Birmingham All Saints (UK Parliament constituency)
# Birmingham All Saints (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham All Saints was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created in 1955 and abolished in 1974.

## Boundaries

The County Borough of Birmingham wards of All Saints', Rotton Park, and Soho.

Before this seat's creation in 1955 the area (part of the city of Birmingham in the geographic county of Warwickshire) was divided between Birmingham Ladywood (All Saints and Rotton Park wards) and Birmingham Handsworth (Soho ward).

The seat was located in the west of the central part of the city, within its boundaries in 1955. To the west was Smethwick, to the north Birmingham Handsworth, to the east Birmingham Ladywood and to the south Birmingham Edgbaston.

In the 1974 redistribution, this constituency disappeared. The three wards which had comprised the seat were added to Ladywood ward to form the redrawn Birmingham Ladywood constituency; this seat's last MP, Labour's Brian Walden, contested and won the new Ladywood seat.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1955 | Denis Howell | Labour |
| 1959 | John Hollingworth | Conservative |
| 1964 | Brian Walden | Labour |
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Birmingham All Saints :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Denis Howell | 18,867 | 51.8 | |
| | Conservative | Francis J Williams | 17,560 | 48.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,307 | 3.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,562 | 70.6 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

General election 1959: Birmingham All Saints :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | John Hollingworth | 17,235 | 50.0 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Denis Howell | 17,215 | 50.0 | -1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 48,611 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,450 | 70.9 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +1.8 | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Birmingham All Saints :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Brian Walden | 14,975 | 50.8 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | John Hollingworth | 14,505 | 49.2 | -0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 470 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 44,594 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,480 | 66.1 | -4.8 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.8 | |

General election 1966: Birmingham All Saints :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Brian Walden | 16,350 | 58.5 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | John Hollingworth | 11,595 | 41.5 | -7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,755 | 17.0 | +15.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 42,896 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,945 | 65.1 | -1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.7 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Birmingham All Saints :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Brian Walden | 12,041 | 54.5 | -4.0 |
| | Conservative | John Hollingworth | 7,762 | 35.2 | -6.3 |
| | Liberal | Dennis G Minnis | 2,271 | 10.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,279 | 19.3 | +2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 36,290 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,074 | 60.8 | -4.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
