Birmingham Erdington is a parliamentary

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Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

, England, represented in the

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of the

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since

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by Paulette Hamilton of the Labour Party.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Erdington North, Erdington South, and Washwood Heath, and part of Aston ward. 1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Bromford, Erdington, and Gravelly Hill. 1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Gravelly Hill, and Stockland Green. 1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingsbury, and Stockland Green. 1997–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingsbury, Kingstanding, and Stockland Green ''(as they existed on 1 June 1994)''. 2010–2018: The City of Birmingham wards of

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, Kingstanding, Stockland Green, and

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''(as they existed on 12 April 2005)''. 2018–2024: Following a local government boundary review, 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 Castle Vale, Erdington, Gravelly Hill, Perry Common, Pype Hayes, Stockland Green, and most of Kingstanding. 2024–present: Further to the

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which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency comprises: * The City of Birmingham wards of: Castle Vale; Erdington; Gravelly Hill; Kingstanding; Oscott (polling districts OSC4, OSC5, OSC7 and OSC8); Perry Common; Pype Hayes; Stockland Green. ''The remaining areas of the Kingstanding ward and the majority of the Oscott ward were transferred from

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, bringing the electorate within the permitted range.''

Constituency profile

The constituency is predominantly white working class and very deprived, having a high proportion of adults of working age in a low income bracket when compared to the West Midlands as a whole. This is a mix of

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s, some of which are now private homes under the

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, the large Kingstanding estate and Castle Vale being examples, and generally more affluent suburbs which are private housing particularly towards the

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border in

itself, the strongest Conservative ward in the seat. Spanning to the city's

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, the area includes for example Birmingham Spaghetti Junction motorway junction. Since the seat was recreated in 1974, only Labour MPs have been elected, although Conservative candidates reduced the majority to three figures in 1979 and 1983; both of which resulted in victories for the party as a whole nationwide. In the

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, 63% of people voted to leave the EU whilst 37% voted to remain.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1955

MPs since 1974

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

Election in the 1910s

Notes

References

External links

Birmingham city council constituency page
(boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Coord, 52.53, -1.84, type:adm2nd_dim:10000_region:GB, display=title

Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1955 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1974 Erdington