County West Midlands Electorate 73,261 (December 2010) European Parliament constituency West Midlands Number of members 1 | Population 106,738 (2011 census) Created 1918 Member of parliament Jess Phillips Party Labour Party | |
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Birmingham, Yardley is a constituency of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Jess Phillips of the Labour Party.
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Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Saltley, Small Heath, and Yardley.
1950-1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.
1983-2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.
2010–present: The City of Birmingham wards of Acock's Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, and Stechford and Yardley North.
Yardley area committee district is coterminous with the seat which covers an area of the south-east of Birmingham with and on the boundaries of Solihull. It borders the parliamentary constituencies of Solihull, Meriden, Birmingham Hall Green and Birmingham Hodge Hill.
Members of Parliament
From creation in 1918 until the 2005 general election, the MP elected for Birmingham Yardley was on all but three occasions a member of the party winning the general election, making it a bellwether seat. Exceptions were Labour wins on the local level compared to Conservative wins nationally in 1951, 1955 and 1992.
Elections in the 2010s
Going into the 2015 general election, this was the 142nd most marginal constituency in Great Britain, Labour requiring a swing from the Liberal Democrats of 3.7% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election).