County West Midlands Electorate 77,157 (December 2010) Member of parliament Roger Godsiff (Labour) | Population 115,904 (2011 census) Created 1950 Number of members One | |
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Birmingham, Hall Green is a constituency of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Roger Godsiff of the Labour Party.
Boundaries and constituency profile
1950-1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Hall Green and Sparkhill.
1955-1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Brandwood, Hall Green, and Springfield.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Billesley, Brandwood, and Hall Green.
1983-2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Billesley, Brandwood, and Hall Green.
2010–present: The City of Birmingham wards of Hall Green, Moseley and King's Heath, Sparkbrook, and Springfield.
Hall Green had a Conservative MP throughout the period from 1950 to 1997 but formed with Birmingham, Edgbaston the last of all of the Birmingham seats during the 1979–1997 Conservative Government lost to Labour, in 1997. This was also the first time Labour had won the seat as it was created in 1950.
The constituency is a suburban seat on the fringes city centre to its south and bordering Solihull in the east. The number of non-whites (9.3%) is low compared to the rest of the city, as is the proportion of social housing (25.7%), figures higher than the national average. In the area are a high number of public parks, open space and numerous tree-lined streets.
A famous landmark is Sarehole Mill, where J. R. R. Tolkien spent his boyhood and which provided the inspiration for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Many constituents were employed in the car industry – notably Rover's nearby factories.
Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England created a modified version of the Hall Green seat which contains a third of the constituency which existed for the 1997 General Election and new additions – the retained former ward is Hall Green itself – and additional wards include two from the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath which was abolished at the 2010 General Election.