Birmingham Hodge Hill is a

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of part of the city of

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represented in the

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since 2004 by

Liam Byrne Liam Dominic Byrne (born 2 October 1970) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Hodge Hill since 2004. A member of the Labour Party, he served in Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Cabinet from 2008 to 20 ...

, a member of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

The constituency covers a diverse area of east Birmingham, including the predominantly

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inner-city area of Washwood Heath and the mostly white area of Shard End on the city's eastern boundary, as well as Hodge Hill itself. Residents have low incomes and there is roughly a three-way split of

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, privately rented and privately owned homes, leading to one of highest Indices of Multiple Deprivation in the West Midlands for its central area.

Members of Parliament

The current

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of the Labour Party, who was elected in the 2004 by-election. He succeeded Terry Davis, who had held the seat since its creation in the 1983 general election. For the four years from the 1979 general election Davis held the largely predecessor constituency to the area, Birmingham Stechford.

Boundaries

2010–present: The City of Birmingham wards of

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Hodge Hill Hodge Hill is an area 4 miles east of Birmingham City Centre, England. It is also a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. The MP of Hodge Hill is currently Liam Byrne. The constituency includes the smaller constituenc ...

Shard End Shard End is an area of Birmingham, England. It is also a ward within the formal district of Hodge Hill. Shard End borders Castle Bromwich to the north and Kingshurst to the east which are situated in the northern part of the neighbouring Metr ...

, and

Washwood Heath Washwood Heath is a ward in Birmingham, within the formal district of Hodge Hill, roughly two miles north-east of Birmingham city centre, England. Washwood Heath covers the areas of Birmingham that lie between Nechells, Bordesley Green, Stec ...

. 1983–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Hodge Hill, Shard End, and Washwood Heath. When the

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was created in 2004 its boundaries were those of the constituency.

History

The constituency was created in 1983, taking much of abolished Birmingham Stechford the remainder of which bolstered Birmingham Yardley (principally Stechford itself). The predecessor seat was won by the Labour candidate in all but one election since its 1950 creation. In 2004 the appointment of the sitting

(MP), Terry Davis, as secretary general of the

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resulted in a fiercely contested by-election. The seat saw a strong result by the

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candidate, who hoped to build on her party's previous by-election gain at Brent East, as well as

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by the similarly aligned-to-Labour, anti-war

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candidate. On a low turnout, the incumbent held the seat by a margin of 460 votes over the Liberal Democrats. The 2015 result made the seat the 9th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

¹: The Liberal Democrats suspended Waheed Rafiq from the party, over numerous antisemitic, and other offensive social media posts. It was too late to prevent him standing in the election and his name remained on the ballot paper as a Liberal Democrat. Rafiq polled the lowest percentage for any Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2019 election.

Elections in the 2000s

Note: percentage changes are from the figures at the 2001 general election, not the 2004 by-election.

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Notes

References

External links

Birmingham city council constituency page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Birmingham Hodge Hill (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham, West Midlands Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983