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Birmingham Hodge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Hodge Hill was a constituency[n 1] of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2004 to 2024 by Liam Byrne of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Birmingham Hodge Hill
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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2010–2024 boundary of Birmingham Hodge Hill in Birmingham
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Location of Birmingham within England
CountyWest Midlands
Population121,678 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate75,985 (December 2010)[2]
1983–2024
SeatsOne
Created fromBirmingham Hodge Hill
Replaced byBirmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished and largely replaced with constituency of Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North.[3] It was first contested at the 2024 general election, with Byrne being re-elected for the new seat.

Constituency profile

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The constituency covered a diverse area of east Birmingham, including the predominantly Asian inner-city area of Washwood Heath and the mostly white area of Shard End on the city's eastern boundary, as well as Hodge Hill itself. There is roughly a three-way split of social housing, privately rented and privately owned homes. The area has a high proportion of low-income households, with the constituency having one of the highest Indices of Multiple Deprivation in the West Midlands for its central area.[4]

Boundaries

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Map of boundaries 2010–2024

1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Hodge Hill, Shard End, and Washwood Heath (as they existed on 1 February 1983).

1997–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Hodge Hill, Shard End, and Washwood Heath (as they existed on 1 June 1994).

2010–2018: The City of Birmingham wards of Bordesley Green, Hodge Hill, Shard End, and Washwood Heath (as they existed on 12 April 2005).

When the Hodge Hill area committee district of Birmingham was created in 2004, its boundaries were those of the constituency.

2018–2024: Following a local government boundary review,[5] which did not effect the parliamentary boundaries, the contents of the constituency were as follows with effect from May 2018:

  • The City of Birmingham wards of Alum Rock, Bromford & Hodge Hill, Heartlands, Shard End and Ward End, most of Glebe Farm & Tile Cross, and Small Heath, and small parts of Bordesley & Highgate, and Bordesley Green.

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the Boundary Commission for England abolished the constituency and created the new seat of Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North as its primary successor; Alum Rock was transferred to Birmingham Ladywood and Small Heath to Birmingham Yardley, with the bulk of the remainder being included in the new seat.

History

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The constituency was created in 1983, taking much of abolished Birmingham Stechford, the remainder of which bolstered Birmingham Yardley (principally Stechford itself). The predecessor seat was won by the Labour candidate in all but one election since its 1950 creation.

The first Member of Parliament (MP) was Terry Davis, who had been MP for Birmingham Stechford from 1979 to 1983. In 2004, the appointment of Davis as secretary general of the Council of Europe resulted in a fiercely contested by-election. The seat saw a strong result by the Liberal Democrat candidate,[n 3] who hoped to build on her party's previous by-election gain at Brent East, as well as vote splitting by the similarly aligned-to-Labour, anti-war RESPECT The Unity Coalition candidate. On a low turnout, the incumbent party, represented by Liam Byrne, held the seat by a margin of 460 votes over the Liberal Democrats. The 2015 result made the seat the ninth safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[6] In 2017, Byrne received over 80% of the vote.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[7] Party Notes
1983 Terry Davis Labour Resigned 2004
2004 by-election Liam Byrne Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2009–2010
2024 Constituency abolished

Election results 1983–2024

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Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Birmingham Hodge Hill[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Davis 19,692 47.6
Conservative Peter Roe 14,600 35.3
Liberal Graham Gopsill 6,557 15.9
National Front Norman Tomkinson 529 1.3
Majority 5,092 12.3
Turnout 41,378 67.6
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Birmingham Hodge Hill[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Davis 19,872 48.7 +1.1
Conservative Stephen Eyre 15,083 37.0 +1.7
Liberal Kenneth Hardeman 5,868 14.4 –1.5
Majority 4,789 11.7 –0.6
Turnout 40,823 68.9 +1.3
Labour hold Swing –0.3

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Birmingham Hodge Hill[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Davis 21,895 53.6 +4.9
Conservative Elizabeth Gibson 14,827 36.3 –0.7
Liberal Democrats Sean Hagan 3,740 9.2 –5.2
National Front Eddy Whicker 370 0.9 New
Majority 7,068 17.3 +5.6
Turnout 40,832 70.8 +1.9
Labour hold Swing +2.8
General election 1997: Birmingham Hodge Hill[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Davis 22,398 65.6 +12.0
Conservative Edward Grant 8,198 24.0 –12.3
Liberal Democrats Hadyn Thomas 2,891 8.5 –0.7
UKIP Peter Johnson 660 1.9 New
Majority 14,200 41.6 +4.3
Turnout 34,147 60.9 –9.9
Labour hold Swing +12.2

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2001: Birmingham, Hodge Hill[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Davis 16,901 63.9 –1.7
Conservative Debbie A. Lewis 5,283 20.0 –4.0
Liberal Democrats Charles Dow 2,147 8.1 –0.4
BNP Lee Windridge 889 3.3 New
People's Justice Perwaz Hussain 561 2.1 New
Socialist Labour Dennis Cridge 284 1.1 New
UKIP Harvey B. Vivian 275 1.0 –0.9
Muslim Party Ayub Khan 125 0.5 New
Majority 11,618 43.9 +2.3
Turnout 26,465 47.9 –13.0
Labour hold Swing
By-election 2004: Birmingham Hodge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Byrne 7,451 36.5 –27.4
Liberal Democrats Nicola S. Davies 6,991 34.2 +26.1
Conservative Stephen Eyre 3,543 17.3 –2.7
Respect John Rees 1,282 6.3 New
National Front Jim W. Starkey 805 3.9 New
English Democrat Mark K. Wheatley 277 1.4 New
Christian Vote George Hargreaves 90 0.4 New
Majority 460 2.3 –41.6
Turnout 20,439 37.9 –10.0
Labour hold Swing

Note: percentage changes are from the figures at the 2001 general election, not the 2004 by-election.

General election 2005: Birmingham Hodge Hill[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Byrne 13,822 48.6 –15.3
Liberal Democrats Nicola S. Davies 8,373 29.5 +21.4
Conservative Deborah H. Thomas 3,768 13.3 –6.7
BNP Denis H. Adams 1,445 5.1 +1.8
UKIP Adrian D. Duffen 680 2.4 +1.4
Peace and Progress Azmat Begg 329 1.2 New
Majority 5,449 19.1 –24.8
Turnout 28,417 52.7 +4.8
Labour hold Swing –18.3

Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2010: Birmingham Hodge Hill[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Byrne 22,077 52.0 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Tariq Khan 11,775 27.7 –2.1
Conservative Shailesh Parekh 4,936 11.6 +1.0
BNP Richard Lumby 2,333 5.5 +0.4
UKIP Waheed Rafiq 714 1.7 –1.1
SDP Peter Johnson 637 1.5 New
Majority 10,302 24.3 +7.2
Turnout 42,472 56.6 +0.9
Labour hold Swing +3.6
General election 2015: Birmingham Hodge Hill[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Byrne 28,069 68.4 +16.4
Conservative Kieran Mullan 4,707 11.5 –0.2
UKIP Albert Duffen 4,651 11.3 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion 2,624 6.4 –21.3
Green Chris Nash 835 2.0 New
Communist Andy Chaffer 153 0.4 New
Majority 23,362 56.9 +32.6
Turnout 41,039 54.5 –1.1
Labour hold Swing +8.3
General election 2017: Birmingham Hodge Hill[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Byrne 37,606 81.1 +12.7
Conservative Ahmereen Reza 6,580 14.2 +2.7
UKIP Mohammed Khan 1,016 2.2 –9.1
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion 805 1.7 –4.7
Green Clare Thomas 387 0.8 –1.2
Majority 31,026 66.9 +10.0
Turnout 46,394 61.3 +6.8
Labour hold Swing +5.0
General election 2019: Birmingham Hodge Hill[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Byrne 35,397 78.7 –2.4
Conservative Akaal Singh Sidhu 6,742 15.0 +0.8
Brexit Party Jill Dagnan 1,519 3.4 New
Liberal Democrats Waheed Rafiq1 760 1.7 0.0
Green Sylvia McKears 328 0.7 –0.1
CPA Hilda Johani 257 0.6 New
Majority 28,655 63.7 –3.2
Turnout 45,003 57.5 –3.8
Registered electors 78,295
Labour hold Swing –1.6

1: The Liberal Democrats suspended Waheed Rafiq from the party over numerous antisemitic and other offensive social media posts. It was too late to prevent him standing in the election and his name remained on the ballot paper as a Liberal Democrat.[24] Rafiq polled the lowest percentage for any Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2019 election.

See also

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Notes

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  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.
  3. ^ In the same way as by-election in Leicester South, held on the same day by the Labour Party

References

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  1. ^ "Birmingham, Hodge Hill: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ^ "West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Local statistics – Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  5. ^ LGBCE. "Birmingham | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Labour Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  7. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
  8. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. 11 June 1987. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  14. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Birmingham Hodge Hill [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  16. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Birmingham City Council: General Election 2010". Archived from the original on 8 May 2010.
  20. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and notice of poll". Birmingham City Council. Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  22. ^ "Birmingham Hodge Hill results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  23. ^ "Birmingham Hodge Hill Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  24. ^ Wickham, Alex (20 November 2019). "The Lib Dems Have Suspended A Candidate Who Repeatedly Made Antisemitic Remarks". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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