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Encyclopedia > Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Hall Green is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

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Election results

General Election 2005: Birmingham Hall Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve McCabe 16,304 47.2 −7.4
Conservative Eddie Hughes 10,590 30.7 −3.8
Liberal Democrats Roger Harmer 6,682 19.3 +10.5
UKIP David Melhuish 960 2.8 +0.7
Majority 5,714 16.5
Turnout 34,536 60.4 +2.9
Labour hold Swing −1.8
General Election 2001: Birmingham, Hall Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen McCabe 18,049 54.6 +1.1
Conservative Chris White 11,401 34.5 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Punjab Singh 2,926 8.8 -0.8
UKIP Peter Johnson 708 2.1 N/A
Majority 6,648 20.1
Turnout 33,084 57.5 -13.7
Labour hold Swing

Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Stephen James McCabe (born 4 August 1955) is a British politician. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (130 words)
Bromsgrove is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency extends through North Worcestershire to the villages of Barnt Green, Alvechurch and Tardebigge plus the suburbs of Cofton Hackett, Wythall, Hagley and Hollywood.
 This United Kingdom constituency article is a stub.
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