Birmingham Hall Green
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 16799 (38%)
Liberal Democrat: 12608 (28.5%)
Conservative: 7892 (17.8%)
Other: 6931 (15.7%)
Majority: 4191 (9.5%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 10590 (30.7%)
Labour: 16304 (47.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 6682 (19.3%)
UKIP: 960 (2.8%)
Majority: 5714 (16.5%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 11401 (34.5%)
Labour: 18049 (54.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 2926 (8.8%)
UKIP: 708 (2.1%)
Majority: 6648 (20.1%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 13952 (33.4%)
Labour: 22372 (53.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 4034 (9.6%)
Referendum: 1461 (3.5%)
Majority: 8420 (20.1%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Outgoing MP: Stephen McCabe(Labour) Will contest Birmingham Selly Oak at the next election (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: 
Jo Barker (Conservative) Born 1968, Banbury. Educated at Liverpool University. Managing Director of family property business.
Roger Godsiff (Labour) born 1946, London. Educated at Catford Comprehensive School. Former bank clerk and trade union official. Lewisham councillor 1971-1990. Contested Birmingham Yardley 1983. First elected as MP for Birmingham Small Heath 1992. MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath since 1997.
Jerry Evans (Liberal Democrat) Self employed archaelogical consultant. Birmingham councillor. 
Salma Yaqoob (Respect) Born 1971, Bradford. Birmingham councillor. Contested Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath 2005.
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 108908
Male: 49.2%
Female: 50.8%
Under 18: 29.9%
Over 60: 15.7%
Born outside UK: 28.3%
White: 47.2%
Black: 4.9%
Asian: 43.5%
Mixed: 3%
Other: 1.4%
Christian: 37.4%
Hindu: 4.2%
Muslim: 35.7%
Sikh: 3.9%
Full time students: 6.2%
Graduates 16-74: 22%
No Qualifications 16-74: 36.8%
Owner-Occupied: 62.1%
Social Housing: 21.6% (Council: 10.8%, Housing Ass.: 10.8%)
Privately Rented: 12.9%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 21.1%
What is interesting about this seat is that it will be very divided!
I recall Glasgow Hillhead in 1992 where the 4 main parties each ultimatly polled 16 – 38% (Lab 38, Lib 28, Con 17 and SNP 16).
In Partick / Anderson it seemed like a contest between Labour and the SNP (with the Tories and the Lib Dems well behind) while in Kelvindale/ Kelvinside it seemed like a Liberal / Conservative marginal.
I think this seat will be very similar with the Tories and the Lib Dems dominating the former Hall Green parts of the new constituency while Labour and Respect dominate the former Sparkbrook Small Heath areas.
There are some high quality comments here. Thank you. Wouldn’t it be great if Salma won?
No
She might have had a chance under the old boundaries but now it would be more dependent on the Lab/ Lib/ Con vote being divided exactly in 3.
Even so, I don’t think Respect could reach 26 – 30% on the new boundaries, despite this being easy on the old Small Heath and Sparkbrook boundaries.
Is the LD candidate a councillor within the constituency? It would help his cause if he is as there will be a personal vote from those who live in his ward.
Jerry Evens is a councillor for Springfield ward, which is in this constituency.
How much of the 1983 – 1997 Birmingham Sparkbrook and Birmingham Small Heaths are contained in this seat?
Roughly half of the Sparkbrook and Small Heath seat is now in this seat.
Just realised that I misread the question.
Roughly 2/3rds of 83-97 Sparkbrook is now in this seat.
As for 83-97 Small Heath. I can’t remember of the exact boundaries of the old Small Heath and Nechells wards. It is possible that some small bits of them are now in this seat.
I think none of the old Small Heath ward is in this seat. It appears to be split three ways now between Hodge Hill, Yardley and Ladywood and the southern boundary of the old Nechells ward was further north than the current ward
Having checked it out a very, very small bit of the old Small Heath ward is now in Springfield (thus part of this seat). It is the area between the Warwick Road and Weston Lane in the far NE of Springfield ward.
You are of course correct about Nechells
BBC’s Daily Politics have just done a profile of the Constituency
I watched this programme. The Labour candidate is in ‘denial mode’ and refused to answer questions about race. Such attitudes play into the hands of the BNP. The Tory candidate came the line that there are really only two parties who could form a government so why bother voting Respect? I think that shows a lack of respect in itself. Watch it yourselves, please.
This line ‘there are really only two parties who could form a government’ is coming out so often, it seems like it must be one of Tory high command’s ‘key messages’, but it includes elements of dishonesty. There are two possibilities that it choses to pretend don’t exist: the coalition government – a situation in which. literally, a third (fourth, fifth, sixth etc) party forms part of the government: or a minority govt that has to rely on other parties for support – a situation where a party forming a govt is less clear cut.
Beyond that, is the attempt to confuse voting for an MP with voting for a Govt. Voters might want to do the latter, the truth is, only the former is on offer.
The truly awful Orange Peter Hain promotes the same false message.