County West Midlands Electorate 67,598 (December 2010) Member of parliament Jack Dromey (Labour) | Population 97,778 (2011 census) Created 1974 (1974) Number of members One | |
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Birmingham, Erdington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jack Dromey of the Labour Party.
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Constituency profile
The seat is ethnically diverse and well developed, has quite considerable social housing and has a high proportion of adults of working age in relation to the West Midlands as a whole in a low income bracket. Since the seat was recreated in 1974 Labour MPs have been elected, although Conservative candidates reduced the majority to three figures in 1979 and 1983.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Erdington North, Erdington South, and Washwood Heath, and part of Aston ward.
1950-1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Bromford, Erdington, and Gravelly Hill.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Gravelly Hill, and Stockland Green.
1983-1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingsbury, and Stockland Green.
1997-2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingsbury, Kingstanding, and Stockland Green.
2010-present: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingstanding, Stockland Green, and Tyburn.
In the north-east of the city of Birmingham, this is a mix of council estates, some of which are now private homes under the Right to Buy, the large Kingstanding estate and Castle Vale being examples, and generally more affluent suburbs which are private housing particularly towards the Sutton Coldfield border in Erdington itself, the strongest Conservative ward in the seat. Spanning to the city's green borders, the area includes for example Birmingham Spaghetti Junction motorway junction.
Elections in the 2010s
Going into the 2015 general election, this was the 179th most marginal constituency in Great Britain, the Conservatives requiring a swing from Labour of 4.6% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election).