Birmingham Perry Barr is a

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

in the West Midlands, represented in the

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of the

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since

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

Khalid Mahmood Khalid Mahmood (also spelled Mahmud) may refer to: * Allama Khalid Mahmood (1925–2020), Islamic scholar and former Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan (Shariat Appellate Bench). * Khaled Mahmud (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricketer * Khalid Mahmo ...

of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

UK Polling Report stated in 2015: "Perry Barr and parts of Handworth 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."

Members of Parliament

Boundaries

The constituency covers a broad area of north-west

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

. 2010–present: The City of Birmingham wards of

Handsworth Wood Handsworth Wood is a suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands County, England. Located within the metropolitan county of the West Midlands since 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, it was previously a part of the county of ...

Lozells and East Handsworth Lozells and East Handsworth was a ward in Birmingham, England, created at the June 2004 elections. It was represented by 3 councillors on Birmingham City Council. It was superseded in 2018 by the single-member wards of Handsworth, Lozells and Bi ...

, Oscott,

Perry Barr Perry Barr is a suburban area in north Birmingham, England. It is also the name of a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. Birmingham Perry Barr is also a parliamentary constituency; its Member of Parliament is Khalid Ma ...

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

Sandwell Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. According to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council ...

. 1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Handsworth,

Kingstanding Kingstanding is an area in north Birmingham, England. It gives its name to a ward in the Erdington council constituency. Kingstanding ward includes the areas; Perry Common, Witton Lakes and Wyrley Birch. The other part of Kingstanding falls ...

, Oscott, and Perry Barr. 1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Kingstanding, Oscott, and Perry Barr. 1950–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Kingstanding and Perry Barr.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Notes

References

External links

Birmingham city council constituency page
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