Birmingham Sparkbrook (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Sparkbrook
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	West Midlands
1918–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Birmingham Sparkbrook & Small Heath

Birmingham, Sparkbrook was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament 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.

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.

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Leo Amery	Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1945	Percy Shurmer	Labour
	1959	Leslie Seymour	Conservative
	1964	Roy Hattersley	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath

Elections

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Birmingham Sparkbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery	13,523	56.0	+6.5
	Labour	Ernest Walter Hampton	5,948	24.6	+1.2
	Liberal	Donald Leslie Finnemore	4,676	19.4	-7.7
Majority			7,575	31.4	-10.6
Turnout				63.7	-7.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	-5.3

General Election 1929: Birmingham Sparkbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery	15,867	46.2
	Labour	A. Young	12,875	37.4
	Liberal	Thomas Foater Duggan	5,645	16.4
Majority			2,992	8.8
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Birmingham Sparkbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Sydney George Hattersley	22,116	64.1	+3.2
	Conservative	Mohammed J. Khamisa	8,544	24.8	−0.9
	Liberal Democrat	David J. Parry	3,028	8.8	−2.5
	Green	Charles J. Alldrick	833	2.4	+0.9
Majority			13,572	39.3	+4.2
Turnout			34,521	66.8	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)