Selly Oak (ward)
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Population | 25,885 (2011.Ward)[1] |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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The Selly Oak local council ward was one of the 40 electoral wards for the City of Birmingham, England prior to 2018. It was also one of the four wards that make up the local council constituency of Selly Oak, the other three being the wards of Billesley, Bournville and Brandwood.
Description
[edit]The Selly Oak ward covered an area of south Birmingham, and includes not only the suburb of Selly Oak but also the adjoining districts of Bournbrook, Selly Park and Ten Acres, together with a small part of the Stirchley area. It was replaced by Weoley and Selly Oak ward and Bournbrook and Selly Park ward both created in 2018.
Demographics (from the census of 2001)
[edit]The 2001 Population Census recorded that 25,792 people were living in the Selly Oak ward, with a population density of 4,236 people per km2 compared with 3,649 people per km2 for Birmingham. The ward has a below-average percentage of ethnic minorities, with only 15.9% of the population consisting of ethnic minorities compared with 29.6% for Birmingham in general.
History
[edit]The Ward came into existence in 1911 when the boundaries of the City of Birmingham were extended as a result of the Greater Birmingham Act, and when the number of electoral wards in the city was extended from 18 to 30. At that stage, three councillors were elected for the Ward, whereas in subsequent years there have been single elections. The area had previously been part of the Parish of Northfield, and originally in north Worcestershire. It was created by the union of two former electoral wards of the King's Norton and Northfield urban district, namely the Selly Oak (East) Ward, covering the districts of Bournbrook, Selly Park and Ten Acres, and the Selly Oak (West) Ward, covering Selly Oak itself and part of the district of Bournville).
Parliamentary representation
[edit]Under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the wards of Selly Oak and Northfield, together with that "part of King's Norton Ward which is not included in the Moseley Division" were to form the Parliamentary constituency of King's Norton.[2] Selly Oak ward remained within the King's Norton constituency until boundary alterations were provided in the 1948 Representation of the People Act, and the Northfield ward was placed in the newly constituted Parliamentary constituency of Northfield in 1950.[3] Further boundary changes led to the creation of a distinct Selly Oak Parliamentary constituency in 1955, in which the ward of Selly Oak has since remained.
Birmingham electoral wards were changed in 2018, when the existing Selly Oak ward was divided between new Bournbrook and Selly Park, Bournville, and Selly Oak and Weoley wards.
Politics
[edit]The elected Birmingham City Council members prior to the wards dissolution were: Karen McCarthy, Brigid Jones and Changese Khan of the Labour Party. At the time Brigid Jones was also Birmingham City Council's Cabinet Member for Children and Family Services.
Election results
[edit]2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen McCarthy | 2,141 | 51.8 | 9.3 | |
Conservative | Monica Hardie | 779 | 18.9 | 3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Green | 763 | 18.5 | 3.3 | |
Green | Daniel Wilshire | 381 | 9.2 | 2.9 | |
TUSC | Theo Sharieff | 67 | 1.6 | 0.4 | |
Turnout | 4131 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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Labour | Brigid Jones | 4,160 | 42.5 | ||
Conservative | Monica Catherine Hardie | 2225 | 22.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Green | 1484 | 15.2 | ||
Green | Joe Rooney | 1189 | 12.2 | ||
UKIP | Sylvia Tempest-Jones | 602 | 6.2 | ||
TUSC | Keturah Prendergast | 122 | 1.2 | ||
Turnout | 9782 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Changese Khan | 1,684 | 32 | − 12 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Radcliffe | 1609 | 31 | 1 | |
Green | Joe Rooney | 711 | 14 | 7 | |
Conservative | Monica Hardie | 687 | 13 | 1 | |
UKIP | Peter Hughes | 498 | 10 | 6 | |
Turnout | 5189 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Karen McCathy | 1,833 | 44 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Dow | 1,332 | 32 | 7 | |
Conservative | Monica Hardie | 509 | 12 | 6 | |
Green | David Toke | 271 | 7 | 3 | |
UKIP | Robin Norton | 179 | 4 | 1 | |
Turnout | 4,144 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brigid Jones | 2,855 | 44 | 1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Wright | 1,633 | 25 | 4 | |
Conservative | Owen Williams | 1,170 | 18 | 3 | |
Green | Charlene Bale | 597 | 9 | 5 | |
UKIP | Peter Hughes | 230 | 3.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,566 | 34.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Radcliffe | 4,536 | 43 | ||
Labour | Brigid Jones | 3,142 | 29 | 2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 2,214 | 21 | 1 | |
Green | James Burn | 453 | 4 | 3 | |
BNP | Zane Patchell | 230 | 2 | 2 | |
CPA | David Booth | 80 | 1 | ||
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2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alistair Dow | 1,948 | 42.2 | ||
Labour | David Williams | 1,274 | 27.6 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 889 | 19.3 | ||
Green | Peter Tinsley | 319 | 6.9 | ||
BNP | Trevor Shearer | 176 | 3.8 | ||
Majority | 674 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,626 | 25.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Robert Wright | 2,081 | |||
Labour | David Williams | 1,620 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 956 | |||
Green | Peter Tinsley | 546 | |||
BNP | Jeffrey Cahill | 230 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Radcliffe | 2,503 | 41.4 | ||
Labour | D Williams | 1616 | 26.7 | ||
Conservative | B Wood | 1042 | 17.2 | ||
Green | P Tinsley | 554 | 9.2 | ||
BNP | P Billingham | 328 | 5.4 | ||
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Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | C Dow | 2,556 | 37.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Wright | 2277 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Radcliffe | 2245 | |||
Labour | A Coulson | 2093 | |||
Labour | D Williams | 1975 | |||
Labour | A Burnett | 1847 | |||
Conservative | D Green | 1179 | 17.4 | ||
Conservative | B Wood | 1030 | |||
Green | P Tinsley | 945 | 14.0 | ||
Conservative | I Hussain | 926 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | C. Dow | 2,459 | 40.6 | ||
Labour | D. Williams | 2,232 | 36.9 | ||
Conservative | I. Hussain | 922 | 15.2 | ||
Green | B. Smith | 443 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 3.7 | ||||
Turnout | 27.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Coulson | 2,690 | 40.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | C. Dow | 2,308 | 35.0 | ||
Conservative | P. Hawtin | 1,201 | 18.2 | ||
Green | B. Smith | 395 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 5.8 | ||||
Turnout | 30.2 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Berrow | 4,248 | 56.7 | ||
Labour | James Cheshire | 2,015 | 26.9 | ||
Liberal | Ruth Lewthwaite | 964 | 12.9 | ||
Communist | John Bennett | 260 | 3.5 | ||
Majority | 2,233 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donald Lewis | 4,761 | 59.6 | ||
Labour | James Cheshire | 1,882 | 23.6 | ||
Liberal | Ruth Lewthwaite | 1,111 | 13.9 | ||
Communist | John Bennett | 231 | 2.9 | ||
Majority | 2,879 | 36.1 | |||
Turnout | 42.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 12.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Clifford Huxtable | 4,340 | 49.0 | ||
Labour | Kenneth King | 3,389 | 38.3 | ||
Liberal | Joan Harvey | 1,000 | 11.3 | ||
Communist | John Bennett | 131 | 1.5 | ||
Majority | 951 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 46.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Horace Goodby | 3,792 | 42.6 | ||
Labour | James Loach | 3,041 | 34.2 | ||
Liberal | Joan Harvey | 1,873 | 21.1 | ||
Communist | John Bennett | 193 | 2.2 | ||
Majority | 751 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 46.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donald Lewis | 3.957 | 45.1 | ||
Labour | Brian Chambers | 2,550 | 29.1 | ||
Liberal | Joan Harvey | 2,033 | 23.2 | ||
Communist | John Bennett | 227 | 2.6 | ||
Majority | 1,407 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 45.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Clifford Huxtable | 5,159 | 55.6 | ||
Labour | Shelia Mackenzie | 2,790 | 30.1 | ||
Liberal | Lionel King | 1,335 | 14.4 | ||
Majority | 2,369 | 25.5 | |||
Turnout | 44.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harry Glanvill | 5,217 | 56.5 | ||
Labour | Sheila Mackenzie | 2,703 | 29.3 | ||
Liberal | Joan Winter | 1,318 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 2,424 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 43.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.1 |
1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donald Lewis | 6,234 | 56.7 | ||
Labour | William Pringle | 4,770 | 43.4 | ||
Majority | 1,464 | 13.3 | |||
Turnout | 51.5 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Clifford Huxtable | 5,582 | 53.2 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth MacDonald | 4,920 | 46.9 | ||
Majority | 662 | 6.3 | |||
Turnout | 49.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Richardson | 6,037 | 57.1 | ||
Labour | Albert Bennett | 4,545 | 43.0 | ||
Majority | 1,492 | 14.1 | |||
Turnout | 48.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Florence Hammond | 5,569 | 51.7 | ||
Conservative | Clifford Huxtable | 5,196 | 48.3 | ||
Majority | 371 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 48.6 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Lygo | 6,506 | 53.5 | ||
Labour | Florence Hammond | 5,203 | 42.8 | ||
Liberal | Maurice King | 447 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 1,303 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 54.3 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Richardson | 6,409 | 56.7 | ||
Labour | Frederick Reed | 4,890 | 43.3 | ||
Majority | 1,519 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 50.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Gurden | 6,610 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | Frederick Reed | 5,584 | 45.8 | ||
Majority | 1,026 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 53.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Florence Hammond | 7,200 | 54.5 | ||
Conservative | Edward Southam | 6,009 | 45.5 | ||
Majority | 1,191 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 57.3 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 16.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Rinbest | 7,430 | 61.9 | ||
Labour | William Wiggins | 4,582 | 38.2 | ||
Majority | 2,848 | 23.7 | |||
Turnout | 51.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Gurden | 7,066 | 56.6 | ||
Labour | John Bolas | 5,409 | 43.4 | ||
Majority | 1,657 | 13.3 | |||
Turnout | 53.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.5 |
1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Southam | 8,102 | 56.1 | ||
Labour | Florence Hammond | 6,340 | 43.9 | ||
Majority | 1,762 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 59.2 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Richardson | 8,817 | 60.1 | ||
Labour | Joseph Rhydderch | 5,866 | 40.0 | ||
Majority | 2,951 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 60.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Gurden | 6,263 | 50.5 | ||
Labour | Joseph Rhydderch | 6,147 | 49.5 | ||
Majority | 116 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 51.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 18.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Florence Hammond | 5,378 | 58.4 | ||
Conservative | Harold Gurden | 3,829 | 41.6 | ||
Majority | 1,549 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 39.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Albert Bradbeer | 7,633 | 68.1 | ||
Conservative | Harold Gurden | 3,574 | 31.9 | ||
Majority | 4,059 | 36.2 | |||
Turnout | 48.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 19.0 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "Birmingham Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1948, Schedule 1
- ^ "2014 election: Northfield - Selly Oak | birminghamnewsroom.com". Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ [Birmingham City Council: Local Election Results 2012]
- ^ "Birmingham City Council: Local Election Results 2010". Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ "Birmingham City Council: Local Election Results 2010". Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ Birmingham City Council: Local Election Results 2008 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Birmingham City Council: Local Election Results 2007
- ^ Rallings & Thrasher (2003), Local Elections Handbook 2003, p. 22.
- ^ Rallings & Thrasher (2002), Local Elections Handbook 2002, p. 61.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 87.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 84.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 82.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 79.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 77.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 74.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 72.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 70.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 68.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 65.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 63.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 61.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 59.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 57.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 55.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 53.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 50.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 48.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 46.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 43.
- ^ Phillips (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, p. 43.
Bibliography
[edit]- Phillips, Christopher (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911–2000, Twentieth Century Local Election Results, Volume 4, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, ISBN 0-948858-30-3
- Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2002), Local Elections Handbook 2002: The 2002 Local Election Results, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, ISBN 0-948858-33-8
- Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2003), Local Elections Handbook 2003: The 2003 Local Election Results, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, ISBN 0-948858-35-4