Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Stechford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Stechford district of the city 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 voting system.

Birmingham Stechford
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyWest Midlands
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromBirmingham Erdington and Birmingham Yardley
Replaced byBirmingham Hodge Hill and Birmingham Yardley[1]

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Stechford itself is now part of the Birmingham Yardley seat.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Sheldon, Stechford, and Washwood Heath.[2]

1955–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Stechford and Washwood Heath.[3]

1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Shard End, Stechford, and Washwood Heath.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1950 Roy Jenkins Labour
1977 by-election Andrew MacKay Conservative
1979 Terry Davis Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: Birmingham Stechford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Jenkins 33,077 58.5
Conservative Edith Pitt 20,699 36.6
Liberal Sydney Walter Haslam 2,789 5.0
Majority 12,378 21.9
Turnout 56,565 83.4
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1951: Birmingham Stechford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Jenkins 34,355 59.5 +1.0
Conservative Edith Pitt 23,384 40.5 +3.9
Majority 10,971 19.0 -2.9
Turnout 57,739 81.4 -2.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Birmingham Stechford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Jenkins 23,358 58.4 -1.1
Conservative Joseph Morris Bailey 16,618 41.6 +1.1
Majority 6,740 16.8 -2.2
Turnout 39,976 72.7 -8.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Birmingham Stechford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Jenkins 21,919 53.6 -4.8
Conservative Joseph Morris Bailey 18,996 46.4 +4.8
Majority 2,923 7.2 -9.6
Turnout 40,915 73.5 +0.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: Birmingham Stechford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Jenkins 22,421 56.8 +3.2
Conservative David Knox 17,033 43.2 -3.2
Majority 5,388 13.6 +6.4
Turnout 39,454 71.0 -2.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Birmingham Stechford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Jenkins 24,597 64.2 +7.4
Conservative David Knox 12,727 33.2 -10.0
Communist William Dunn 998 2.6 New
Majority 11,871 31.0 +17.4
Turnout 38,322 70.2 -0.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: Birmingham Stechford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Jenkins 22,559 56.2 -8.0
Conservative John B Stevens 15,848 39.5 +6.3
National Democratic Douglas Hardy 1,483 3.6 New
Communist Sidney Pegg 298 0.8 -1.8
Majority 6,711 16.7 -14.3
Turnout 40,188 63.8 -6.4
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Birmingham Stechford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Jenkins 23,704 53.1 -3.1
Conservative David John Wedgwood 13,472 30.1 -9.6
Liberal Graham Gopsill 7,221 16.2 New
Workers Revolutionary Royston Bull 280 0.6 New
Majority 10,232 23.0 +6.3
Turnout 44,677 72.1 +8.3
Labour hold Swing
Roy Jenkins
General election October 1974: Birmingham Stechford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Jenkins 23,075 57.6 +4.5
Conservative David John Wedgwood 11,152 27.8 −2.4
Liberal Graham Gopsill 5,860 14.6 −1.4
Majority 11,923 29.8 +6.8
Turnout 40,087 64.1 -8.0
Labour hold Swing
1977 Birmingham Stechford by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew MacKay 15,731 43.4 +15.6
Labour Terence Davis 13,782 38.0 −19.6
National Front Andrew Brons 2,955 8.2 New
Liberal Graham Gopsill 2,901 8.0 −6.4
International Marxist Brian Heron 494 1.4 New
Socialist Workers Paul Foot 377 1.0 New
Majority 1,949 5.4 N/A
Turnout 36,240
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1979: Birmingham Stechford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Davis 21,166 48.4 −9.2
Conservative Andrew MacKay 19,517 44.6 +16.8
Liberal Graham Gopsill 2,349 5.4 −9.2
National Front F. Russell 698 1.6 New
Majority 1,649 3.8 -26.0
Turnout 43,730 71.6 +7.5
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "'Birmingham Stechford', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Birmingham and North Warwickshire) Order 1955. SI 1955/177". Statutory Instruments 1955. Part II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1956. pp. 2099–2102.
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