Birmingham Northfield | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
Population | 101,422 (2011 census) [1] |
Electorate | 73,483 (2023) [2] |
Major settlements | Longbridge, Northfield |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Laurence Turner (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Birmingham King's Norton |
Birmingham Northfield is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Laurence Turner, a Labour politician. [n 2] It represents the southernmost part of the city of Birmingham.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham Wards of Northfield, Selly Oak, and Weoley. [3]
1955–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of King's Norton, Northfield, and Weoley. [4]
1974–1983: As above less King's Norton, plus Longbridge
1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Bartley Green, Longbridge, Northfield, and Weoley.
1997–2010: As above less Bartley Green
2010–2018: As above plus King's Norton
2018–present: The City of Birmingham wards of: Allens Cross; Frankley Great Park; King’s Norton North; King’s Norton South; Longbridge & West Heath; Northfield; Rubery & Rednal; Weoley & Selly Oak (part). [6]
Among the area's largest features is the Longbridge Town shopping area built on the site of the now demolished MG Rover Group factory which for decades had been a major employer in the constituency but which was closed down in the run up to the 2005 general election, two hospitals, Northfield Shopping Centre and the now also closed North Worcestershire Golf Course. [8] Despite the closure of the Longbridge Motor works the Labour MP at the time, Richard Burden was returned in the subsequent general election with his majority reduced by 5.6%. He was re-elected with his majority further reduced by 14.1% in 2010. In 2015, Burden was re-elected with a majority of 2,509 votes and a vote share of 41.6%, which made Northfield the most marginal seat in Birmingham. Two years later at the 2017 snap election, Burden increased his majority to 4,667 votes and his vote share to 53.2% on an overall turnout of 44,348 voters.
At the 2019 general election, the seat was won by the Conservative candidate Gary Sambrook with a majority of 1,640 votes. The Conservatives therefore held the Birmingham Northfield seat for the first time in 27 years.
The 2015 result gave the seat the 26th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. [9]
From its creation in 1950 until 2019, Labour Party MPs were elected and served the seat, with the exception of the period from 1979 to 1992, which was whilst the Conservative Party were in government, with a one-year gap caused by a Labour win at a 1982 by-election. From 1979 to 1982, the MP was Jocelyn Cadbury, a member of the influential and large Cadbury family.
The Conservative candidate for 2015, MacLean, came within 5.9% of winning the seat. UKIP's swing nationally was +9.5% in 2015; here it was 13.5%, enabling a third place, having been fifth-placed in the previous election. The other two candidates, standing for parties other than Labour on the left, narrowly forfeited their deposits.
Turnout has ranged between 84.7% in 1950 and 52.8% in 2001 (which was below the percentage of the 1982 by-election).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Laurence Turner | 14,929 | 39.6 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Gary Sambrook | 9,540 | 25.3 | −20.8 | |
Reform UK | Stephen Peters | 7,895 | 21.0 | +17.2 | |
Green | Rob Grant | 2,809 | 7.5 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jerry Evans | 1,791 | 4.8 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Altaf Hussain | 310 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Common Good | Dick Rodgers | 215 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Dean Gwilliam | 163 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,389 | 14.3 | |||
Turnout | 37,652 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Sambrook | 19,957 | 46.3 | 3.6 | |
Labour | Richard Burden | 18,317 | 42.5 | 10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Scott | 1,961 | 4.6 | 2.4 | |
Brexit Party | Keith Rowe | 1,655 | 3.8 | New | |
Green | Eleanor Masters | 954 | 2.2 | 0.3 | |
UKIP | Kenneth Lowry | 254 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,640 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,238 | 58.7 | 2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 73,694 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Burden | 23,596 | 53.2 | 11.6 | |
Conservative | Meg Powell-Chandler | 18,929 | 42.7 | 7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Harmer | 959 | 2.2 | 1.0 | |
Green | Eleanor Masters | 864 | 1.9 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 4,667 | 10.5 | 4.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,348 | 61.3 | 1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Burden | 17,673 | 41.6 | 1.3 | |
Conservative | Rachel Maclean | 15,164 | 35.7 | 2.1 | |
UKIP | Keith Rowe | 7,106 | 16.7 | 13.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Haynes | 1,349 | 3.2 | 12.5 | |
Green | Anna Masters [16] | 1,169 | 2.8 | 1.8 | |
Majority | 2,509 | 5.9 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,461 | 59.4 | 0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 |
Going into the 2015 general election, this was the 121st most marginal constituency in Great Britain, the Conservatives requiring a swing from Labour of 3.3% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election). [17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Burden | 16,841 | 40.3 | 10.1 | |
Conservative | Keely Huxtable | 14,059 | 33.6 | 3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Dixon | 6,550 | 15.7 | 3.3 | |
BNP | Les Orton | 2,290 | 5.5 | 2.2 | |
UKIP | John Borthwick | 1,363 | 3.3 | 1.0 | |
Green | Susan Pearce | 406 | 1.0 | New | |
Common Good | Dick Rodgers | 305 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 2,782 | 6.7 | 14.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,814 | 58.6 | 3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Burden | 15,419 | 49.6 | 6.4 | |
Conservative | Vicky Ford | 8,965 | 28.9 | 0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Sword | 4,171 | 13.4 | 2.2 | |
BNP | Mark Cattell | 1,278 | 4.1 | New | |
UKIP | Gillian Chant | 641 | 2.1 | 0.2 | |
Common Good | Richard Rogers | 428 | 1.4 | New | |
Socialist Alternative | Louise Houdley | 120 | 0.4 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Frank Sweeney | 34 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,454 | 20.7 | 5.7 | ||
Turnout | 31,056 | 56.6 | 3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Burden | 16,528 | 56.0 | 1.4 | |
Conservative | Nils Purser | 8,730 | 29.6 | 1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Sword | 3,322 | 11.2 | 0.8 | |
UKIP | Stephen Rogers | 550 | 1.9 | New | |
Socialist Alliance | Clive Walder | 193 | 0.7 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Zane Carpenter | 151 | 0.5 | New | |
Communist | Andrew Chaffer | 60 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 7,798 | 26.4 | 3.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,534 | 52.8 | 15.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Burden | 22,316 | 57.4 | 11.9 | |
Conservative | Alan C. Blumenthal | 10,873 | 28.0 | 14.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael R. Ashell | 4,078 | 10.5 | 0.4 | |
Referendum | David Gent | 1,243 | 3.2 | New | |
BNP | Keith A. Axon | 337 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 11,443 | 29.4 | 28.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,847 | 68.3 | 7.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 13.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Burden | 24,433 | 45.5 | 6.3 | |
Conservative | Roger King | 23,803 | 44.4 | 0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David L. Cropp | 5,431 | 10.1 | 5.5 | |
Majority | 630 | 1.1 | 4.8 | ||
Turnout | 53,667 | 76.1 | 4.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger King | 24,024 | 45.1 | 2.4 | |
Labour | John Spellar | 20,889 | 39.2 | 1.7 | |
SDP | John Gordon | 8,319 | 15.6 | 3.6 | |
Majority | 3,135 | 5.9 | 0.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,232 | 72.6 | 1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger King | 22,596 | 42.7 | 2.7 | |
Labour | John Spellar | 19,836 | 37.5 | 7.6 | |
Liberal | David Webb | 10,045 | 19.0 | 10.8 | |
Communist | Peter Sheppard | 420 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,760 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,897 | 71.2 | 0.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Spellar | 15,904 | 36.3 | 8.8 | |
Conservative | Roger Gale | 15,615 | 35.6 | 9.8 | |
Liberal | Stephen Ridley | 11,453 | 26.1 | 18.0 | |
National Front | Ian Anderson | 411 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |
Communist | Peter Sheppard | 349 | 0.8 | New | |
People's Progressive Party | Ronald Taylor | 63 | 0.2 | New | |
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident | Bill Boaks | 60 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 289 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,855 | 55.0 | 15.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jocelyn Cadbury | 25,304 | 45.4 | 13.4 | |
Labour | Raymond Carter | 25,100 | 45.1 | 7.0 | |
Liberal | Roy Lewthwaite | 4,538 | 8.2 | 6.7 | |
National Front | R.A. Newman | 614 | 1.1 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | J.E. Beale | 144 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 204 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,700 | 70.6 | 2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raymond Carter | 27,435 | 52.1 | 4.0 | |
Conservative | Jocelyn Cadbury | 16,838 | 32.0 | 9.0 | |
Liberal | Richard Hains | 7,851 | 14.9 | New | |
PEOPLE | Elizabeth A. Davenport | 359 | 0.7 | New | |
Communist | Derek Robinson | 180 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 10,597 | 20.1 | 5.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,663 | 67.9 | 5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raymond Carter | 31,704 | 56.1 | 5.6 | |
Conservative | John Butcher | 23,175 | 41.0 | 7.6 | |
Independent | M. Newman | 1,237 | 2.2 | New | |
Communist | Derek Robinson | 368 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |
Majority | 8,529 | 15.1 | 13.2 | ||
Turnout | 56,484 | 73.5 | 5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raymond Carter | 33,364 | 50.5 | 8.2 | |
Conservative | David W. Bell | 32,148 | 48.6 | 8.9 | |
Communist | Derek Robinson | 605 | 0.9 | 0.7 | |
Majority | 1,216 | 1.9 | 17.1 | ||
Turnout | 66,117 | 68.3 | 6.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Chapman | 36,801 | 58.7 | 11.5 | |
Conservative | Christopher Cromwell Chalker | 24,899 | 39.7 | 0.7 | |
Communist | Derek Robinson | 1,029 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 11,902 | 19.0 | 12.2 | ||
Turnout | 62,729 | 75.1 | 2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Chapman | 29,301 | 47.2 | 3.6 | |
Conservative | Herbert Banner Adkins | 25,063 | 40.4 | 8.8 | |
Liberal | Roy Lewthwaite | 7,682 | 12.4 | New | |
Majority | 4,238 | 6.8 | 5.2 | ||
Turnout | 62,046 | 77.2 | 1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Chapman | 29,587 | 50.8 | 2.0 | |
Conservative | Reginald Eyre | 28,647 | 49.2 | 2.0 | |
Majority | 940 | 1.6 | 4.0 | ||
Turnout | 58,234 | 78.5 | 0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Chapman | 27,072 | 52.8 | ||
Conservative | Clement Sweet | 24,188 | 47.2 | ||
Majority | 2,884 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 51,260 | 78.6 | 4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Chapman | 26,580 | 52.8 | 0.2 | |
Conservative | Maurice Chandler | 23,730 | 47.2 | 7.6 | |
Majority | 2,850 | 5.6 | 7.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,310 | 83.4 | 1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raymond Blackburn | 26,714 | 53.0 | ||
Conservative | Tom Iremonger | 19,974 | 39.6 | ||
Liberal | Evan Laurence Frederick Richards | 3,280 | 6.5 | ||
Communist | Richard Albert Etheridge | 479 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 6,740 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 50,447 | 84.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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