# Birmingham Erdington (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Erdington is a parliamentary constituency in Birmingham, England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2022 by Paulette Hamilton of the Labour Party.

## Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Erdington North, Erdington South, and Washwood Heath, and part of Aston ward.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Bromford, Erdington, and Gravelly Hill.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Gravelly Hill, and Stockland Green.
1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingsbury, and Stockland Green.
1997–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingsbury, Kingstanding, and Stockland Green (as they existed on 1 June 1994).
2010–2018: The City of Birmingham wards of Erdington, Kingstanding, Stockland Green, and Tyburn (as they existed on 12 April 2005).
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 Castle Vale, Erdington, Gravelly Hill, Perry Common, Pype Hayes, Stockland Green, and most of Kingstanding.
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: Castle Vale; Erdington; Gravelly Hill; Kingstanding; Oscott (polling districts OSC4, OSC5, OSC7 and OSC8); Perry Common; Pype Hayes; Stockland Green.
The remaining areas of the Kingstanding ward and the majority of the Oscott ward were transferred from Birmingham Perry Barr, bringing the electorate within the permitted range.

## Constituency profile

The constituency is predominantly white working class and very deprived, having a high proportion of adults of working age in a low income bracket when compared to the West Midlands as a whole. This is a mix of council estates, some of which are now private homes under the Right to Buy, the large Kingstanding estate and Castle Vale being examples, and generally more affluent suburbs which are private housing particularly towards the Sutton Coldfield border in Erdington itself, the strongest Conservative ward in the seat. Spanning to the city's green belt, the area includes for example Birmingham Spaghetti Junction motorway junction. Since the seat was recreated in 1974, only Labour MPs have been elected, although Conservative candidates reduced the majority to three figures in 1979 and 1983; both of which resulted in victories for the party as a whole nationwide. In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 63% of people voted to leave the EU whilst 37% voted to remain.

## Members of Parliament
### MPs 1918–1955

| Member | Party |
| 1918 | Arthur Steel-Maitland | Conservative |
| 1929 | Charles Simmons | Labour |
| 1931 | John Eales | Conservative |
| 1936 by-election | John Wright | Conservative |
| 1945 | Julius Silverman | Labour |
| 1955 | constituency abolished |

### MPs since 1974

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1974 | Julius Silverman | Labour |
| 1983 | Robin Corbett | Labour |
| 2001 | Siôn Simon | Labour |
| 2010 | Jack Dromey | Labour |
| 2022 by-election | Paulette Hamilton | Labour |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paulette Hamilton | 14,774 | 43.7 | −6.1 |
| | Reform UK | Jack Brookes | 7,755 | 22.9 | +18.7 |
| | Conservative | Steve Knee | 5,402 | 16.0 | −25.7 |
| | Green | Karen Trench | 2,452 | 7.3 | +5.4 |
| | Independent | Shaukat Ali | 2,250 | 6.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Farzana Aslam | 1,128 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| | TUSC | Corinthia Ward | 37 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,019 | 20.8 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,798 | 44.0 | −10.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
2022 Birmingham Erdington by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paulette Hamilton | 9,413 | 55.5 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert Alden | 6,147 | 36.3 | −3.8 |
| | TUSC | Dave Nellist | 360 | 2.1 | N/A |
| | Reform UK | Jack Brookes | 293 | 1.7 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Siobhan Harper-Nunes | 236 | 1.4 | −0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee Dargue | 173 | 1.0 | −2.7 |
| | Independent | Michael Lutwyche | 109 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | CPA | Mel Mbondiah | 79 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Independent | Thomas O'Rourke | 76 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Monster Raving Loony | The Good Knight Sir NosDa | 49 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | Independent | Clifton Holmes | 14 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | Church of the Militant Elvis | David Bishop | 8 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,266 | 19.2 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,016 | 27.0 | −26.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Dromey | 17,720 | 50.3 | −7.7 |
| | Conservative | Robert Alden | 14,119 | 40.1 | +1.7 |
| | Brexit Party | Wendy Garcarz | 1,441 | 4.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Holtom | 1,301 | 3.7 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Rob Grant | 648 | 1.8 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,601 | 10.2 | −9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,229 | 53.3 | −3.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −4.7 | |
General election 2017: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Dromey | 21,571 | 58.0 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative | Robert Alden | 14,286 | 38.4 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Holtom | 750 | 2.0 | −0.8 |
| | Green | James Lovatt | 610 | 1.6 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,285 | 19.6 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,217 | 57.2 | +3.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |
General election 2015: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Dromey | 15,824 | 45.6 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Robert Alden | 10,695 | 30.8 | −1.8 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Garcarz | 6,040 | 17.4 | +15.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Holtom | 965 | 2.8 | −13.4 |
| | Green | Joe Belcher | 948 | 2.7 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Ted Woodley | 212 | 0.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,129 | 14.8 | +5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,684 | 53.3 | −0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.8 | |
General election 2010: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Dromey | 14,869 | 41.8 | −11.1 |
| | Conservative | Robert Alden | 11,592 | 32.6 | +9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Holtom | 5,742 | 16.2 | +0.3 |
| | BNP | Kevin McHugh | 1,815 | 5.1 | +0.4 |
| | UKIP | Maria Foy | 842 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Tony Tomkins | 240 | 0.7 | N/A |
| | National Front | Terry Williams | 229 | 0.6 | −0.5 |
| | Christian | Timothy Gray | 217 | 0.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,277 | 9.2 | −21.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,546 | 53.5 | +5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −10.4 | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Siôn Simon | 16,810 | 53.0 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative | Victoria Elvidge | 7,235 | 22.8 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jerry Evans | 5,027 | 15.8 | +4.0 |
| | BNP | Sharon Ebanks | 1,512 | 4.8 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Rannal Hepburn | 746 | 2.3 | +0.6 |
| | National Front | Terry Williams | 416 | 1.3 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,575 | 30.2 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,746 | 48.9 | +2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −1.2 | |
General election 2001: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Siôn Simon | 17,375 | 56.8 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | Oliver Lodge | 7,413 | 24.2 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Johnson | 3,602 | 11.8 | +1.6 |
| | National Front | Michael Shore | 681 | 2.2 | N/A |
| | Socialist Alliance | Steven Goddard | 669 | 2.2 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Mark Nattrass | 521 | 1.7 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Judith Sambrook-Marshall | 343 | 1.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,962 | 32.6 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,604 | 46.6 | −14.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robin Corbett | 23,764 | 58.8 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Tomkins | 11,107 | 27.5 | −10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Garrett | 4,112 | 10.2 | −1.8 |
| | Referendum | Geoff Cable | 1,424 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,657 | 31.3 | +18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,407 | 60.8 | +1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 | |
General election 1992: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robin Corbett | 18,549 | 50.5 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Stanley Hope | 13,814 | 37.6 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Campbell | 4,398 | 12.0 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,735 | 12.9 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,761 | 70.1 | +1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robin Corbett | 17,037 | 45.9 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Paul Johnston | 14,570 | 39.2 | 0.0 |
| | SDP | Neil Biddlestone | 5,530 | 14.9 | −6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,467 | 6.6 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,137 | 68.5 | +1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |
General election 1983: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robin Corbett | 14,930 | 39.8 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Moylan | 14,699 | 39.2 | −5.3 |
| | SDP | Christopher Barber | 7,915 | 21.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 231 | 0.6 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,554 | 67.0 | +1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julius Silverman | 20,105 | 46.0 | −5.5 |
| | Conservative | John Alden | 19,425 | 44.5 | +13.4 |
| | Liberal | Hugh Duffy | 3,487 | 8.0 | −6.2 |
| | National Front | Frank Hastilow | 687 | 1.6 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 680 | 1.5 | −18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,704 | 67.9 | +2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −9.5 | |
General election October 1974: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julius Silverman | 22,160 | 51.5 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | John Alden | 13,383 | 31.1 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal | Julia Mills | 6,119 | 14.2 | −0.6 |
| | National Front | Thomas Finnegan | 1,413 | 3.3 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,777 | 20.4 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,075 | 65.5 | −6.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
General election February 1974: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julius Silverman | 22,978 | 48.7 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | C. Harvey | 16,050 | 34.0 | −12.9 |
| | Liberal | Patrick Humphrey | 6,991 | 14.8 | N/A |
| | National Front | Thomas Finnegan | 1,145 | 2.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,928 | 14.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,164 | 72.3 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1951: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julius Silverman | 29,561 | 53.1 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Derek Broome | 26,153 | 46.9 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,408 | 6.2 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,714 | 82.6 | −0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −1.7 | |
General election 1950: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julius Silverman | 29,252 | 51.77 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative | John Wright | 23,842 | 42.2 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal | Sydney Fitzgerald | 3,408 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,410 | 9.57 | −15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,502 | 83.4 | +14.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −6.0 | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julius Silverman | 34,786 | 60.8 | +23.4 |
| | Conservative | John Wright | 22,457 | 39.2 | −19.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,329 | 21.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,243 | 69.0 | +3.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +31.3 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

1936 Birmingham Erdington by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Wright | 27,068 | 56.5 | −1.8 |
| | Labour | Charles Simmons | 20,834 | 43.5 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,234 | 13.0 | −7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,902 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Eales | 27,716 | 58.3 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | Charles Simmons | 17,757 | 37.4 | +5.5 |
| | National Dividend | HC Bell | 2,050 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,959 | 20.9 | −15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,523 | 65.5 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −4.2 | |
General election 1931: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Eales | 35,672 | 68.1 | +25.0 |
| | Labour | Charles Simmons | 16,676 | 31.9 | −11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,996 | 36.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,439 | 77.6 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Simmons | 20,665 | 43.5 | +3.0 |
| | Unionist | Arthur Steel-Maitland | 20,532 | 43.1 | −16.4 |
| | Liberal | Henry Dyer | 6,395 | 13.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,592 | 78.7 | +6.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 60,472 | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.7 | |
General election 1924: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Arthur Steel-Maitland | 16,754 | 59.5 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | Charles Simmons | 11,412 | 40.5 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,342 | 19.0 | −13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,166 | 72.5 | +13.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 38,864 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −6.5 | |
General election 1923: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Arthur Steel-Maitland | 14,683 | 66.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Albert Eyton | 7,574 | 34.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,109 | 32.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,257 | 59.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 37,450 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1922: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Arthur Steel-Maitland | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold |

### Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Birmingham Erdington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Arthur Steel-Maitland | 12,678 | 66.0 | |
| | Independent Labour | Albert Edward Eyton | 5,211 | 27.1 | |
| | Liberal | Raglan Somerset | 1,329 | 6.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,467 | 38.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,218 | 56.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 34,239 | | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||