbert Austin Coalition Conservative [4] later Baron Austin
1922 Conservative
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

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Birmingham Kings Norton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Herbert Austin 8,80954.5
Co-operative Party Thomas Hackett 4,91730.4
Liberal Norman Birkett 2,43515.1
Majority3,89224.1
Turnout 16,161
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Birmingham Kings Norton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Herbert Austin 8,870 41.5 -13.0
Labour Co-op Eleanor Barton 7,01732.8+2.4
Liberal Walter Meakin 5,47425.6+10.5
Majority1,8538.7-15.4
Turnout 21,36174.0
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: Birmingham Kings Norton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Herbert Austin 9,545 43.4 +1.9
Labour Co-op Eleanor Barton 6,74330.7-2.1
Liberal Elizabeth Cadbury 5,68625.9+0.3
Majority2,80212.7+4.0
Turnout 21,97474.1+0.1
Unionist hold Swing +2.0
General election 1924: Birmingham Kings Norton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Dennison 10,497 43.3 +12.6
Unionist Herbert Austin 10,36442.8-0.6
Liberal John Fryer3,37013.9-12.0
Majority1330.5N/A
Turnout 24,23184.9+10.8
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General election 1929: Birmingham Kings Norton [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Lionel Beaumont-Thomas 14,464 42.0 -0.8
Labour Robert Dennison 13,97340.6-2.7
Liberal Archie Marshall 5,99817.4+3.5
Majority4911.4N/A
Turnout 34,43582.8-2.1
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Birmingham Kings Norton [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lionel Beaumont-Thomas 22,063 57.5 +15.5
Labour Gilbert Mitchison 11,01628.7-11.9
Liberal Archie Marshall 5,29413.8-3.6
Majority11,04728.8+27.4
Turnout 38,37381.0-1.8
Conservative hold Swing +13.7
General election 1935: Birmingham Kings Norton [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Cartland 24,559 56.8 -0.7
Labour Gilbert Mitchison 18,68443.2+14.5
Majority5,87513.6-15.2
Turnout 43,24374.6-6.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1941 Birmingham King's Norton by-election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Peto 21,573 86.9 +30.1
Independent A. W. L. Smith1,6966.8New
PacifistStuart Morris1,5526.3New
Majority19,87780.1+66.5
Turnout 24,82135.0-39.6
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: Birmingham Kings Norton [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Blackburn 32,062 55.2 +12.0
Conservative John Peto 19,76434.0-22.8
Liberal Bertram Samuel White6,28910.8New
Majority12,29821.2N/A
Turnout 58,11574.0-0.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Birmingham King's Norton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Lloyd 27,308 50.61
Labour Albert Bradbeer21,71540.24
Liberal Michael Beesley 4,9409.15New
Majority5,59310.37
Turnout 53,96384.26
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Birmingham King's Norton [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Lloyd 30,456 57.70
Labour Denis Howell 22,32542.30
Majority8,13115.40
Turnout 52,78181.63
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9
  2. ↑ Representation of the People Act 1948, Schedule 1
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
  4. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 86. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  10. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  11. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  12. ↑ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, p.86
  13. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  14. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  15. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
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