Birmingham Erdington
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 16952 (52.9%)
Conservative: 7298 (22.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 5082 (15.9%)
Other: 2725 (8.5%)
Majority: 9654 (30.1%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 7235 (22.8%)
Labour: 16810 (53%)
Liberal Democrat: 5027 (15.8%)
BNP: 1512 (4.8%)
UKIP: 746 (2.3%)
Other: 416 (1.3%)
Majority: 9575 (30.2%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 7413 (24.2%)
Labour: 17375 (56.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 3602 (11.8%)
UKIP: 521 (1.7%)
Other: 1693 (5.5%)
Majority: 9962 (32.6%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 11107 (27.5%)
Labour: 23764 (58.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 4112 (10.2%)
Referendum: 1424 (3.5%)
Majority: 12657 (31.3%)
Boundary changes
Current MP: Sion Simon (Labour) (more information at They work for you)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 90654
Male: 48.1%
Female: 51.9%
Under 18: 25.9%
Over 60: 20.2%
Born outside UK: 9.5%
White: 85.3%
Black: 5.8%
Asian: 5.2%
Mixed: 3%
Other: 0.6%
Christian: 70.1%
Hindu: 0.8%
Muslim: 3.4%
Sikh: 1%
Full time students: 4.2%
Graduates 16-74: 11.4%
No Qualifications 16-74: 42%
Owner-Occupied: 57.5%
Social Housing: 31.6% (Council: 20.8%, Housing Ass.: 10.7%)
Privately Rented: 6.9%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 24.1%
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Clearly a super night in Erdington area for the Tories. However Before writing off the chances of Winning Stockland Green in any other year you may want to think back to the reactions people gave Erdington ward in 2006 when the first seat went Tory. They won it by 321 then within 2 years they won the 3rd with a 1491 majority to make it the 7th safest tory seat in Brum, safer than Sutton Vesey.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:18 amClearly if it was all down to national swing then places like Longbridge who had Councillors first would still have a bigger majority. Stockland Green will end up with a bigger Tory majority at the next election and I would not be suprised to see Kingstanding fall to.
Frankly in seats like this Labour are in real trouble
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