Birmingham Yardley is a

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

of part of the city of

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

represented in the

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of the

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since

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Jess Phillips Jessica Rose Phillips (; born 9 October 1981) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for S ...

of the Labour Party.

Yardley Rural District Yardley is an area in east Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is also a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. Historically it lay within Worcestershire. Birmingham Yardley is a constituency and ...

was annexed to Birmingham under the 1911 Greater Birmingham Act.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of

Saltley Saltley is an inner-city area of Birmingham, England, east of the city centre. The area is part of the Washwood Heath ward, and was previously part of the Nechells ward. It is part of the Ladywood constituency in the city. History Saltley was ...

Small Heath Small Heath is an inner-city area in south-east Birmingham, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England situated on and around the Coventry Road about from the city centre. History Small Heath, which has been settled and used since Roman t ...

, and Yardley. 1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, and Yardley. 1955–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley. 1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley (''as they existed on 1 February 1983)''. 1997–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley ''(as they existed on 1 June 1994)''. 2010–2018: The City of Birmingham wards of

Acocks Green Acocks Green is a suburban area and ward of southeast Birmingham, England. It is named after the Acock family, who built a large house there in 1370. It is occasionally spelled "Acock's Green". It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual p ...

, Sheldon,

South Yardley South Yardley is a largely residential area in east Birmingham, England about from the city centre, and one of the city's 69 electoral wards. Ward Following the 2017 City of Birmingham ward revisions South Yardley covers a much smaller area ...

, and Stechford and Yardley North. 2018–2024: Following a local government boundary review, 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 Acocks Green, Garretts Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, Tyseley & Hay Mills, Yardley East, and Yardley West & Stechford, and small parts of Bordesley Green, Glebe Farm & Tile Cross, Hall Green North, Small Heath, and Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East. 2024–present: Further to the

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which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency comprises: * The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green; Sheldon; Small Heath; South Yardley; Tyseley & Hay Mills; Yardley East; Yardley West & Stechford. ''The Garretts Green ward was transferred to

Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. It is rep ...

in exchange for the bulk of the Small Heath ward. Remaining part wards removed.''

Constituency profile

The seat covers south-eastern areas of Birmingham including Stechford,

Tyseley Tyseley is a district in the southern half of the city of Birmingham, England, near the Coventry Road and the districts of Acocks Green, Small Heath and Yardley. It is located near the Grand Union Canal. Etymology Tyseley means "Tyssa's clear ...

, Yardley and

. Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Centrist", characterised by moderate views on social and economic issues.Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Birmingham+Yardley

Members of Parliament

From the seat's creation in

1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...

until the 2005 general election, the MP elected for Birmingham Yardley was on all but three occasions a member of the party that won the general election, making it a former

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seat. Exceptions were Labour wins in the constituency compared to

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

wins nationally in

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

and

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

Elections

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Elections in the 1920s

Election in the 1910s

Notes

References

External links

Birmingham city council constituency page
(boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{coord, 52.46, -1.82, type:adm2nd_dim:8000_region:GB, display=title Yardley Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918