Birmingham Deritend
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
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Birmingham Deritend was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
| Birmingham Deritend | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Birmingham South and Birmingham Bordesley |
| Replaced by | Birmingham Sparkbrook (Majority) and Birmingham Small Heath (Part) |
Boundaries
Prior to 1918 the parliamentary borough of Birmingham (within its boundaries in 1885) was split into seven single-member divisions. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the city contained twelve divisions, one of which was Birmingham Deritend.
This division of Birmingham was composed of the City Council Wards of St Bartholomew's, St. Martin's and Deritend as they existed in 1918.[1] The St. Martin's and Deritend wards had previously been part of the Birmingham South constituency, and the St. Bartholomew's ward had previously been part of the Birmingham Bordesley constituency.[2]
In the redistribution under the Representation of the People Act 1948 which took effect in 1950, the then Deritend and St. Martin's wards became part of Birmingham Sparkbrook, and the St. Bartholomew's ward became part of Birmingham Small Heath.[3]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [4] | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | John William Dennis | Conservative | ||
| 1922 | Smedley Crooke | Conservative | ||
| 1929 | Fred Longden | Labour Co-operative | ||
| 1931 | Sir Smedley Crooke | Conservative | ||
| 1945 | Fred Longden | Labour Co-operative | Contested Birmingham Small Heath following redistribution | |
| 1950 | Constituency abolished | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Fred Longden | 9,749 | 65.3 | +24.8 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Richards Matthews | 5,172 | 34.7 | −24.8 | |
| Majority | 4,577 | 30.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 14,941 | 63.0 | +3.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,693 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.6 | |||
Election in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Smedley Crooke | 14,925 | 59.5 | −6.5 | |
| Labour Co-op | Fred Longden | 10,144 | 40.5 | +6.5 | |
| Majority | 4,781 | 19.0 | −13.0 | ||
| Turnout | 25,069 | 59.6 | −12.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 42,078 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Smedley Crooke | 21,684 | 66.0 | +23.5 | |
| Labour Co-op | Fred Longden | 11,163 | 34.0 | −16.7 | |
| Majority | 10,521 | 32.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 32,847 | 71.9 | +1.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 45,671 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Fred Longden | 16,932 | 50.7 | +2.2 | |
| Unionist | Smedley Crooke | 14,165 | 42.5 | −9.0 | |
| Liberal | Beta Hornabrook | 2,268 | 6.8 | New | |
| Majority | 2,767 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 33,365 | 70.6 | +1.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 47,262 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Unionist | Swing | +5.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Smedley Crooke | 13,552 | 51.5 | −4.6 | |
| Labour Co-op | Fred Longden | 12,760 | 48.5 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 792 | 3.0 | −9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 26,312 | 69.3 | +12.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 37,980 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −4.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Smedley Crooke | 12,015 | 56.1 | +7.2 | |
| Labour | Fred Longden | 9,396 | 43.9 | +15.1 | |
| Majority | 2,619 | 12.2 | −7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 21,411 | 56.8 | −7.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 37,671 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −4.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Smedley Crooke | 11,700 | 48.9 | −33.8 | |
| Labour | Fred Longden | 6,892 | 28.8 | New | |
| Liberal | Herbert Willison | 5,331 | 22.3 | +5.0 | |
| Majority | 4,808 | 20.1 | −45.3 | ||
| Turnout | 23,923 | 64.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 36,985 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | John William Dennis | 9,495 | 82.7 | |
| Liberal | Arthur Brampton | 1,990 | 17.3 | ||
| Majority | 7,505 | 65.4 | |||
| Turnout | 11,485 | 43.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 38,552 | ||||
| Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Sources
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)