Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath (UK Parliament constituency)
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{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath
|parliament = uk
|map1 = BirminghamSparkbrookSmallHeath
|map2 = EnglandBirmingham
|map_entity = Birmingham
|map_year = 2005
|year = 1997
|abolished = 2010
|type = Borough
|previous = Birmingham Sparkbrook and Birmingham Small Heath
|next = Birmingham Hall Green
|population =
|mp = Roger Godsiff
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|region = England
|county = West Midlands
|european = West Midlands
}}
Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The constituency was notable for having the largest percentage of Muslim voters of any UK constituency at 48.8% (based on 2001 census figures).
The seat was abolished following a review of parliamentary boundaries by the Boundary Commission for England.
History
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Boundaries
The City of Birmingham wards of Fox Hollies, Small Heath, Sparkbrook, and Sparkhill.
This was an inner-city residential seat in the south-east of Birmingham, noted for its large immigrant population.
In the first half of the 20th century, it was home to many Irish families. In more recent times it is populated by people of Asian origin, who now account for some 50% of residents—the highest proportion of any seat in the country. The majority of ethnic minorities in this area are of Pakistani and British Pakistani origin.
By 2010, unemployment was high, at well over 10%. There are hardly any white collar workers in the seat and it has the third highest proportion of only partly skilled workers in the country.
However, it is a major site for urban regeneration and some £35m is to be invested in local redevelopment initiatives over the next five years.
The constituency was historically a safe seat Labour, but in 2005 their incumbent MP Roger Godsiff saw his majority slashed to just over 3,000 following a strong challenge from RESPECT. Labour also lost many local council seats in the constituency, primarily to the Liberal Democrats but also to the now-defunct People's Justice Party and later to RESPECT's Salma Yaqoob in the Sparkbrook ward.
=Boundary review=
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England abolished the Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency.
The Sparkbrook electoral ward formed one part of a revised Birmingham Hall Green constituency. The incumbent MP Roger Godsiff was selected for the new Hall Green seat, and won the seat at the 2010 election.
Members of Parliament
Roger Godsiff of the Labour Party represented this seat throughout its existence. From 1992 he had been MP for Birmingham Small Heath, which was merged with Birmingham Sparkbrook to create this seat.
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| colspan="2"|Election | Member {{Rayment-hc|s|4|date=March 2012}}
!Party |
|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1997 | Labour | |
| |2010
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished: see Birmingham Hall Green |
Elections
=Elections in the 2000s=
{{Election box begin |title=General election 2005: Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Godsiff
|votes = 13,787
|percentage = 36.1
|change = −21.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
|candidate = Salma Yaqoob
|votes = 10,498
|percentage = 27.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Talib Hussain
|votes = 7,727
|percentage = 20.2
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sameer Mirza
|votes = 3,480
|percentage = 9.1
|change = −1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Jennifer Brookes
|votes = 1,342
|percentage = 3.5
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ian Jamieson
|votes = 855
|percentage = 2.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Abdul Chaudhary
|votes = 503
|percentage = 1.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,289
|percentage = 8.6
|change = -35.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 38,192
|percentage = 51.8
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −24.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 2001: Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Godsiff
|votes = 21,087
|percentage = 57.5
|change = −6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Qassim Afzal
|votes = 4,841
|percentage = 13.2
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Justice Party (UK)
|candidate = Shafaq Hussain
|votes = 4,770
|percentage = 13.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Iftkhar Hussain
|votes = 3,948
|percentage = 10.8
|change = −6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gul Mahammed
|votes = 662
|percentage = 1.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Wayne Vincent
|votes = 634
|percentage = 1.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Muslim Party
|candidate = Abdul Aziz
|votes = 401
|percentage = 1.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Alliance (England)
|candidate = Salman Mirza
|votes = 304
|percentage = 0.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,246
|percentage = 44.3
|change = -2.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,647
|percentage = 49.3
|change = −7.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1997: Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Godsiff
|votes = 26,841
|percentage = 64.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth Hardeman
|votes = 7,315
|percentage = 17.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Roger Harmer
|votes = 3,889
|percentage = 9.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Alan Clawley
|votes = 959
|percentage = 2.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Riaz Dooley
|votes = 737
|percentage = 1.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Pankaj Patel
|votes = 538
|percentage = 1.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Rashid Syed
|votes = 513
|percentage = 1.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sajada Bi
|votes = 490
|percentage = 1.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Wren
|votes = 483
|percentage = 1.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,526
|percentage = 46.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 41,765
|percentage = 57.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/12928.html Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
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Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham, West Midlands (historic)
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010