Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)
# Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Stechford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Stechford district of the city of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Stechford itself is now part of the Birmingham Yardley seat.

## Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Sheldon, Stechford, and Washwood Heath.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Stechford and Washwood Heath.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Shard End, Stechford, and Washwood Heath.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1950 | Roy Jenkins | Labour |
| | 1977 by-election | Andrew MacKay | Conservative |
| | 1979 | Terry Davis | Labour |
| 1983 | 1983 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Birmingham Stechford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Roy Jenkins | 33,077 | 58.5 | |
| | Conservative | Edith Pitt | 20,699 | 36.6 | |
| | Liberal | Sydney Walter Haslam | 2,789 | 5.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,378 | 21.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,565 | 83.4 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

General election 1951: Birmingham Stechford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Roy Jenkins | 34,355 | 59.5 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Edith Pitt | 23,384 | 40.5 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,971 | 19.0 | -2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,739 | 81.4 | -2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

General election 1955: Birmingham Stechford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Roy Jenkins | 23,358 | 58.4 | -1.1 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Morris Bailey | 16,618 | 41.6 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,740 | 16.8 | -2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,976 | 72.7 | -8.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

General election 1959: Birmingham Stechford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Roy Jenkins | 21,919 | 53.6 | -4.8 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Morris Bailey | 18,996 | 46.4 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,923 | 7.2 | -9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,915 | 73.5 | +0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Birmingham Stechford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Roy Jenkins | 22,421 | 56.8 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | David Knox | 17,033 | 43.2 | -3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,388 | 13.6 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,454 | 71.0 | -2.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

General election 1966: Birmingham Stechford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Roy Jenkins | 24,597 | 64.2 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative | David Knox | 12,727 | 33.2 | -10.0 |
| | Communist | William Dunn | 998 | 2.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,871 | 31.0 | +17.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,322 | 70.2 | -0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Birmingham Stechford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Roy Jenkins | 22,559 | 56.2 | -8.0 |
| | Conservative | John B Stevens | 15,848 | 39.5 | +6.3 |
| | National Democratic | Douglas Hardy | 1,483 | 3.6 | New |
| | Communist | Sidney Pegg | 298 | 0.8 | -1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,711 | 16.7 | -14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,188 | 63.8 | -6.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

General election February 1974: Birmingham Stechford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Roy Jenkins | 23,704 | 53.1 | -3.1 |
| | Conservative | David John Wedgwood | 13,472 | 30.1 | -9.6 |
| | Liberal | Graham Gopsill | 7,221 | 16.2 | New |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Royston Bull | 280 | 0.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,232 | 23.0 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,677 | 72.1 | +8.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

General election October 1974: Birmingham Stechford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Roy Jenkins | 23,075 | 57.6 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | David John Wedgwood | 11,152 | 27.8 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal | Graham Gopsill | 5,860 | 14.6 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,923 | 29.8 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,087 | 64.1 | -8.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

1977 Birmingham Stechford by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Andrew MacKay | 15,731 | 43.4 | +15.6 |
| | Labour | Terence Davis | 13,782 | 38.0 | −19.6 |
| | National Front | Andrew Brons | 2,955 | 8.2 | New |
| | Liberal | Graham Gopsill | 2,901 | 8.0 | −6.4 |
| | International Marxist | Brian Heron | 494 | 1.4 | New |
| | Socialist Workers | Paul Foot | 377 | 1.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,949 | 5.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,240 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

General election 1979: Birmingham Stechford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Terry Davis | 21,166 | 48.4 | −9.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew MacKay | 19,517 | 44.6 | +16.8 |
| | Liberal | Graham Gopsill | 2,349 | 5.4 | −9.2 |
| | National Front | F. Russell | 698 | 1.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,649 | 3.8 | -26.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,730 | 71.6 | +7.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
