Birmingham Selly Oak | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
Population | 104,067 (2011 census) [1] |
Electorate | 75,668 (December 2010) [2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1955 |
Member of Parliament | Steve McCabe (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Birmingham King's Norton, Birmingham Northfield and Birmingham Sparkbrook |
Birmingham Selly Oak is a constituency [n 1] in the West Midlands, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Steve McCabe of the Labour Party. [n 2]
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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1955 | Harold Gurden | Conservative | |
October 1974 | Tom Litterick | Labour | |
1979 | Anthony Beaumont-Dark | Conservative | |
1992 | Lynne Jones | Labour | |
2010 | Steve McCabe | Labour |
1955–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Balsall Heath, Moseley and King's Heath, and Selly Oak. [4]
1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of King's Norton, Moseley, and Selly Oak.
1983–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Bournville, King's Norton, Moseley, and Selly Oak.
2010–present: The City of Birmingham wards of Billesley, Bournville, Brandwood, and Selly Oak.
The seat includes many students and staff from the nearby University of Birmingham. Half of the university's Selly Oak campus is located within the constituency. The Cadbury factory and Cadbury World are also within its boundaries.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
Minor differences reflecting the revised ward structure in the City of Birmingham which became effective in May 2018. [6]
Since its creation in 1955 the seat has switched hands three times between Labour and the Conservatives. The seat has progressively swung towards Labour from being a safe Conservative seat; this has been attributed to housing redevelopments that took place in the 1960s and 1970s.[ citation needed ] More recently, it has acquired a reputation for electing outspoken MPs, first with the victory of Anthony Beaumont-Dark of the Conservatives in 1979, and then with his defeat by Lynne Jones of the Labour Party in 1992.[ citation needed ]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Jane Baston [7] | ||||
Labour | Alistair Carns [8] | ||||
Reform UK | Erin Crawford [9] | ||||
Conservative | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve McCabe | 27,714 | 56.0 | 6.9 | |
Conservative | Hannah Campbell | 15,300 | 30.9 | 1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Radcliffe | 3,169 | 6.4 | 3.0 | |
Green | Joe Peacock | 1,848 | 3.7 | 1.9 | |
Brexit Party | Joseph Tawonezvi | 1,436 | 2.9 | New | |
Majority | 12,414 | 25.1 | 5.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,467 | 59.8 | 6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 82,665 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve McCabe | 30,836 | 62.9 | 15.2 | |
Conservative | Sophie Shrubsole | 15,629 | 31.9 | 2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Radcliffe | 1,644 | 3.4 | 2.2 | |
Green | Julien Pritchard | 876 | 1.8 | 3.3 | |
Majority | 15,207 | 31.0 | 12.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,985 | 65.9 | 5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve McCabe | 21,584 | 47.7 | 9.2 | |
Conservative | Alex Boulter | 13,137 | 29.0 | 2.1 | |
UKIP | Steven Brookes | 5,755 | 12.7 | 10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Green | 2,517 | 5.6 | 16.7 | |
Green | Clare Thomas | 2,301 | 5.1 | 3.7 | |
Majority | 8,447 | 18.7 | 11.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,294 | 60.3 | 1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steve McCabe | 17,950 | 38.5 | 7.6 | |
Conservative | Nigel Dawkins | 14,468 | 31.1 | 6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Radcliffe | 10,371 | 22.3 | 0.7 | |
BNP | Lynette Orton | 1,820 | 3.9 | New | |
UKIP | Jeffrey Burgess | 1,131 | 2.4 | 0.1 | |
Green | James Burn | 664 | 1.4 | 2.4 | |
Christian | Samuel Leeds | 159 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,482 | 7.4 | 13.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,563 | 62.2 | 2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynne Jones | 19,226 | 46.1 | 6.3 | |
Conservative | Joe Tildesley | 10,375 | 24.9 | 1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Brighton | 9,591 | 23.0 | 6.7 | |
Green | Barney Smith | 1,581 | 3.8 | 0.5 | |
UKIP | Ronan Burnett | 967 | 2.3 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 8,851 | 21.2 | 4.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,740 | 59.5 | 3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynne Jones | 21,015 | 52.4 | 3.2 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Hardeman | 10,676 | 26.6 | 1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Osborne | 6,532 | 16.3 | 4.2 | |
Green | Barney Smith | 1,309 | 3.3 | New | |
UKIP | Sheila Williams | 568 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 10,339 | 25.8 | 2.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,100 | 56.3 | 13.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynne Jones | 28,121 | 55.6 | 9.6 | |
Conservative | Graham Greene | 14,033 | 27.8 | 14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Osborne | 6,121 | 12.1 | 1.8 | |
Referendum | Laurence Marshall | 1,520 | 3.0 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Greg Gardner | 417 | 0.8 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Peter Sheriff-Knowles | 253 | 0.5 | New | |
Natural Law | Huw Meads | 85 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 14,088 | 27.8 | 24.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,550 | 70.1 | 6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 12.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynne Jones | 25,430 | 46.0 | 6.7 | |
Conservative | Anthony Beaumont-Dark | 23,370 | 42.3 | 1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Osborne | 5,679 | 10.3 | New | |
Green | Paul Slatter | 535 | 1.0 | 0.2 | |
Natural Law | Christopher Barwood | 178 | 0.3 | New | |
Revolutionary Communist | Kenan Malik | 84 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,060 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,276 | 76.6 | 3.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Beaumont-Dark | 23,305 | 44.2 | 0.7 | |
Labour | Albert Bore | 20,721 | 39.3 | 4.9 | |
Liberal | Charlotte Cane | 8,128 | 15.4 | 5.3 | |
Green | Winifred Hackett | 611 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,584 | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 52,765 | 73.1 | 1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Beaumont-Dark | 23,008 | 44.9 | 3.8 | |
Labour | John Turner | 17,612 | 34.4 | 4.3 | |
SDP | Kevin Wheldall | 10,613 | 20.7 | New | |
Majority | 5,396 | 10.5 | 0.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,233 | 71.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Beaumont-Dark | 23,175 | 48.7 | 8.4 | |
Labour | Tom Litterick | 18,400 | 38.6 | 2.5 | |
Liberal | Paul Clifford | 5,452 | 11.4 | 7.2 | |
National Front | George Bassett | 401 | 0.8 | New | |
Child and Family Protection Group | Philip Crome | 190 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 4,775 | 10.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,618 | 73.7 | 3.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 4.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Litterick | 17,320 | 41.1 | 4.7 | |
Conservative | Harold Gurden | 16,994 | 40.3 | 2.3 | |
Liberal | Roger Austin Grant | 7,850 | 18.6 | 2.4 | |
Majority | 326 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,164 | 67.2 | 7.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Gurden | 19,705 | 42.6 | 9.6 | |
Labour | Tom Litterick | 16,823 | 36.4 | 11.4 | |
Liberal | Roger Austin Grant | 9,718 | 21.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,882 | 6.2 | 1.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,246 | 74.2 | 10.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Gurden | 18,281 | 52.2 | 7.0 | |
Labour | Michael John Hartley-Brewer | 16,758 | 47.8 | 4.8 | |
Majority | 1,523 | 4.4 | 2.3 | ||
Turnout | 35,039 | 64.0 | 2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Gurden | 16,533 | 45.1 | 11.8 | |
Labour | John Garwell | 15,756 | 43.0 | 0.1 | |
Liberal | Roy Lewthwaite | 4,333 | 11.8 | New | |
Majority | 777 | 2.1 | 11.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,622 | 66.4 | 0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Gurden | 21,443 | 56.9 | 3.2 | |
Labour | John Garwell | 16,232 | 43.1 | 3.2 | |
Majority | 5,211 | 13.8 | 6.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,675 | 66.3 | 5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Gurden | 24,950 | 60.1 | 2.6 | |
Labour | J Oliver Rhydderch | 16,594 | 39.9 | 2.6 | |
Majority | 8,356 | 20.2 | 5.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,544 | 71.6 | 2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Gurden | 25,774 | 57.5 | ||
Labour | Harry Watton | 19,054 | 42.5 | ||
Majority | 6,720 | 15.0 | |||
Turnout | 44,828 | 74.3 | |||
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