Birmingham Yardley


Birmingham Yardley is a constituency of part of the city of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Jess Phillips of the Labour Party.
Yardley Rural District was annexed to Birmingham under the 1911 Greater Birmingham Act.

Constituency profile

The seat lies within Birmingham to the east of the city centre. It includes the areas of Stechford, Yardley, Acocks Green, Sheldon and the industrial area of Tyseley. The western areas of the constituency around Small Heath and Tyseley are inner-city in character with mostly terraced houses, whilst the eastern parts are suburban with mostly detached or semi-detached housing.
The constituency has high levels of deprivation and residents are less likely to be degree-educated or work in professional jobs compared to national averages. The constituency is ethnically diverse; 44% of residents are White, 41% are Asian and 6% are Black. Most of the constituency elected Liberal Democrat councillors at the most recent city council election in 2022, whilst the urbanised western parts of the constituency were won by Labour Party candidates. An estimated 57% of voters in the constituency supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, higher than the national figure of 52%.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Saltley, Small Heath, and Yardley.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, and Yardley.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley.
1983–1997: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley .
1997–2010: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, and Yardley '.
2010–2018: The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green, Sheldon, South Yardley, and Stechford and Yardley North.
2018–2024: Following a local government boundary review, which did not effect the parliamentary boundaries, the contents of the constituency were as follows with effect from May 2018:
2024–present': Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency comprises:
  • The City of Birmingham wards of Acocks Green; Sheldon; Small Heath; South Yardley; Tyseley & Hay Mills; Yardley East; Yardley West & Stechford.
''The Garretts Green ward was transferred to Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North in exchange for the bulk of the Small Heath ward. Remaining part wards removed.''

Members of Parliament

From the seat's creation in 1918 until the 2005 general election, the MP elected for Birmingham Yardley was on all but three occasions a member of the party that won the general election, making it a former bellwether seat. Exceptions were Labour wins in the constituency compared to Conservative wins nationally in 1951, 1955 and 1992.