# Birmingham King's Norton (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham King's Norton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

## Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of the "Northfield and Selly Oak Wards and the part of King's Norton Ward which is not included in the Moseley Division" in the County Borough of Birmingham.
The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of the "King's Norton and Moseley and King's Heath wards of the County Borough of Birmingham". Moseley and King's Heath wards had previously been part of the Birmingham Moseley and Birmingham Sparkbrook constituencies, as had the part of King's Norton ward which lay to the north of Bells Lane and to the east and south-east of the middle of Monyhull Hall Road and Brandwood Road. Northfield and Selly Oak wards became the constituency of Birmingham Northfield.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| 1918 | Sir Herbert Austin | Coalition Conservative | later Baron Austin |
| 1922 | Sir Herbert Austin | Conservative | later Baron Austin |
| 1924 | Robert Dennison | Labour | |
| 1929 | Lionel Beaumont-Thomas | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Ronald Cartland | Conservative | |
| 1941 by-election | John Peto | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Raymond Blackburn | Labour | |
| 1950 | Geoffrey Lloyd | Conservative | later Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd |
| 1955 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Birmingham Kings Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Herbert Austin | 8,809 | 54.5 | |
| | Co-operative Party | Thomas Hackett | 4,917 | 30.4 | |
| | Liberal | Norman Birkett | 2,435 | 15.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,892 | 24.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,161 | | |
| | 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. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Birmingham Kings Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Herbert Austin | 8,870 | 41.5 | −13.0 |
| | Labour Co-op | Eleanor Barton | 7,017 | 32.8 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal | Walter Meakin | 5,474 | 25.6 | +10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,853 | 8.7 | −15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,361 | 74.0 | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |
General election 1923: Birmingham Kings Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Herbert Austin | 9,545 | 43.4 | +1.9 |
| | Labour Co-op | Eleanor Barton | 6,743 | 30.7 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal | Elizabeth Cadbury | 5,686 | 25.9 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,802 | 12.7 | +4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,974 | 74.1 | +0.1 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +2.0 | |
General election 1924: Birmingham Kings Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Dennison | 10,497 | 43.3 | +12.6 |
| | Unionist | Herbert Austin | 10,364 | 42.8 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal | John Fryer | 3,370 | 13.9 | −12.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 0.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,231 | 84.9 | +10.8 |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | | |
General election 1929: Birmingham Kings Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Lionel Beaumont-Thomas | 14,464 | 42.0 | −0.8 |
| | Labour | Robert Dennison | 13,973 | 40.6 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal | Archie Marshall | 5,998 | 17.4 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 491 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,435 | 82.8 | −2.1 |
| | Unionist gain from Labour | Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +1.0 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Birmingham Kings Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lionel Beaumont-Thomas | 22,063 | 57.5 | +15.5 |
| | Labour | Gilbert Mitchison | 11,016 | 28.7 | −11.9 |
| | Liberal | Archie Marshall | 5,294 | 13.8 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,047 | 28.8 | +27.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,373 | 81.0 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +13.7 | |
General election 1935: Birmingham Kings Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ronald Cartland | 24,559 | 56.8 | −0.7 |
| | Labour | Gilbert Mitchison | 18,684 | 43.2 | +14.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,875 | 13.6 | −15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,243 | 74.6 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

1941 Birmingham King's Norton by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Peto | 21,573 | 86.9 | +30.1 |
| | Independent | A. W. L. Smith | 1,696 | 6.8 | New |
| | Pacifist | Stuart Morris | 1,552 | 6.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,877 | 80.1 | +66.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,821 | 35.0 | −39.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1945: Birmingham Kings Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Raymond Blackburn | 32,062 | 55.2 | +12.0 |
| | Conservative | John Peto | 19,764 | 34.0 | −22.8 |
| | Liberal | Bertram Samuel White | 6,289 | 10.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,298 | 21.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,115 | 74.0 | −0.6 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Birmingham King's Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 27,308 | 50.61 | |
| | Labour | Albert Bradbeer | 21,715 | 40.24 | |
| | Liberal | Michael Beesley | 4,940 | 9.15 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,593 | 10.37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,963 | 84.26 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1951: Birmingham King's Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 30,456 | 57.70 |
| | Labour | Denis Howell | 22,325 | 42.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,131 | 15.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,781 | 81.63 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |