Birmingham Hodge Hill is a traditionally Labour area, normally seeing large majorities for the party. However in 2004 the appointment of the sitting MP, Terry Davis, as secretary general of the Council of Europe resulted in a fiercely contested by-election. Along with a by_election in Leicester South held on the same day, the seat saw a fierce challenge by the Liberal Democrats, hoping to build on their previous by-election gain at Brent East, as well as competition for the anti-war vote from RESPECT The Unity Coalition. On a low turnout Labour's Liam Byrne held the seat by a margin of just 460 votes over the Liberal Democrats, with RESPECT taking over 1000 votes.
Burton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England, at the next general election the boundaries of the Burton constituency will be amended slightly, with the Needwood ward (containing the village of Barton-under-Needwood) being transferred to the Lichfield constituency.
From 1950 until 1997, the seat was held by the Conservative Party; the brewing industry of Burton upon Trent traditionally being a strong supporter of the Conservatives.
HodgeHill goes to the polls on Thursday 15th July for a snap by-election following the resignation of long-standing Labour MP Terry Davis.
Indeed, it was HodgeHill residents who started the group back in 2002.
A second runway at Birmingham Airport will cause intolerable levels of noise and air pollution for local residents, and is totally unnecessary in any case - even according to the government’s own questionable statistics, the current runway won’t reach capacity for more than 20 years.
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