BIRMINGHAM LADYWOOD (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Birmingham Ladywood' is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

Boundaries

Boundary review

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

Boundaries

The constituency includes the entirety of Birmingham City Centre, which falls within Ladywood ward, as well as the deprived inner-city wards of Aston, Nechells and Soho. Aston University is located within the seat, as are Birmingham's two league football clubs, Aston Villa and Birmingham City.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Ladywood constituency with the following electoral wards:

★ Aston, Ladywood, Nechells and Soho.

History

The seat has undergone several boundary alterations since its creation but has remained firmly Labour-held since 1945, with the exception of a by-election in June 1969 when Wallace Lawler won the seat for the Liberal Party. The seat was regained for Labour by Doris Fisher in the General Election a year later.

Members of Parliament

Duration of term as MP	Name of MP	Party of MP
1918 - 1929	Neville Chamberlain
1929 - 1931	Wilfrid Whiteley
1931 - 1945	Geoffrey Lloyd
1945 - 1969	Victor Yates
1969 - 1970	Wallace Lawler
1970 - 1974	Doris Fisher
1974 - 1977	Brian Walden
1977 - 1983	John Sever
1983 - 2006	Clare Short
2006 - Present

Clare Short elected as a Labour MP from the 1983 general election onwards resigned the Labour whip on October 20 2006 and wished it to be known that she would continue to sit in the Commons as an Independent Labour MP and a true "Social Democrat"

Election results

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands