Birmingham, Sparkbrook was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Birmingham Sparkbrook | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
1918–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Birmingham East |
Replaced by | Birmingham Sparkbrook & Small Heath |
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency.
1918–1950: Parts of the County Borough of Birmingham wards of Balsall Heath, Moseley and King's Heath, and Sparkbrook.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Balsall Heath, St Martin's and Deritend, and Sparkbrook.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Fox Hollies, Sparkbrook, and Sparkhill.
1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Fox Hollies, Sparkbrook, and Sparkhill.
The constituency's most high-profile MP was Roy Hattersley, who represented it for over 30 years and was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under Neil Kinnock from 1983 to 1992. He retired in 1997 when the seat was abolished, its replacement being won by Roger Godsiff.
Election | Member | Party[1] | |
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1918 | Leo Amery | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Conservative | ||
1945 | Percy Shurmer | Labour | |
1959 | Leslie Seymour | Conservative | |
1964 | Roy Hattersley | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | Leo Amery | 15,225 | 78.1 | |
Co-operative Party | Frank Spires | 3,014 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal | John Gibbard Hurst | 1,251 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 12,211 | 62.6 | |||
Turnout | 19,490 | 52.5 | |||
Registered electors | 37,123 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Leo Amery | 13,326 | 49.5 | −28.6 | |
Liberal | Thomas Foster Duggan | 7,283 | 27.1 | +20.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Ernest Walter Hampton | 6,310 | 23.4 | New | |
Majority | 6,043 | 22.4 | −40.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,919 | 71.0 | +18.5 | ||
Registered electors | 37,918 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −24.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Leo Amery | 13,523 | 56.0 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Ernest Walter Hampton | 5,948 | 24.6 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | Donald Finnemore | 4,676 | 19.4 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 7,575 | 31.4 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,147 | 63.7 | −7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 37,890 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Leo Amery | 15,718 | 58.1 | +2.1 | |
Labour | S.B.M. Potter | 9,759 | 36.1 | +11.5 | |
Liberal | Ernest Percy Ray | 1,580 | 5.8 | −13.6 | |
Majority | 5,959 | 22.0 | −9.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,057 | 71.1 | +7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 38,058 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Leo Amery | 15,867 | 46.2 | −11.9 | |
Labour | A. Young | 12,875 | 37.4 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | Thomas Foater Duggan | 5,645 | 16.4 | +10.6 | |
Majority | 2,992 | 8.8 | −13.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,387 | 73.1 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 47,041 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leo Amery | 23,517 | 73.36 | +27.16 | |
Labour | George Archibald | 8,538 | 26.64 | −10.76 | |
Majority | 14,979 | 46.72 | +37.92 | ||
Turnout | 32,055 | 69.57 | |||
Registered electors | 46,073 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +18.96 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leo Amery | 17,509 | 68.47 | −4.89 | |
Labour | Henry Whittaker | 8,063 | 31.53 | +4.89 | |
Majority | 9,446 | 36.94 | −9.78 | ||
Turnout | 25,572 | 57.28 | −12.29 | ||
Registered electors | 44,647 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.89 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Percy Shurmer | 14,065 | 57.76 | +26.23 | |
Conservative | Leo Amery | 8,431 | 34.63 | −23.84 | |
Communist | R. Palme Dutt | 1,853 | 7.61 | New | |
Majority | 5,634 | 23.13 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,349 | 66.68 | +9.40 | ||
Registered electors | 36,517 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +25.04 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Percy Shurmer | 24,942 | 61.49 | +3.73 | |
Conservative | Sir Piers Kenrick Debenham, 2nd Baronet | 15,267 | 37.64 | +3.01 | |
Communist | James Crump | 355 | 0.88 | −6.73 | |
Majority | 9,675 | 23.85 | +0.72 | ||
Turnout | 40,564 | 77.58 | +10.90 | ||
Registered electors | 52,287 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Percy Shurmer | 24,184 | 61.33 | −0.16 | |
Conservative | Richard Lonsdale | 15,248 | 38.67 | +1.03 | |
Majority | 8,936 | 22.66 | −1.19 | ||
Turnout | 39,423 | 76.41 | −1.17 | ||
Registered electors | 51,607 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.60 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Percy Shurmer | 20,032 | 54.36 | −8.97 | |
Conservative | Philip G Hartley | 16,821 | 45.64 | +8.97 | |
Majority | 3,211 | 8.72 | −13.94 | ||
Turnout | 36,853 | 72.18 | −4.23 | ||
Registered electors | 51,057 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.97 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Seymour | 17,751 | 51.28 | +5.64 | |
Labour | John T Webster | 16,865 | 48.72 | −5.64 | |
Majority | 886 | 2.56 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,616 | 72.52 | +0.34 | ||
Registered electors | 47,731 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.64 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Hattersley | 16,287 | 52.00 | +3.28 | |
Conservative | Leslie Seymour | 15,033 | 48.00 | −3.28 | |
Majority | 1,254 | 4.00 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,320 | 68.27 | −4.25 | ||
Registered electors | 45,877 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.28 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Hattersley | 18,266 | 60.62 | +8.62 | |
Conservative | Leslie Seymour | 11,868 | 39.38 | −8.62 | |
Majority | 6,398 | 21.24 | +17.24 | ||
Turnout | 30,134 | 66.74 | −1.53 | ||
Registered electors | 45,148 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.62 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Hattersley | 14,773 | 52.74 | −7.88 | |
Conservative | Anthony EJ Mitton | 11,427 | 40.79 | +1.41 | |
Liberal | John Crofton | 1,813 | 6.47 | New | |
Majority | 3,346 | 11.95 | −9.29 | ||
Turnout | 28,013 | 64.89 | −1.85 | ||
Registered electors | 43,168 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.65 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Hattersley | 19,939 | 61.40 | +8.66 | |
Conservative | David Jack Savage | 12,534 | 38.60 | −2.19 | |
Majority | 7,405 | 22.80 | +10.85 | ||
Turnout | 32,473 | 65.79 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 49,344 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.43 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Hattersley | 17,476 | 58.45 | −2.95 | |
Conservative | David Jack Savage | 8,955 | 29.95 | −8.65 | |
Liberal | Cecil Edward Williams | 2,920 | 9.77 | New | |
Irish Civil Rights | Joseph Molloy | 548 | 1.83 | New | |
Majority | 8,521 | 28.50 | +5.70 | ||
Turnout | 29,899 | 60.19 | −5.60 | ||
Registered electors | 49,683 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.85 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Hattersley | 18,717 | 62.75 | +4.30 | |
Conservative | Nicholas John David Webb | 10,398 | 34.86 | +4.91 | |
Communist | Roger Murray | 715 | 2.40 | New | |
Majority | 8,319 | 27.89 | −0.61 | ||
Turnout | 29,830 | 64.97 | +4.78 | ||
Registered electors | 45,910 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.31 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Hattersley | 19,757 | 59.9 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Douglas-Osborn | 9,209 | 27.9 | −5.0 | |
SDP | Omkar Singh Parmar | 3,416 | 10.4 | New | |
Revolutionary Communist | Fran Eden | 305 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Carl Chinn | 281 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 10,548 | 32.0 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,968 | 61.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Hattersley | 20,513 | 60.8 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Nazir Khan | 8,654 | 25.7 | −2.2 | |
SDP | Robin Dimmick | 3,803 | 11.3 | +0.9 | |
Green | Rex Ambler | 526 | 1.56 | New | |
Red Front | Pervaiz Khan | 229 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 11,859 | 35.2 | +3.17 | ||
Turnout | 33,725 | 63.52 | +2.03 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roy Hattersley | 22,116 | 64.1 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Khamisa | 8,544 | 24.8 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Parry | 3,028 | 8.8 | −2.5 | |
Green | Charles Alldrick | 833 | 2.4 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 13,572 | 39.3 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,521 | 66.8 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 |