Birmingham King's Norton

Birmingham King's Norton
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1955
SeatsOne
Created fromNorth Worcestershire and East Worcestershire
Replaced byBirmingham Selly Oak, Birmingham Hall Green and Birmingham Northfield
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) ofBirmingham Northfield

Birmingham King's Norton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of:

1918–1950: County Borough of Birmingham wards of Northfield and Selly Oak and the part of King's Norton which is not included in the Moseley Division[1]

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of:

1950–1955: County Borough of Birmingham wards of King's Norton and Moseley and King's Heath.

Moseley and King's Heath wards had previously been part of the Birmingham Moseley and Birmingham Sparkbrook constituencies, as had the part of King's Norton ward which lay to the north of Bells Lane and to the east and south-east of the middle of Monyhull Hall Road and Brandwood Road. Northfield and Selly Oak wards became the constituency of Birmingham Northfield.[2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[3]PartyNotes
1918 Sir Herbert Austin Conservative later Baron Austin
1924 Robert Dennison Labour
1929 Lionel Beaumont-Thomas Conservative
1935 Ronald Cartland Conservative
1941 by-election John Peto Conservative
1945 Raymond Blackburn Labour Contested Birmingham Northfield following redistribution
Constituency split, majority joined Birmingham Northfield, minority merged with part of the abolished Birmingham Moseley
1950 Geoffrey Lloyd Conservative Member for Birmingham Ladywood (1931–1945)
Contested Sutton Coldfield following redistribution
1955 Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Birmingham King's Norton[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
C Unionist Herbert Austin 8,809 54.5
Co-operative Party (Labour) Thomas Hackett 4,917 30.4
Liberal Norman Birkett 2,435 15.1
Majority 3,892 24.1
Turnout 16,161
Registered electors
Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Birmingham King's Norton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Herbert Austin 8,870 41.5 −13.0
Labour Co-op Eleanor Barton 7,017 32.8 +2.4
Liberal Walter Meakin 5,474 25.6 +10.5
Majority 1,853 8.7 −15.4
Turnout 21,361 74.0
Registered electors
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: Birmingham King's Norton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Herbert Austin 9,545 43.4 +1.9
Labour Co-op Eleanor Barton 6,743 30.7 −2.1
Liberal Elizabeth Cadbury 5,686 25.9 +0.3
Majority 2,802 12.7 +4.0
Turnout 21,974 74.1 +0.1
Registered electors
Unionist hold Swing +2.0
General election 1924: Birmingham King's Norton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Dennison 10,497 43.3 +12.6
Unionist Herbert Austin 10,364 42.8 −0.6
Liberal John Fryer 3,370 13.9 −12.0
Majority 133 0.5 N/A
Turnout 24,231 84.9 +10.8
Registered electors
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General election 1929: Birmingham King's Norton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Lionel Beaumont-Thomas 14,464 42.0 −0.8
Labour Robert Dennison 13,973 40.6 −2.7
Liberal Archie Marshall 5,998 17.4 +3.5
Majority 491 1.4 N/A
Turnout 34,435 82.8 −2.1
Registered electors
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Birmingham King's Norton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lionel Beaumont-Thomas 22,063 57.5 +15.5
Labour Gilbert Mitchison 11,016 28.7 −11.9
Liberal Archie Marshall 5,294 13.8 −3.6
Majority 11,047 28.8 +27.4
Turnout 38,373 81.0 −1.8
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing +13.7
General election 1935: Birmingham King's Norton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Cartland 24,559 56.8 −0.7
Labour Gilbert Mitchison 18,684 43.2 +14.5
Majority 5,875 13.6 −15.2
Turnout 43,243 74.6 −6.4
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1941 Birmingham King's Norton by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Peto 21,573 86.9 +30.1
Independent A. W. L. Smith 1,696 6.8 New
Pacifist Stuart Morris 1,552 6.3 New
Majority 19,877 80.1 +66.5
Turnout 24,821 35.0 −39.6
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1945: Birmingham King's Norton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond Blackburn 32,062 55.2 +12.0
Conservative John Peto 19,764 34.0 −22.8
Liberal Bertram Samuel White 6,289 10.8 New
Majority 12,298 21.2 N/A
Turnout 58,115 74.0 −0.6
Registered electors
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Birmingham King's Norton[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Geoffrey Lloyd 27,308 50.61
Labour Albert Bradbeer 21,715 40.24
Liberal Michael Beesley 4,940 9.15
Majority 5,593 10.37
Turnout 53,963 84.26
Registered electors
Conservative win (new boundaries)
General election 1951: Birmingham King's Norton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Lloyd 30,456 57.70
Labour Denis Howell 22,325 42.30
Majority 8,131 15.40
Turnout 52,781 81.63
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9
  2. ↑ Representation of the People Act 1948, Schedule 1
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, Fred W. S (1969). British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949. Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0900178019. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 Craig, Fred W. S (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 (2nd ed.). Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178078. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
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