Birmingham Sparkbrook (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1997}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Birmingham Sparkbrook

|parliament = uk

|map1 =

|map2 =

|map_entity =

|map_year =

|year = 1918

|abolished = 1997

|type = Borough

|elects_howmany = One

|previous = Birmingham East

|next = Birmingham Sparkbrook & Small Heath

|region = England

|county = West Midlands

}}

Birmingham, Sparkbrook was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency.

History

Boundaries

1918–1950: Parts of the County Borough of Birmingham wards of Balsall Heath, Moseley and King's Heath, and Sparkbrook.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Balsall Heath, St Martin's and Deritend, and Sparkbrook.

1955–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Fox Hollies, Sparkbrook, and Sparkhill.

1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Fox Hollies, Sparkbrook, and Sparkhill.

Members of Parliament

The constituency's most high-profile MP was Roy Hattersley, who represented it for over 30 years and was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under Neil Kinnock from 1983 to 1992. He retired in 1997 when the seat was abolished, its replacement being won by Roger Godsiff.

colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party{{cite book \|last=Craig \|first=F. W. S. \|author-link= F. W. S. Craig \|title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 \|orig-year=1969 \|edition=3rd \|year=1983 \|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services \|location=Chichester \|isbn= 0-900178-06-X \|page=89 }}
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Coalition Conservative}}" \| \| 1918 \|rowspan="2" \| Leo Amery \| Coalition Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1922 \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \|	1945	Percy Shurmer	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \|	1959	Leslie Seymour	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \|	1964	Roy Hattersley	Labour
\|1997 \|colspan="2"\| constituency abolished: see Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath

Elections

=Election in the 1910s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1918: Birmingham Sparkbrook Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Leo Amery

|votes = 15,225

|percentage = 78.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Co-operative Party

|candidate = Frank Spires

|votes = 3,014

|percentage = 15.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Gibbard Hurst

|votes = 1,251

|percentage = 6.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,211

|percentage = 62.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 19,490

|percentage = 52.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 37,123

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

}}

=Elections in the 1920s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1922: Birmingham Sparkbrook

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Leo Amery

|votes = 13,326

|percentage = 49.5

|change = −28.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Thomas Foster Duggan

|votes = 7,283

|percentage = 27.1

|change = +20.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Co-operative

|candidate = Ernest Walter Hampton

|votes = 6,310

|percentage = 23.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,043

|percentage = 22.4

|change = −40.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 26,919

|percentage = 71.0

|change = +18.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 37,918

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −24.7

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1923: Birmingham Sparkbrook British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Leo Amery

|votes = 13,523

|percentage = 56.0

|change = +6.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernest Walter Hampton

|votes = 5,948

|percentage = 24.6

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Donald Finnemore

|votes = 4,676

|percentage = 19.4

|change = −7.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,575

|percentage = 31.4

|change = +9.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 24,147

|percentage = 63.7

|change = −7.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 37,890

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +2.7

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1924: Birmingham Sparkbrook

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Leo Amery

|votes = 15,718

|percentage = 58.1

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = S.B.M. Potter

|votes = 9,759

|percentage = 36.1

|change = +11.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Ernest Percy Ray

|votes = 1,580

|percentage = 5.8

|change = −13.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,959

|percentage = 22.0

|change = −9.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 27,057

|percentage = 71.1

|change = +7.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 38,058

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −4.7

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1929: Birmingham Sparkbrook

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Leo Amery

|votes = 15,867

|percentage = 46.2

|change = −11.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = A. Young

|votes = 12,875

|percentage = 37.4

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Foater Duggan

|votes = 5,645

|percentage = 16.4

|change = +10.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,992

|percentage = 8.8

|change = −13.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 34,387

|percentage = 73.1

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 47,041

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −6.6

}}

=Elections in the 1930s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1931: Birmingham Sparkbrook {{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1931|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge31/i03.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626205045/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge31/i03.htm|archive-date=26 June 2016|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Leo Amery

|votes = 23,517

|percentage = 73.36

|change = +27.16

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = George Archibald

|votes = 8,538

|percentage = 26.64

|change = −10.76

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14,979

|percentage = 46.72

|change = +37.92

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 32,055

|percentage = 69.57

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 46,073

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +18.96

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1935: Birmingham Sparkbrook {{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1935|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge35/i03.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220065026/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge35/i03.htm|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Leo Amery

|votes = 17,509

|percentage = 68.47

|change = −4.89

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Whittaker

|votes = 8,063

|percentage = 31.53

|change = +4.89

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,446

|percentage = 36.94

|change = −9.78

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 25,572

|percentage = 57.28

|change = −12.29

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 44,647

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −4.89

}}

=Elections in the 1940s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1945: Birmingham Sparkbrook {{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1945|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i03.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142115/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i03.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Percy Shurmer

|votes = 14,065

|percentage = 57.76

|change = +26.23

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Leo Amery

|votes = 8,431

|percentage = 34.63

|change = −23.84

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = R. Palme Dutt

|votes = 1,853

|percentage = 7.61

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,634

|percentage = 23.13

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 24,349

|percentage = 66.68

|change = +9.40

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 36,517

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +25.04

}}

=Elections in the 1950s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1950: Birmingham Sparkbrook {{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1950|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i03.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308121259/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i03.htm|archive-date=8 March 2017|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Percy Shurmer

|votes = 24,942

|percentage = 61.49

|change = +3.73

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Sir Piers Kenrick Debenham, 2nd Baronet|Piers Debenham

|votes = 15,267

|percentage = 37.64

|change = +3.01

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = James Crump

|votes = 355

|percentage = 0.88

|change = −6.73

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,675

|percentage = 23.85

|change = +0.72

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 40,564

|percentage = 77.58

|change = +10.90

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 52,287

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +0.36

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1951: Birmingham Sparkbrook {{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1951|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge51/i03.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629214450/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge51/i03.htm|archive-date=29 June 2017|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Percy Shurmer

|votes = 24,184

|percentage = 61.33

|change = −0.16

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Lonsdale

|votes = 15,248

|percentage = 38.67

|change = +1.03

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,936

|percentage = 22.66

|change = −1.19

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,423

|percentage = 76.41

|change = −1.17

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 51,607

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −0.60

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1955: Birmingham Sparkbrook {{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1955|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i03.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629214520/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i03.htm|archive-date=29 June 2017|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Percy Shurmer

|votes = 20,032

|percentage = 54.36

|change = −8.97

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Philip G Hartley

|votes = 16,821

|percentage = 45.64

|change = +8.97

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,211

|percentage = 8.72

|change = −13.94

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 36,853

|percentage = 72.18

|change = −4.23

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 51,057

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −8.97

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1959: Birmingham Sparkbrook {{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1959|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i03.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629215526/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i03.htm|archive-date=29 June 2017|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Leslie Seymour

|votes = 17,751

|percentage = 51.28

|change = +5.64

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John T Webster

|votes = 16,865

|percentage = 48.72

|change = −5.64

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 886

|percentage = 2.56

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 34,616

|percentage = 72.52

|change = +0.34

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 47,731

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +5.64

}}

=Elections in the 1960s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1964: Birmingham Sparkbrook {{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1964|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i03.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629215940/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i03.htm|archive-date=29 June 2017|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roy Hattersley

|votes = 16,287

|percentage = 52.00

|change = +3.28

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Leslie Seymour

|votes = 15,033

|percentage = 48.00

|change = −3.28

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,254

|percentage = 4.00

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 31,320

|percentage = 68.27

|change = −4.25

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 45,877

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +3.28

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1966: Birmingham Sparkbrook {{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1966|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i03.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230195549/http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i03.htm|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roy Hattersley

|votes = 18,266

|percentage = 60.62

|change = +8.62

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Leslie Seymour

|votes = 11,868

|percentage = 39.38

|change = −8.62

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,398

|percentage = 21.24

|change = +17.24

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 30,134

|percentage = 66.74

|change = −1.53

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 45,148

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +8.62

}}

=Elections in the 1970s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1970: Birmingham Sparkbrook{{cite web|title=UK General Election results 1970|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i03.htm|website=Politics Resources|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623201359/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i03.htm|archive-date=23 June 2013|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roy Hattersley

|votes = 14,773

|percentage = 52.74

|change = −7.88

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony EJ Mitton

|votes = 11,427

|percentage = 40.79

|change = +1.41

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Crofton

|votes = 1,813

|percentage = 6.47

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,346

|percentage = 11.95

|change = −9.29

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,013

|percentage = 64.89

|change = −1.85

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 43,168

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −4.65

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election February 1974: Birmingham Sparkbrook{{cite web|title=UK General Election results February 1974|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i03.htm|website=Politics Resources|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623201325/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i03.htm|archive-date=23 June 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title='Birmingham Sparkbrook', Feb 1974 - May 1983|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P74072.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323100733/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P74072.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 March 2016|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=16 March 2016}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Roy Hattersley|votes=19,939|percentage=61.40|change=+8.66}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Jack Savage|votes=12,534|percentage=38.60|change=−2.19}}

{{Election box majority||votes=7,405|percentage=22.80|change=+10.85}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=32,473|percentage=65.79|change=+0.9}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 49,344

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +5.43

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election October 1974: Birmingham Sparkbrook{{cite web|title=UK General Election results October 1974|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i03.htm|website=Politics Resources|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623194615/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i03.htm|archive-date=23 June 2013|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Roy Hattersley|votes=17,476|percentage=58.45|change=−2.95}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Jack Savage|votes=8,955|percentage=29.95|change=−8.65}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Cecil Edward Williams|votes=2,920|percentage=9.77|change= New}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Irish Civil Rights

|candidate = Joseph Molloy

|votes = 548

|percentage = 1.83

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority||votes=8,521|percentage=28.50|change=+5.70}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=29,899|percentage=60.19|change=−5.60}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 49,683

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +2.85

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1979: Birmingham Sparkbrook{{cite web|title=UK General Election results 1979|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i03.htm|website=Politics Resources|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811162957/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i03.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Roy Hattersley|votes=18,717|percentage=62.75|change=+4.30}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nicholas John David Webb|votes=10,398|percentage=34.86|change=+4.91}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party (UK)|candidate=Roger Murray|votes=715|percentage=2.40|change= New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=8,319|percentage=27.89|change=−0.61}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=29,830|percentage=64.97|change=+4.78}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 45,910

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -0.31

}}

=Elections in the 1980s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1983: Birmingham Sparkbrook{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title='Birmingham Sparkbrook', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83059.htm#87001|website=ElectionWeb Project |publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=4 March 2016}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roy Hattersley

|votes = 19,757

|percentage = 59.9

|change = −4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Douglas-Osborn

|votes = 9,209

|percentage = 27.9

|change = −5.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Omkar Singh Parmar

|votes = 3,416

|percentage = 10.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978)

|candidate = Fran Eden

|votes = 305

|percentage = 0.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Carl Chinn

|votes = 281

|percentage = 0.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,548

|percentage = 32.0

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 32,968

|percentage = 61.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1987: Birmingham Sparkbrook{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roy Hattersley

|votes = 20,513

|percentage = 60.8

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Nazir Khan

|votes = 8,654

|percentage = 25.7

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Robin Dimmick

|votes = 3,803

|percentage = 11.3

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party (UK)

|candidate = Rex Ambler

|votes = 526

|percentage = 1.56

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Red Front (UK)

|candidate = Pervaiz Khan

|votes = 229

|percentage = 0.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,859

|percentage = 35.2

|change = +3.17

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 33,725

|percentage = 63.52

|change = +2.03

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1990s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1992: Birmingham Sparkbrook{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roy Hattersley

|votes = 22,116

|percentage = 64.1

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Mohammed Khamisa

|votes = 8,544

|percentage = 24.8

|change = −0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = David Parry

|votes = 3,028

|percentage = 8.8

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Charles Alldrick

|votes = 833

|percentage = 2.4

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,572

|percentage = 39.3

|change = +4.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 34,521

|percentage = 66.8

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +2.1

}}

References

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