Birmingham Yardley is a constituency 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.

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

Constituency profile

The seat lies within Birmingham to the east of the city centre. It includes the areas of Stechford, Yardley, Acocks Green, Sheldon and the industrial area of Tyseley. The western areas of the constituency around Small Heath and Tyseley are inner-city in character with mostly terraced houses, whilst the eastern parts are suburban with mostly detached or semi-detached housing.

The constituency has high levels of deprivation and residents are less likely to be degree-educated or work in professional jobs compared to national averages. The constituency is ethnically diverse; 44% of residents are White, 41% are Asian (primarily Pakistani) and 6% are Black. Most of the constituency elected Liberal Democrat councillors at the most recent city council election in 2022, whilst the urbanised western parts of the constituency were won by Labour Party candidates. An estimated 57% of voters in the constituency supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, higher than the national figure of 52%.

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

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, 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.

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.

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.

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| 1918

| Alfred Jephcott

| Unionist

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| 1929

| Archibald Gossling

| Labour

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| 1931

| Edward Salt

| Conservative

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| 1945

| Wesley Perrins

| Labour

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|colspan="5"| Constituency split, majority formed Birmingham Small Heath, minority merged with the majority of the abolished Birmingham Acock's Green

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| 1950

| Henry Usborne

| Labour

|Member for Birmingham Acock's Green (1945–1950)

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| 1959

| Leonard Cleaver

| Conservative

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| 1964

| Ioan Evans

| Labour

| Comptroller of the Household (1968–1970)

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| 1970

| Derek Coombs

| Conservative

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| Feb 1974

| Syd Tierney

| Labour

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| 1979

| David Bevan

| Conservative

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| 1992

| Estelle Morris

| Labour

| Secretary of State for Education and Skills (2001–2002), Minister of State for the Arts (2003–2005)

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| 2005

| John Hemming

| Liberal Democrat

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| 2015

| Jess Phillips

| Labour

| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls (2024–present)

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Elections

thumb|Results of Elections in Birmingham Yardley between 1918 and 2024|300px

Elections in the 2020s

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" | 2019 notional result

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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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| Labour ||align=right| 24,349 ||align=right| 58.1

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| Conservative ||align=right| 11,208 ||align=right| 26.7

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| Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 3,743 ||align=right| 8.9

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| Brexit Party ||align=right| 2,103 ||align=right|5.0

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| Green ||align=right| 503 ||align=right|1.2

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|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|

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|colspan="2"|Turnout

|align=right|41,906

|align=right|58.3

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|colspan="2"|Electorate

|align=right|71,912

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Elections in the 2010s

{| class="wikitable"

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! colspan="4" | 2005 notional result

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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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| Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 16,485 ||align=right| 42.0

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| Labour ||align=right| 13,621 ||align=right| 34.7

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| Conservative ||align=right| 4,142 ||align=right| 10.6

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| Others ||align=right| 2,581 ||align=right| 6.6

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| BNP ||align=right| 1,523 ||align=right| 3.9

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| UKIP ||align=right| 670 ||align=right| 1.7

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| Green ||align=right| 201 ||align=right| 0.5

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|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|

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|colspan="2"|Turnout

|align=right|39,223

|align=right|54.5

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|colspan="2"|Electorate

|align=right|71,986

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Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

{| class="wikitable"

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! colspan="4" | 1979 notional result

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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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| Conservative ||align=right| 22,285 ||align=right| 49.9

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| Labour ||align=right| 19,016 ||align=right| 42.6

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| Liberal ||align=right| 2,601 ||align=right| 5.8

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| Others ||align=right| 778 ||align=right| 1.7

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|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|

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|colspan="2"|Turnout

|align=right|44,680

|align=right|

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|colspan="2"|Electorate

|align=right|

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Elections in the 1970s

{| class="wikitable"

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! colspan="4" | 1970 notional result

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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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| Conservative ||align=right| 21,300 ||align=right| 51.2

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| Labour ||align=right| 20,300 ||align=right| 48.8

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|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|

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|colspan="2"|Turnout

|align=right|41,600

|align=right|69.5

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|colspan="2"|Electorate

|align=right|59,843

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Elections in the 1940s

See also

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

Notes

References

  • Birmingham city council constituency page
  • Birmingham, Yardley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
  • Birmingham, Yardley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
  • Birmingham Yardley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK