Birmingham Perry Barr (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency mainBirmingham Perry Barr is a constituency^{[n 1]} in the West Midlands, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by independent Ayoub Khan since July 2024. It had previously been held since 2001 by Khalid Mahmood of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The constituency covers a broad area of north-west Birmingham.

1950–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Kingstanding and Perry Barr.^[1]

1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Kingstanding, Oscott, and Perry Barr.

1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Handsworth, Kingstanding, Oscott, and Perry Barr.

1997–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Handsworth, Oscott, Perry Barr, and Sandwell.

2010–2018: The City of Birmingham wards of Handsworth Wood, Lozells and East Handsworth, Oscott, and Perry Barr.

2018–2024: Following a local government boundary review,^[2] 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 Birchfield, Handsworth, Handsworth Wood, Oscott, and Perry Barr, most of Lozells, a majority of Holyhead, and small parts of Aston and Kingstanding.

2024–present: Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency comprises:

The City of Birmingham wards of: Aston; Birchfield; Handsworth; Handsworth Wood; Holyhead; Lozells; Oscott (part); Perry Barr.^[3]

The bulk of the Aston ward and the remainder of the Holyhead and Lozells wards were transferred from Birmingham Ladywood, partly offset by the loss to Birmingham Erdington of the majority of the Oscott ward and the part of the Kingstanding ward.

Constituency profile

UK Polling Report stated in 2015: "Perry Barr and parts of Handsworth Wood are relatively affluent and Oscott is a large, mostly white, inter-war housing development. The most notorious part of the seat is Handsworth, a tough, multi-ethnic, inner-city area."^[4] This area, however, was only added to the seat in 1983, following the abolition of the Birmingham Handsworth constituency.

According to the 2021 UK Census, 53.0% of the population are Asian, 21.0% White, 17.2% Black, 5% other ethnic groups, and 3.8% multiple ethnic groups. 38.0% were born outside of the UK. The religious composition of the constituency is 42.9% Muslim, 25.6% Christian, 11.0% no religion, 9.5% Sikh, and 3.3% Hindu.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[6]	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1950	Cecil Poole	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1955	Charles Howell	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1964	Wyndham Davies	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1966	Christopher Price	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1970	Joseph Kinsey	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Feb 1974	Jeff Rooker	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	2001	Khalid Mahmood	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	2024	Ayoub Khan	Independent

Elections

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