Sutton Coldfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sutton Coldfield
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Sutton Coldfield in City of Birmingham
EnglandBirmingham.svg
Location of City of Birmingham within England
County West Midlands
Electorate 75,031 (December 2010) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1945
Member of Parliament Andrew Mitchell (Conservative)
Created from North Warwickshire or the 'Tamworth' division of Warwickshire

Sutton Coldfield is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Mitchell, a Conservative. [n 2]

Contents

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] PartyNotes
1945 Sir John Mellor Conservative
1955 Geoffrey Lloyd Conservative Minister of Fuel and Power 1951–1955
Minister of Education 1957–1959
Feb 1974 Norman Fowler Conservative Minister of Transport 1979–1981
Secretary of State for Transport 1981–1981
Secretary of State for Social Services 1981–1987
Secretary of State for Employment 1987–1990
Chairman of the Conservative Party 1992–1994
2001 Andrew Mitchell Conservative Secretary of State for International Development 2010–2012
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip 2012
Minister of State for Development and Africa 2022–

Constituency profile

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . At that date the regional average stood at 4.7% [3]

Within Birmingham, the Conservatives have 11 councillors in this seat, with Labour's one councillor in the Sutton Vesey ward.

Boundaries

Sutton Coldfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1945–1955: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, and the Rural Districts of Meriden and Tamworth.

1955–1974: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, and the County Borough of Birmingham ward of Erdington. [4]

1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield.

1983–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton New Hall, and Sutton Vesey.

2010–2018: The City of Birmingham wards of Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton New Hall, Sutton Trinity, and Sutton Vesey.

2018–present: Following a revision to the local authority ward structure in Birmingham which came into effect from May 2018, [5] the constituency is currently composed of the following:

The constituency covers the northern part of the City of Birmingham. It corresponds to the former borough of Sutton Coldfield.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged. [6]

History

This area contributed to the old seat of North Warwickshire or the 'Tamworth' division of Warwickshire, which remains in a much narrower form as the largely suburban town to the north has developed. [7] [8]

Political history

All MPs elected since the constituency's creation in 1945 have been Conservative. Sutton Coldfield is, on the length of party representation measure combined with numerical majority, among the safest seats in the country for the party; they have received a majority of votes in the seat and its predecessors since 1885. The Conservative party's vote share of 68.9% in the constituency in 1979 would not be matched for 38 years, when the Conservatives received a higher share in South Holland and the Deepings, where they received 69.9%. Their lowest majority since the initial 1945 Labour landslide election was achieved in 2001, which still stood at a healthy 10,000 and a 50.4% share of the vote, and enabled Andrew Mitchell to make his return to Parliament.

Prominent frontbench members

Geoffrey Lloyd (later created a life peer as Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd) was for four years the Minister of Fuel and Power then Minister of Education for two years mostly under the Third Churchill ministry then Macmillan Ministry.

Former Cabinet minister Sir Norman Fowler served the seat from 1974 until retiring as an MP in 2001. Departments he led during the Thatcher ministry were transport, social services and then employment. Now Lord Fowler, he was Lord Speaker from September 2016 until April 2021.

Andrew Mitchell, MP here since 2001 and previously MP for Gedling from 1987 to 1997, was Secretary of State for International Development then briefly Conservative Chief Whip while in Coalition Government 2010-2015, until standing down after swearing at police while attempting to take his bicycle through the main gates of Downing Street in 2012.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Sutton Coldfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jed Marson [9]
Reform UK Mark Hoath [10]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Sutton Coldfield [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 31,604 60.4 –0.6
Labour David Knowles12,33223.6–8.3
Liberal Democrats Jenny Wilkinson6,35812.2+7.8
Green Ben Auton2,0313.9+2.1
Majority19,27236.8+7.7
Turnout 52,32569.2–0.7
Registered electors 75,638
Conservative hold Swing +3.9
General election 2017: Sutton Coldfield [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 32,224 61.0 +6.4
Labour Robert Pocock16,88531.9+9.6
Liberal Democrats Jenny Wilkinson2,3024.4–0.8
Green David Ratcliff9651.8–1.0
Independent Hannah Sophia4820.9New
Majority15,33929.1–3.2
Turnout 52,85869.9+2.0
Conservative hold Swing –1.7
General election 2015: Sutton Coldfield [14] [15] [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 27,782 54.6 +0.6
Labour Robert Pocock11,36522.3+1.9
UKIP Marcus Brown [18] 7,48914.7+11.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Brighton-Knight2,6275.2–12.8
Green David Ratcliff1,4262.8+1.7
UbuntuMark Sleigh1650.3New
Majority16,41732.3–1.3
Turnout 50,85467.90.0
Conservative hold Swing –0.7
General election 2010: Sutton Coldfield [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 27,303 54.0 +1.4
Labour Robert Pocock10,29820.4–5.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Brighton9,11718.0+1.4
BNP Robert Grierson1,7493.5New
UKIP Edward Siddall-Jones1,5873.1–1.8
Green Joe Rooney5351.1New
Majority17,00533.6+7.1
Turnout 50,58967.9+5.2
Conservative hold Swing +3.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Sutton Coldfield [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 24,308 52.5 +2.1
Labour Robert Pocock12,02526.0–1.2
Liberal Democrats Craig Drury7,71016.6–2.4
UKIP Stephen Shorrock2,2754.9+2.2
Majority12,28326.5+3.3
Turnout 46,31863.5+3.0
Conservative hold Swing +1.7
General election 2001: Sutton Coldfield [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 21,909 50.4 –1.8
Labour Robert Pocock11,80527.2+3.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Turner8,26819.0–0.4
UKIP Mike Nattrass 1,1862.7New
Independent Ian Robinson2840.7New
Majority10,10423.2–5.2
Turnout 43,45260.5–12.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Sutton Coldfield [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Fowler 27,373 52.2 –13.0
Labour Alan C. York12,48823.8+8.8
Liberal Democrats James E. Whorwood10,13919.4+0.1
Referendum Douglas Hope2,4014.6New
Majority14,88528.4–7.5
Turnout 52,40172.9–6.6
Conservative hold Swing –10.9
General election 1992: Sutton Coldfield [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Fowler 37,001 65.2 +1.2
Liberal Democrats James E. Whorwood10,96519.3–5.4
Labour Jan M. Bott-Obi8,49015.0+3.7
Natural Law Huw S. Meads3240.6New
Majority26,03645.9+6.6
Turnout 56,78079.5+5.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Sutton Coldfield [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Fowler 34,475 64.0 –1.4
Liberal Timothy Bick13,29224.7–1.6
Labour Peter McLoughlin6,10411.3+2.9
Majority21,18339.3+0.2
Turnout 53,87174.5+2.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.1
General election 1983: Sutton Coldfield [30] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Fowler 31,753 65.4 –3.5
Liberal Aubrey Jones [32] 12,76926.3+10.2
Labour Christopher Gibbons4,0668.4–4.8
Majority18,98439.1–13.6
Turnout 48,58871.8–5.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Sutton Coldfield [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Fowler 34,096 68.9 +11.8
Liberal CEA Hooper7,98916.1–11.4
Labour J Partridge6,51113.2–2.2
National Front R Wallace4660.9New
Ind. Conservative GC Hammond4590.9New
Majority26,10752.7+23.1
Turnout 49,52177.3+2.8
Conservative hold Swing +11.6
General election October 1974: Sutton Coldfield [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Fowler 25,729 57.1 –0.4
Liberal A Watson12,37327.5–2.8
Labour G W Wells6,95515.4+3.2
Majority13,35629.6–0.2
Turnout 45,05774.5+7.8
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
General election February 1974: Sutton Coldfield [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Fowler 28,355 57.5 +0.1
Liberal A. Watson14,92930.3+16.0
Labour R.A. Little6,02812.2–16.1
Majority13,42629.8+0.7
Turnout 49,31282.3+13.2
Conservative hold Swing –8.0
General election 1970: Sutton Coldfield [36] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Lloyd 36,774 57.4 +4.9
Labour Peter Tebbutt18,13428.3+3.6
Liberal Lionel King9,16314.3–8.6
Majority18,64029.1+1.3
Turnout 64,07169.1–7.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.7

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Sutton Coldfield [38] [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Lloyd 30,350 52.5 –7.4
Labour Derek Finnigan14,25724.7+5.0
Liberal Michael H Whincup13,23722.9-2.6
Majority16,09327.8–1.6
Turnout 57,84476.3–2.0
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1964: Sutton Coldfield [40] [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Lloyd 31,772 57.9 –5.5
Liberal Michael H Whincup14,74525.5+11.0
Labour Peter E Tombs11,39919.7–2.1
Majority17,02729.4–12.2
Turnout 57,91678.3
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Sutton Coldfield [42] [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Lloyd 33,064 63.4 –6.5
Labour Roy Hattersley 11,31021.8–8.3
Liberal Kenneth John Hovers7,54314.5New
Majority21,75441.6+1.8
Turnout 51,917
Conservative hold Swing +0.9
General election 1955: Sutton Coldfield [44] [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Lloyd 31,552 69.9 +6.2
Labour Christopher Norwood 13,56530.1–6.2
Majority17,98739.8+12.4
Turnout 45,11776.7–4.9
Conservative hold Swing +6.2
General election 1951: Sutton Coldfield [46] [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mellor 36,628 63.7 +0.9
Labour David G Allen20,89336.3–0.9
Majority15,73527.4+1.8
Turnout 57,52181.6–1.6
Conservative hold Swing +0.9
General election 1950: Sutton Coldfield [48]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mellor 36,017 62.8 +4.6
Labour A Wilson21,36437.2–0.4
Majority14,65325.6+5.0
Turnout 57,38183.2+8.7
Conservative hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Sutton Coldfield [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mellor 28,225 58.2
Labour Fred Mulley 18,26137.6
Common Wealth J. Purser2,0434.2
Majority9,96420.6
Turnout 48,52974.5
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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