Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.[1] 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.[2]

Boundaries

Template:Maplink 1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Hall Green, Sparkhill and Springfield.[3]

1955–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Brandwood, Hall Green, and Springfield.[4]

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. Moseley 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

The constituency is an inner suburban seat, on the fringes of the 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%),[5] 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.[6][7]

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

Summary of results

The 2015 result made the seat the 28th-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[8]

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 Roger Godsiff's pro-Brexit stance.[9] 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.[10]

The 2017 result made it the 12th-safest seat in the UK, with a majority of 62.5% of the vote.[2]

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

Birmingham Acock's Green and Birmingham Moseley prior to 1950

Election Member[11] Party Notes
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1950 Aubrey Jones Template:Party shortname linked Resigned 1965
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1965 by-election Reginald Eyre Template:Party shortname linked
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1987 Andrew Hargreaves Template:Party shortname linked
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1997 Steve McCabe Template:Party shortname linked
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2010 Roger Godsiff Template:Party shortname linked
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2019 Tahir Ali Template:Party shortname linked
2024 Constituency abolished

Election results 1950-2024

File:Birmingham Hall Green Results 1950-2019.png

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Birmingham, Hall Green[12]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Crehan 20,591 42.2
Script error: No such module "Political party". GL Roy 3,703 7.6
Majority 3,853 7.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,738 83.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1951: Birmingham, Hall Green[13]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Crehan 20,874 43.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,415 13.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,163 82.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1955: Birmingham, Hall Green[14]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". William Pringle 17,846 38.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 10,697 23.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 46,389 75.3 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1959: Birmingham, Hall Green[15]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Deryck HV Fereday 15,431 33.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Harry W Maynard 1,955 4.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 13,717 29.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 46,534 76.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Birmingham, Hall Green[16]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Graham S Rea 14,477 31.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Penelope Jessel 7,113 15.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,402 20.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 45,469 75.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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By-election 1965: Birmingham Hall Green
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Mumford 8,980 28.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Penelope Jessel 5,122 16.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,150 26.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 31,232 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1966: Birmingham, Hall Green[17]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". George S Jonas 17,295 39.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Green 5,617 12.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,333 7.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 43,540 73.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Birmingham, Hall Green[18]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". T.L. Keene 17,930 39.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,389 20.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 45,249 67.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election February 1974: Birmingham, Hall Green[19]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Jamieson 21,036 43.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,244 13.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,316 72.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election October 1974: Birmingham, Hall Green[20]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Theresa Stewart 17,945 38.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". I. Powney 8,532 18.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 2,624 5.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 47,046 70.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1979: Birmingham Hall Green[21]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Theresa Stewart 17,508 35.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". P.M. Lockyer 4,440 9.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". R Maylin 615 1.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,564 19.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 49,635 73.3 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Birmingham Hall Green[22][23]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Martin Willis 11,769 27.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Hemming 10,175 23.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,373 21.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 43,086 70.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1987: Birmingham Hall Green[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Frances Brook 12,857 28.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Francis Wilkes 12,323 27.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 7,621 16.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 45,658 74.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Birmingham Hall Green[26][27]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jane Slowey 17,984 38.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David McGrath 7,342 15.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,665 7.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 46,975 78.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1997: Birmingham Hall Green[28]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Andrew Hargreaves 13,952 33.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alastair Dow 4,034 9.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Paul Bennett 1,461 3.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,420 20.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 41,819 71.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing Increase14.1

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Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2001: Birmingham Hall Green[29]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chris White 11,401 34.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Punjab Singh 2,926 8.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Johnson 708 2.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,648 20.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 33,084 57.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2005: Birmingham Hall Green[30]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Eddie Hughes 10,590 30.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Roger Harmer 6,682 19.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Melhuish 960 2.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 5,714 16.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 34,536 60.4 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2010s

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

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General election 2010: Birmingham Hall Green[31][32]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Salma Yaqoob 12,240 25.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jerry Evans 11,988 24.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jo Barker 7,320 15.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alan Blumenthal 950 1.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Andrew Gardner 190 0.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,799 7.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,727 63.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

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General election 2015: Birmingham Hall Green[33]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Bird 8,329 17.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jerry Evans 5,459 11.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Elly Stanton 2,200 4.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rashpal Mondair 2,131 4.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Shiraz Peer 780 1.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 19,818 42.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 47,046 61.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

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General election 2017: Birmingham Hall Green[34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Reena Ranger 8,199 15.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jerry Evans 3,137 5.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Patrick Cox 831 1.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 33,944 62.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 54,310 69.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing Increase 10.2

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General election 2019: Birmingham Hall Green[36]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Penny-Anne O'Donnell 7,381 13.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Roger Godsiff 4,273 8.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Izzy Knowles 3,673 6.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rosie Cuckston 877 1.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Patrick Cox 818 1.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 28,508 53.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 52,911 65.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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