Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Birmingham, Hall Green in Birmingham.
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Location of Birmingham within England.
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| County | West Midlands |
| Population | 115,904 (2011 census) |
| Electorate | 77,157 (December 2010) |
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| Created | 1950 |
| Member of parliament | Roger Godsiff (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Birmingham Acock's Green and Birmingham Moseley |
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| European Parliament constituency | West Midlands |
Coordinates: 52°26′N 1°50′W / 52.43°N 1.84°W
Birmingham, Hall Green is a constituency of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Roger Godsiff of the Labour Party.
The 2015 result made the seat the 28th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.
Hall Green, on various boundaries, elected a Conservative MP throughout the period from 1950 to 1997 and formed with Birmingham, Edgbaston the last of the Birmingham seats during the 1979–1997 Conservative Governments lost to Labour, in 1997. This was the first time a Labour candidate had won the seat as it was created in 1950. The 2015 result saw a +26.9% swing to the Labour Party and a correspondingly much greater than national average swing away from the Liberal Democrat candidate.
Turnout has ranged from 83.1% in 1950 to 57.5% in 2001.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Hall Green, Sparkhill and Springfield.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Brandwood, Hall Green, and Springfield.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Billesley, Brandwood, and Hall Green.
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