Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Yardley is a constituency^{[n 1]} 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.^{[n 2]}

Birmingham Yardley
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Birmingham Yardley in West Midlands region
County	West Midlands
Population	106,738 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	73,261 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of Parliament	Jess Phillips (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Birmingham East and Tamworth

Yardley Rural District was annexed to Birmingham under the 1911 Greater Birmingham Act.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Saltley, Small Heath, and Yardley.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, and Yardley.^[3]

1955–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.^[4]

1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley (as they existed on 1 February 1983).

1997–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley (as they existed on 1 June 1994).

2010–2018: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, and Stechford and Yardley North.

2018–2024: Following a local government boundary review,^[5] which did not effect the parliamentary boundaries, the contents of the constituency were as follows with effect from May 2018:

• The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Garretts Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, Tyseley & Hay Mills, Yardley East, and Yardley West & Stechford, and small parts of Bordesley Green, Glebe Farm & Tile Cross, Hall Green North, Small Heath, and Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East.

2024–present: Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency comprises:

• The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green; Sheldon; Small Heath; South Yardley; Tyseley & Hay Mills; Yardley East; Yardley West & Stechford.^[6]

The Garretts Green ward was transferred to Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North in exchange for the bulk of the Small Heath ward. Remaining part wards removed.

Constituency profile

The seat covers south-eastern areas of Birmingham including Stechford, Tyseley, Yardley and Acocks Green. Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Centrist", characterised by moderate views on social and economic issues.^[7]

Members of Parliament

From the seat's 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 that won the general election, making it a former bellwether seat. Exceptions were Labour wins in the constituency compared to Conservative wins nationally in 1951, 1955 and 1992.

Election		Member[8]	Whip
	1918	Alfred Jephcott	Unionist
	1929	Archibald Gossling	Labour
	1931	Edward Salt	Conservative
	1945	Wesley Perrins	Labour
	1950	Henry Usborne	Labour
	1959	Leonard Cleaver	Conservative
	1964	Ioan Evans	Labour
	1970	Derek Coombs	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Syd Tierney	Labour
	1979	David Bevan	Conservative
	1992	Estelle Morris	Labour
	2005	John Hemming	Liberal Democrat
	2015	Jess Phillips	Labour

Elections

Results of Elections in Birmingham Yardley between 1918 and 2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Birmingham Yardley^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jess Phillips	11,275	31.2	−26.9
	Workers Party	Jody McIntyre	10,582	29.3	N/A
	Reform UK	Nora Kamberi	5,061	14.0	+9.0
	Conservative	Yvonne Clements	3,634	10.1	−16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Harmer	3,634	10.1	+1.2
	Green	Roxanne Green	1,958	5.4	+4.2
Majority			693	1.9	−23.1
Turnout			36,144	50.3
Registered electors			73,203

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Birmingham Yardley^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jess Phillips	23,379	54.8	2.3
	Conservative	Vincent Garrington	12,720	29.8	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Harmer	3,754	8.8	9.1
	Brexit Party	Mary McKenna	2,246	5.3	New
	Green	Christopher Garghan	579	1.4	0.8
Majority			10,659	25.0	12.3
Turnout			42,678	57.3	4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	6.1

General election 2017: Birmingham Yardley^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jess Phillips	25,398	57.1	15.6
	Conservative	Mohammed Afzal	8,824	19.8	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Hemming	7,984	17.9	7.7
	UKIP	Paul Clayton	1,916	4.3	11.8
	Green	Christopher Garghan	280	0.6	1.1
	Independent	Abu Nowshed	100	0.2	New
Majority			16,574	37.3	21.4
Turnout			44,502	61.3	4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	4.8

General election 2015: Birmingham Yardley^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jess Phillips	17,129	41.5	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Hemming	10,534	25.6	14.0
	UKIP	Paul Clayton	6,637	16.1	13.2
	Conservative	Arun Photay	5,760	14.0	5.2
	Green	Grant Bishop	698	1.7	New
	Respect	Teval Stephens	187	0.5	New
	TUSC	Eamonn Flynn	135	0.3	New
	SDP	Peter Johnson	71	0.2	New
Majority			6,595	15.9	N/A
Turnout			41,313	57.3	0.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	11.7

General election 2010: Birmingham Yardley^[14][15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Hemming	16,162	39.6	2.5
	Labour	Lynnette Kelly	13,160	32.2	2.5
	Conservative	Meirion Jenkins	7,836	19.2	8.6
	BNP	Tanya Lumby	2,153	5.3	0.1
	UKIP	Graham Duffen	1,190	2.9	1.8
	National Front	Paul Morris	349	0.9	0.5
Majority			3,002	7.4
Turnout			40,850	56.5	2.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Birmingham Yardley^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Hemming	13,648	46.4	8.1
	Labour	Jayne Innes	10,976	37.3	9.6
	Conservative	Paul Uppal	2,970	10.1	3.0
	BNP	Robert Purcell	1,523	5.2	New
	UKIP	Mohammed Yaqub	314	1.1	0.0
Majority			2,672	9.1	N/A
Turnout			29,431	57.7	0.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	8.8

General election 2001: Birmingham Yardley^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Estelle Morris	14,085	46.9	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Hemming	11,507	38.3	5.3
	Conservative	Barrie Roberts	3,941	13.1	4.7
	UKIP	Alan Ware	329	1.1	0.7
	Socialist Labour	Colin Wren	151	0.5	New
Majority			2,578	8.6	5.4
Turnout			30,011	57.2	14.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Birmingham Yardley^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Estelle Morris	17,778	47.0	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Hemming	12,463	33.0	2.8
	Conservative	Anne Jobson	6,736	17.8	16.7
	Referendum	Duncan Livingston	646	1.7	New
	UKIP	Alan Ware	164	0.4	New
Majority			5,315	14.0	13.6
Turnout			37,787	71.2	6.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1992: Birmingham Yardley^[20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Estelle Morris	14,884	34.9	1.7
	Conservative	David Bevan	14,722	34.5	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Hemming	12,899	30.2	9.4
	National Front	Pauline Read	192	0.4	New
Majority			162	0.4	N/A
Turnout			42,697	78.0	4.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Birmingham Yardley^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bevan	17,931	42.6	0.6
	Labour	Geoff Edge	15,409	36.6	0.3
	Liberal	Leslie Smith	8,734	20.8	1.3
Majority			2,522	6.0	0.9
Turnout			42,074	73.9	1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Birmingham Yardley^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bevan	17,986	43.2	6.7
	Labour	Roger Godsiff	15,121	36.3	6.2
	SDP	David Bennett	8,109	19.5	13.7
	National Front	Robert Jones	415	1.0	0.7
Majority			2,865	6.9	4.2
Turnout			41,631	72.1	1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bevan	20,193	47.56
	Labour	Syd Tierney	19,029	44.81
	Liberal	Susan Mary Anderson	2,491	5.87
	National Front	Harold Challendar	749	1.80
Majority			1,164	2.75	N/A
Turnout			42,462	73.75
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election October 1974: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Tierney	20,834	48.27
	Conservative	Derek Coombs	16,664	38.61
	Liberal	John Aldridge	4,518	10.47
	National Front	Harold Challendar	1,034	2.40	New
	More Prosperous Britain	Thomas Keen	111	0.26	New
Majority			4,170	9.66
Turnout			43,161	73.09
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syd Tierney	20,580	44.62
	Conservative	Derek Coombs	18,633	40.40
	Liberal	John Aldridge	6,912	14.99	New
Majority			1,947	4.22	N/A
Turnout			39,213	78.72
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1970: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Coombs	21,827	50.14
	Labour Co-op	Ioan Evans	21,707	49.86
Majority			120	0.28	N/A
Turnout			43,534	69.70
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ioan Evans	25,568	56.35
	Conservative	Leonard Cleaver	19,809	43.65
Majority			5,759	12.70
Turnout			45,377	77.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ioan Evans	22,788	50.19
	Conservative	Leonard Cleaver	22,619	49.81
Majority			169	0.38	N/A
Turnout			45,407	77.05
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Cleaver	23,482	51.52
	Labour	Henry Usborne	22,097	48.48
Majority			1,385	3.04	N/A
Turnout			45,579	77.08
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1955: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Usborne	23,722	53.52
	Conservative	Philip Holland	20,598	46.48
Majority			3,124	7.04
Turnout			44,320	75.02
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Usborne	22,800	53.15
	Conservative	Albert E. Shaw	20,099	46.85
Majority			2,701	6.30
Turnout			42,899	82.51
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Usborne	22,342	51.16
	Conservative	Gordon Matthews	18,431	42.20
	Liberal	A.S. Ritchie	2,553	5.85
	Communist	Jim Faulkner[24]	347	0.79	New
Majority			3,911	8.96
Turnout			43,673	84.32
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wesley Perrins	33,835	60.49	+18.16
	Conservative	Edward Salt	16,514	29.53	−28.14
	Liberal	Charles Frederick Middleton	5,583	9.98	New
Majority			17,321	30.96	N/A
Turnout			55,932	69.21	+3.99
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+23.15

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Salt	25,717	57.67	−7.52
	Labour	Charles Jarman	18,879	42.33	+8.50
Majority			6,838	15.34	−16.02
Turnout			44,596	65.22	−12.48
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.01

General election 1931: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Salt	32,061	65.19	+24.29
	Labour	Archibald Gossling	16,640	33.83	−15.07
	New Party	EJ Bartleet	479	0.97	New
Majority			15,421	31.36	N/A
Turnout			49,180	76.70	−1.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18.64

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Archibald Gossling	23,956	48.9	2.1
	Unionist	Edward Salt	19,590	39.9	13.3
	Liberal	Charles Albert Beaumont	5,500	11.2	New
Majority			4,366	9.0	N/A
Turnout			49,046	77.8	0.5
Registered electors			63,068
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	7.7

General election 1924: Birmingham Yardley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alfred Jephcott	16,149	53.2	0.3
	Labour	Archibald Gossling	14,184	46.8	0.3
Majority			1,965	6.4	0.6
Turnout			30,333	77.3	12.9
Registered electors			39,235
	Unionist hold		Swing	0.3

General election 1923: Birmingham Yardley ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alfred Jephcott	13,300	53.5	4.6
	Labour	Archibald Gossling	11,562	46.5	4.6
Majority			1,738	7.0	9.2
Turnout			24,862	64.4	6.1
Registered electors			38,591
	Unionist hold		Swing	4.6

General election 1922: Birmingham Yardley ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alfred Jephcott	15,586	58.1	1.8
	Labour	Archibald Gossling	11,234	41.9	3.6
Majority			4,352	16.2	1.8
Turnout			26,820	70.5	17.3
Registered electors			38,045
	Unionist hold		Swing	0.9

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Birmingham Yardley ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Alfred Jephcott	10,960	56.3
	Labour	George Shann	7,466	38.3
	Liberal	George Jackson	1,049	5.4
Majority			3,494	18.0
Turnout			19,475	53.2
Registered electors			36,575
	Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.