Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament 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

Last updated July 01, 2023

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.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Sheldon, Stechford, and Washwood Heath.^[2]

1955–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Stechford and Washwood Heath.^[3]

1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Shard End, Stechford, and Washwood Heath.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Roy Jenkins	Labour
	1977 by-election	Andrew MacKay	Conservative
	1979	Terry Davis	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Birmingham Stechford
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)

General election 1951: Birmingham Stechford
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

General election 1955: Birmingham Stechford
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

General election 1959: Birmingham Stechford
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

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Birmingham Stechford
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

General election 1966: Birmingham Stechford
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

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Birmingham Stechford
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

General election February 1974: Birmingham Stechford
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

General election October 1974: Birmingham Stechford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Jenkins	23,075	57.6	+4.5
	Conservative	David John Wedgwood	11,152	27.8	−2.4
	Liberal	Graham Gopsill	5,860	14.6	−1.4
Majority			11,923	29.8	+6.8
Turnout			40,087	64.1	-8.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1977 Birmingham Stechford by-election
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	−6.4
	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

General election 1979: Birmingham Stechford
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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham Hodge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)</span> UK parliamentary constituency

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)</span> UK Parliament constituency in England since 1918

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Romford (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards

Romford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Rosindell, a Conservative. It was created in 1885.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham Selly Oak (UK Parliament constituency)</span> UK Parliament constituency in England since 1955

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham Erdington (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974 onwards

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)</span> UK Parliament constituency in England since 1950

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency)</span> UK Parliament constituency in England since 1918

Birmingham Ladywood is a constituency of part of the city of Birmingham, represented in the House of Commons since 2010 by Shabana Mahmood of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)</span> UK Parliament constituency in England since 1950

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birmingham Perry Barr (UK Parliament constituency)</span> UK Parliament constituency in England since 1950

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Meriden (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955 onwards

Meriden is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Saqib Bhatti, a Conservative. It is named after the village of Meriden, halfway between Solihull and Coventry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reading South (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom 1950-1955 and 1974-1983

Reading South was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency covered an area in and around the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire.

Birmingham, Sparkbrook was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Sparkbrook area 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 system.

Birmingham Small Heath was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Small Heath area of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Birmingham Handsworth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Handsworth district of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was abolished in 1983.

Birmingham Moseley was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Birmingham All Saints was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post voting system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stockport South (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983

Stockport South was a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1983.

References

↑ "'Birmingham Stechford', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
↑ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Birmingham and North Warwickshire) Order 1955. SI 1955/177". Statutory Instruments 1955. Part II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1956. pp. 2099–2102.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Cardiff South East	Constituency represented by the chancellor of the Exchequer 1967–1970	Succeeded by Enfield West

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[ElectionWeb74-1] "'Birmingham Stechford', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[2] Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.

[3] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Birmingham and North Warwickshire) Order 1955. SI 1955/177". Statutory Instruments 1955. Part II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1956. pp. 2099–2102.

[1]

[2]

[3]

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]