Sutton Coldfield (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 52°34′N 1°49′W / 52.56°N 1.81°W
Sutton Coldfield | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Sutton Coldfield in City of Birmingham | |
![]() Location of City of Birmingham within England | |
County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 75,031 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1945 |
Member of Parliament | Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) |
Created from | North Warwickshire or the 'Tamworth' division of Warwickshire |
Sutton Coldfield is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Mitchell, a Conservative.[n 2]
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[2] | Party | Notes | |
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1945 | John Mellor | Conservative | ||
1955 | Geoffrey Lloyd | Conservative | Minister of Fuel and Power 1951–1955 Minister of Education 1957–1959 | |
Feb 1974 | Norman Fowler | Conservative | Minister of Transport 1979–1981 Secretary of State for Transport 1981–1981 Secretary of State for Social Services 1981–1987 Secretary of State for Employment 1987–1990 Chairman of the Conservative Party 1992–1994 | |
2001 | Andrew Mitchell | Conservative | Secretary of State for International Development 2010–2012 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip 2012 |
Constituency profile[]
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian. At that date the regional average stood at 4.7%[3]
Within Birmingham, the Conservatives have 11 councillors in this seat, with Labour's one councillor in the Sutton Vesey ward.
Boundaries[]
The constituency covers the northern part of the City of Birmingham. It corresponds to the former borough of Sutton Coldfield.
2010–present: The City of Birmingham wards of Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton New Hall, Sutton Trinity, and Sutton Vesey.
1983–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Sutton Four Oaks, Sutton New Hall, and Sutton Vesey.
1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield.
1955–1974: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, and the County Borough of Birmingham ward of Erdington.
1945–1955: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, and the Rural Districts of Meriden and Tamworth.
History[]
This area contributed to the old seat of North Warwickshire or the 'Tamworth' division of Warwickshire, which remains in a much narrower form as the largely suburban town to the north has developed.[4][5]
- Political history
All MPs elected since the constituency's creation in 1945 have been Conservative. Sutton Coldfield is, on the length of party representation measure combined with numerical majority, among the safest seats in the country for the party; they have received a majority of votes in the seat and its predecessors since 1885. The Conservative party's vote share of 68.9% in the constituency in 1979 would not be matched for 38 years, when the Conservatives received a higher share in South Holland and the Deepings, where they received 69.9%.
- Prominent frontbench members
Geoffrey Lloyd (later created a life peer as Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd) was for four years the Minister of Fuel and Power then Minister of Education for two years mostly under the Third Churchill ministry then Macmillan Ministry.
Former Cabinet minister Sir Norman Fowler served the seat from 1974 until retiring as an MP in 2001. Departments he led during the Thatcher ministry were transport, social services and then employment. Now Lord Fowler, he was Lord Speaker from September 2016 until April 2021.
Andrew Mitchell, MP here since 2001 and previously MP for Gedling from 1987 to 1997, was Secretary of State for International Development then briefly Conservative Chief Whip while in Coalition Government 2010-2015, until standing down after swearing at police while attempting to take his bicycle through the main gates of Downing Street in 2012.
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 31,604 | 60.4 | –0.6 | |
Labour | David Knowles | 12,332 | 23.6 | –8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Wilkinson | 6,358 | 12.2 | +7.8 | |
Green | Ben Auton | 2,031 | 3.9 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 19,272 | 36.8 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 52,325 | 69.2 | –0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 75,638 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 32,224 | 61.0 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Robert Pocock | 16,885 | 31.9 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Wilkinson | 2,302 | 4.4 | –0.8 | |
Green | David Ratcliff | 965 | 1.8 | –1.0 | |
Independent | Hannah Sophia | 482 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 15,339 | 29.1 | –3.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,858 | 69.9 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 27,782 | 54.6 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Robert Pocock | 11,365 | 22.3 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Marcus Brown[13] | 7,489 | 14.7 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Brighton-Knight | 2,627 | 5.2 | –12.8 | |
Green | David Ratcliff | 1,426 | 2.8 | +1.7 | |
Ubuntu | Mark Sleigh | 165 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 16,417 | 32.3 | –1.3 | ||
Turnout | 50,854 | 67.9 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 27,303 | 54.0 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Robert Pocock | 10,298 | 20.4 | –5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Brighton | 9,117 | 18.0 | +1.4 | |
BNP | Robert Grierson | 1,749 | 3.5 | New | |
UKIP | Edward Siddall-Jones | 1,587 | 3.1 | –1.8 | |
Green | Joe Rooney | 535 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 17,005 | 33.6 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,589 | 67.9 | +5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 24,308 | 52.5 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Robert Pocock | 12,025 | 26.0 | –1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Drury | 7,710 | 16.6 | –2.4 | |
UKIP | Stephen Shorrock | 2,275 | 4.9 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 12,283 | 26.5 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 46,318 | 63.5 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 21,909 | 50.4 | –1.8 | |
Labour | Robert Pocock | 11,805 | 27.2 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Turner | 8,268 | 19.0 | –0.4 | |
UKIP | Mike Nattrass | 1,186 | 2.7 | New | |
Independent | Ian Robinson | 284 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 10,104 | 23.2 | –5.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,452 | 60.5 | –12.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Fowler | 27,373 | 52.2 | –13.0 | |
Labour | Alan C. York | 12,488 | 23.8 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | James E. Whorwood | 10,139 | 19.4 | +0.1 | |
Referendum | Douglas Hope | 2,401 | 4.6 | New | |
Majority | 14,885 | 28.4 | –7.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,401 | 72.9 | –6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –10.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Fowler | 37,001 | 65.2 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James E. Whorwood | 10,965 | 19.3 | –5.4 | |
Labour | Jan M. Bott-Obi | 8,490 | 15.0 | +3.7 | |
Natural Law | Huw S. Meads | 324 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 26,036 | 45.9 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 56,780 | 79.5 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Fowler | 34,475 | 64.0 | –1.4 | |
Liberal | Timothy Bick | 13,292 | 24.7 | –1.6 | |
Labour | Peter McLoughlin | 6,104 | 11.3 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 21,183 | 39.3 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,871 | 74.5 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Fowler | 31,753 | 65.4 | –3.5 | |
Liberal | Aubrey Jones[26] | 12,769 | 26.3 | +10.2 | |
Labour | C Gibbons | 4,066 | 8.4 | –4.8 | |
Majority | 18,984 | 39.1 | –13.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,588 | 71.8 | –5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Fowler | 34,096 | 68.9 | +11.8 | |
Liberal | CEA Hooper | 7,989 | 16.1 | –11.4 | |
Labour | J Partridge | 6,511 | 13.2 | –2.2 | |
National Front | R Wallace | 466 | 0.9 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | GC Hammond | 459 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 26,107 | 52.7 | +23.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,521 | 77.3 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +11.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Fowler | 25,729 | 57.1 | –0.4 | |
Liberal | A Watson | 12,373 | 27.5 | –2.8 | |
Labour | G W Wells | 6,955 | 15.4 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 13,356 | 29.6 | –0.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,057 | 74.5 | +7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Fowler | 28,355 | 57.5 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | A. Watson | 14,929 | 30.3 | +16.0 | |
Labour | R.A. Little | 6,028 | 12.2 | –16.1 | |
Majority | 13,426 | 29.8 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 49,312 | 82.3 | +13.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 36,774 | 57.4 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Peter Tebbutt | 18,134 | 28.3 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Lionel King | 9,163 | 14.3 | –8.6 | |
Majority | 18,640 | 29.1 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 64,071 | 69.1 | –7.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 30,350 | 52.5 | –7.4 | |
Labour | Derek Finnigan | 14,257 | 24.7 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | Michael H Whincup | 13,237 | 22.9 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 16,093 | 27.8 | –1.6 | ||
Turnout | 57,844 | 76.3 | –2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 31,772 | 57.9 | –5.5 | |
Liberal | Michael H Whincup | 14,745 | 25.5 | +11.0 | |
Labour | Peter E Tombs | 11,399 | 19.7 | –2.1 | |
Majority | 17,027 | 29.4 | –12.2 | ||
Turnout | 57,916 | 78.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 33,064 | 63.4 | –6.5 | |
Labour | Roy Hattersley | 11,310 | 21.8 | –8.3 | |
Liberal | Kenneth John Hovers | 7,543 | 14.5 | New | |
Majority | 21,754 | 41.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 51,917 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 31,552 | 69.9 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Christopher Norwood | 13,565 | 30.1 | –6.2 | |
Majority | 17,987 | 39.8 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,117 | 76.7 | –4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mellor | 36,628 | 63.7 | +0.9 | |
Labour | David G Allen | 20,893 | 36.3 | –0.9 | |
Majority | 15,735 | 27.4 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 57,521 | 81.6 | –1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mellor | 36,017 | 62.8 | +4.6 | |
Labour | A Wilson | 21,364 | 37.2 | –0.4 | |
Majority | 14,653 | 25.6 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 57,381 | 83.2 | +8.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mellor | 28,225 | 58.2 | ||
Labour | Fred Mulley | 18,261 | 37.6 | ||
Common Wealth | J. Purser | 2,043 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 9,964 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 48,529 | 74.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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.
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External links[]
- Parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham, West Midlands
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1945
- Sutton Coldfield