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Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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Birmingham Hall Green
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
2010–2024 boundary of Birmingham Hall Green in Birmingham
Outline map
Location of Birmingham within England
CountyWest Midlands
Population115,904 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate77,157 (December 2010)[2]
1950–2024
SeatsOne
Created fromBirmingham Acock's Green and Birmingham Moseley
Replaced byBirmingham Hall Green and Moseley

Birmingham Hall Green was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2019 to 2024 by Tahir Ali of the Labour Party. Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was abolished and replaced by the new constituency of Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley with minor boundary changes.[3] It was first contested at the 2024 general election, with Ali being re-elected for the new seat.

It was a safe seat for Labour, having the twelfth-largest majority in the UK (by percentage) with a vote share for Labour of 77.6% and majority of 62.5%, as of 2017. This is compared to only a 32.9% share of the vote and 7.8% majority that Labour achieved in 2010.[4]

Boundaries

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Map
Map of 2010-2024 boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Hall Green, Sparkhill and Springfield.[5]

1955–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Brandwood, Hall Green, and Springfield.[6]

1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Billesley, Brandwood, and Hall Green.

1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Billesley, Brandwood, and Hall Green (as they existed on 1 February 1983).

1997–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Billesley, Brandwood, and Hall Green (as they existed on 1 June 1994).

2010–2024: The City of Birmingham wards of Hall Green, Moseley and King's Heath, Sparkbrook, and Springfield (as they existed on 12 April 2005).

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England created a significantly modified version of the Hall Green seat which contained only a third of the constituency which existed for the 1997 general election, being the ward of Hall Green itself. The majority of the newly drawn constituency comprised the two wards of Sparkbrook and Springfield from the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency which was abolished at the 2010 general election. Mosley and King's Heath were transferred in from Birmingham, Selly Oak which now included Billesley and Brandwood.

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the Boundary Commission abolished the constituency and created the new seat of Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley with similar boundaries (minor gains and losses to Birmingham Ladywood, Birmingham Selly Oak, and Birmingham Yardley due to changes to ward boundaries in 2018).

Constituency profile

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The constituency is an inner suburban seat on the fringes city centre to its north and bordering Solihull in the east and south. The number of non-whites (64.5%) is high compared to the rest of the city (42%),[7] as is the proportion of social housing (25.7%), with both figures higher than the national average. The area is home to a high number of public parks, open space and numerous tree-lined streets.[8][9]

A famous landmark is Sarehole Mill, where J.R.R. Tolkien spent his boyhood, and which provided the inspiration for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Many constituents were employed in the car industry – notably Rover's nearby factories, which have now closed down.

History

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Summary of results

The 2015 result made the seat the 28th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[10]

In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, the constituency voted to remain in the European Union with nearly two thirds of the vote, the strongest in Birmingham, despite the then-MP's Roger Godsiff's pro-Brexit stance.[11] It was thus the most pro-EU constituency outside of Greater London to be represented by a pro-Brexit MP. Despite the Leave side winning the referendum, Godsiff did not vote to trigger Article 50 in the Parliament out of respect for his constituents' wishes.[12]

The 2017 result made it the 12th safest seat in the UK, with a majority of 62.5% of the vote.[4]

Hall Green, on various boundaries, elected a Conservative MP throughout the period from 1950 to 1997, and formed, with Birmingham, Edgbaston, the last of the Birmingham seats during the 1979–1997 Conservative Governments lost to Labour in 1997. This was the first time a Labour candidate had won the seat since it was created in 1950.

The 2015 result saw a +26.9% swing to the Labour Party and a correspondingly much greater than national average swing away from the Liberal Democrat candidate. This was in part due to the collapse of Respect's vote.

Turnout

Turnout has ranged from 83.1% in 1950 to 57.5% in 2001.

Members of Parliament

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Birmingham Acock's Green and Birmingham Moseley prior to 1950

Election Member[13] Party Notes
1950 Aubrey Jones Conservative Resigned 1965
1965 by-election Reginald Eyre Conservative
1987 Andrew Hargreaves Conservative
1997 Steve McCabe Labour
2010 Roger Godsiff Labour
2019 Tahir Ali Labour
2024 Constituency abolished

Election results 1950-2024

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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Birmingham, Hall Green[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aubrey Jones 24,444 50.2
Labour Thomas Crehan 20,591 42.2
Liberal GL Roy 3,703 7.6
Majority 3,853 7.9
Turnout 48,738 83.1
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Birmingham, Hall Green[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aubrey Jones 27,289 56.7 Increase6.5
Labour Thomas Crehan 20,874 43.3 Increase1.1
Majority 6,415 13.4 Increase2.0
Turnout 48,163 82.9 Decrease0.2
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.7
General election 1955: Birmingham, Hall Green[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aubrey Jones 28,543 61.5 Increase4.8
Labour William Pringle 17,846 38.5 Decrease4.8
Majority 10,697 23.1 Increase9.7
Turnout 46,389 75.3 Decrease7.6
Conservative hold Swing Increase4.8
General election 1959: Birmingham, Hall Green[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aubrey Jones 29,148 62.6 Increase1.1
Labour Deryck HV Fereday 15,431 33.2 Decrease5.3
Ind. Conservative Harry W Maynard 1,955 4.2 New
Majority 13,717 29.4 Increase6.3
Turnout 46,534 76.2 Increase0.9
Conservative hold Swing Increase3.2

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Birmingham, Hall Green[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aubrey Jones 23,879 52.5 Decrease10.1
Labour Graham S Rea 14,477 31.8 Decrease1.4
Liberal Penelope Jessel 7,113 15.6 New
Majority 9,402 20.7 Decrease8.7
Turnout 45,469 75.8 Decrease0.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease4.4
By-election 1965: Birmingham Hall Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Eyre 17,130 54.8 Increase 2.3
Labour David Mumford 8,980 28.8 Decrease 3.0
Liberal Penelope Jessel 5,122 16.4 Increase 0.8
Majority 8,150 26.0 Increase5.3
Turnout 31,232
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Birmingham, Hall Green[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Eyre 20,628 47.4 Decrease5.1
Labour George S Jonas 17,295 39.7 Increase7.9
Liberal John Green 5,617 12.9 Decrease2.7
Majority 3,333 7.7 Decrease13.0
Turnout 43,540 73.6 Decrease2.2
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.5

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Birmingham, Hall Green[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Eyre 27,319 60.4 Increase13.0
Labour T.L. Keene 17,930 39.6 Decrease0.1
Majority 9,389 20.8 Increase13.1
Turnout 45,249 67.7 Decrease5.9
Conservative hold Swing Increase6.6
General election February 1974: Birmingham, Hall Green[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Eyre 27,280 56.5 Decrease3.9
Labour David Jamieson 21,036 43.5 Increase3.9
Majority 6,244 13.0 Decrease7.8
Turnout 48,316 72.6 Increase4.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease3.9
General election October 1974: Birmingham, Hall Green[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Eyre 20,569 43.7 Decrease12.8
Labour Theresa Stewart 17,945 38.1 Decrease5.4
Liberal I. Powney 8,532 18.1 New
Majority 2,624 5.6 Decrease7.3
Turnout 47,046 70.2 Decrease2.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease3.7
General election 1979: Birmingham Hall Green[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Eyre 27,072 54.5 Increase10.8
Labour Theresa Stewart 17,508 35.3 Decrease2.8
Liberal P.M. Lockyer 4,440 9.0 Decrease9.1
National Front R Maylin 615 1.2 New
Majority 9,564 19.2 Increase13.6
Turnout 49,635 73.3 Increase3.1
Conservative hold Swing Increase6.8

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Birmingham Hall Green[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Eyre 21,142 49.1 Decrease5.4
Labour Martin Willis 11,769 27.3 Decrease8.0
Liberal John Hemming 10,175 23.6 Increase14.6
Majority 9,373 21.8 Increase2.6
Turnout 43,086 70.6 Decrease2.7
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.3
General election 1987: Birmingham Hall Green[26][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Hargreaves 20,478 44.9 Decrease4.2
Labour Frances Brook 12,857 28.2 Increase0.9
SDP Francis Wilkes 12,323 27.0 Increase3.4
Majority 7,621 16.7 Decrease8.9
Turnout 45,658 74.7 Increase4.1
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.6

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Birmingham Hall Green[28][29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Hargreaves 21,649 46.1 Increase 1.2
Labour Jane Slowey 17,984 38.3 Increase 10.1
Liberal Democrats David McGrath 7,342 15.6 Decrease 11.4
Majority 3,665 7.8 Decrease 8.9
Turnout 46,975 78.2 Increase 3.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 4.4
General election 1997: Birmingham Hall Green[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve McCabe 22,372 53.5 Increase15.2
Conservative Andrew Hargreaves 13,952 33.4 Decrease12.7
Liberal Democrats Alastair Dow 4,034 9.6 Decrease6.0
Referendum Paul Bennett 1,461 3.5 New
Majority 8,420 20.1 Increase12.3
Turnout 41,819 71.2 Decrease7.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase14.1

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2001: Birmingham Hall Green[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve McCabe 18,049 54.6 Increase 1.1
Conservative Chris White 11,401 34.5 Increase 1.1
Liberal Democrats Punjab Singh 2,926 8.8 Decrease 0.8
UKIP Peter Johnson 708 2.1 New
Majority 6,648 20.1 Steady
Turnout 33,084 57.5 Decrease 13.7
Labour hold Swing Steady
General election 2005: Birmingham Hall Green[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve McCabe 16,304 47.2 Decrease 7.4
Conservative Eddie Hughes 10,590 30.7 Decrease 3.8
Liberal Democrats Roger Harmer 6,682 19.3 Increase 10.5
UKIP David Melhuish 960 2.8 Increase 0.7
Majority 5,714 16.5 Decrease 3.6
Turnout 34,536 60.4 Increase 2.9
Labour hold Swing Decrease 1.8

Elections in the 2010s

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(Note that the vote-share changes for 2010 are from the notional results on the new boundaries, not the actual 2005 results)

General election 2010: Birmingham Hall Green[33][34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Godsiff 16,039 32.9 Decrease 9.4
Respect Salma Yaqoob 12,240 25.1 New
Liberal Democrats Jerry Evans 11,988 24.6 Decrease 1.8
Conservative Jo Barker 7,320 15.0 Increase 0.1
UKIP Alan Blumenthal 950 1.9 Decrease 1.0
Independent Andrew Gardner 190 0.4 New
Majority 3,799 7.8 Decrease 8.1
Turnout 48,727 63.6 Increase 7.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 2015: Birmingham Hall Green[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Godsiff 28,147 59.8 Increase 26.9
Conservative James Bird 8,329 17.7 Increase 2.7
Liberal Democrats Jerry Evans 5,459 11.6 Decrease 13.0
Green Elly Stanton 2,200 4.7 New
UKIP Rashpal Mondair 2,131 4.5 Increase 2.6
Respect Shiraz Peer 780 1.7 Decrease 23.4
Majority 19,818 42.1 Increase 34.3
Turnout 47,046 61.6 Decrease 2.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 2017: Birmingham Hall Green[36][37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Godsiff 42,143 77.6 Increase 17.8
Conservative Reena Ranger 8,199 15.1 Decrease 2.6
Liberal Democrats Jerry Evans 3,137 5.8 Decrease 5.8
Green Patrick Cox 831 1.5 Decrease 3.2
Majority 33,944 62.5 Increase 20.4
Turnout 54,310 69.4 Increase 7.8
Labour hold Swing Increase 10.2
General election 2019: Birmingham Hall Green[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tahir Ali 35,889 67.8 Decrease 9.8
Conservative Penny-Anne O'Donnell 7,381 13.9 Decrease 1.2
Independent Roger Godsiff 4,273 8.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Izzy Knowles 3,673 6.9 Increase 1.1
Brexit Party Rosie Cuckston 877 1.7 New
Green Patrick Cox 818 1.5 Steady
Majority 28,508 53.9 Decrease 8.6
Turnout 52,911 65.9 Decrease 3.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease 4.3

See also

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Notes

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References

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