Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt2
Name = Birmingham, Yardley
Map1 = BirminghamYardley
Map2 = Birmingham
Type = Borough
Year = 1918
Entity = Birmingham
Entitylink = Birmingham
County = West Midlands
EP = West Midlands
MP = John Hemming
Party = Liberal Democrat

Birmingham, Yardley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Yardley area committee district is situated in the south-east of Birmingham, at the boundary of Solihull.

Boundary review

Following the review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands by the Boundary Commission for England, Yardley is to be modified with the following electoral wards making up a revised constituency.
*Acocks Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, Stechford and Yardley North.

Members of Parliament

*"Constituency created" (1918)

In every general election (apart from 1992 and 2005) the MP elected for Birmingham Yardley was a member of the party winning the general election, making it a bellwether seat.

Election results

Birmingham, Yardley, historically a rare three-way marginal, was gained by the Liberal Democrat candidate John Hemming in 2005. Despite its marginal Parliamentary history, all local government seats in the constituency are now held by the Liberal Democrats.

Labour's Estelle Morris (now Baroness Morris of Yardley) had held the seat since winning it with a majority of just 162 votes in 1992 but stood down at the 2005 election. John Hemming finally won a Parliamentary seat at the forth time of asking, having also stood in Yardley in 1992, 1997 and 2001.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hemming
votes = 13,648
percentage = 46.4
change = +8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jayne Innes
votes = 10,976
percentage = 37.3
change = -9.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Uppal
votes = 2,970
percentage = 10.1
change = -3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Robert Purcell
votes = 1,523
percentage = 5.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Mohammed Yaqub
votes = 314
percentage = 1.1
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 2,672
percentage = 9.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 29,431
percentage = 57.7
change = +0.5Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -8.8

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Birmingham, YardleyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Estelle Morris
votes = 14,085
percentage = 46.9
change = -0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hemming
votes = 11,507
percentage = 38.3
change = +5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barrie Roberts
votes = 3,941
percentage = 13.1
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alan Ware
votes = 329
percentage = 1.1
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Wren
votes = 151
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,578
percentage = 8.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,011
percentage = 57.2
change = -13.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: Birmingham, YardleyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Estelle Morris
votes = 17,778
percentage = 47.0
change = +12.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hemming
votes = 12,463
percentage = 33.0
change = +2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Jobson
votes = 6,736
percentage = 17.8
change = -16.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alan Ware
votes = 164
percentage = 0.4
change = n/aElection box majority
votes = 5,315
percentage = 14.3
change = +13.9Election box turnout
votes = 37,141
percentage = 71.2
change = -6.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1992: Birmingham, YardleyElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Estelle Morris
votes = 14,884
percentage = 34.9
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Bevan
votes = 14,722
percentage = 34.5
change = -8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hemming
votes = 12,899
percentage = 30.2
change = +9.6Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Front
candidate = P Read
votes = 192
percentage = 0.4
change = n/aElection box majority
votes = 162
percentage = 0.4
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 78.0
change = +4.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1987: Birmingham, YardleyElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Bevan
votes = 17,931
percentage = 42.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Edge
votes = 15,409
percentage = 36.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = L Smith
votes = 8,734
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,522
percentage = 6.0
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.9
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands