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Encyclopedia > Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Northfield 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

  • Richard Burden, Labour (2001–present)
    This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Northfield_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29&action=edit).

Richard Haines Burden (born September 1, 1954) is a politician in England. ... 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. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Birmingham Northfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Burden 15,419 49.6 -6.4
Conservative Vicky Ford 8,965 28.9 -0.7
Liberal Democrats Trevor Sword 4,171 13.4 +2.2
BNP Mark Cattell 1,278 4.1 N/A
UKIP Gillian Chant 641 2.1 N/A
Common Good Richard Rogers 428 1.4 N/A
Socialist Alternative Louise Houdley 120 0.4 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Party Frank Sweeney 34 0.1 N/A
Majority 6,454 20.8
Turnout 31,056 56.6 +3.8
Labour hold Swing -2.8
General Election 2001: Birmingham Northfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Burden 16,528 56.0 -1.5
Conservative Nils Purser 8,730 29.6 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Trevor Sword 3,322 11.2 +0.8
UKIP Stephen Rogers 550 1.9 N/A
Socialist Alliance Clive Walder 193 0.7 N/A
Socialist Labour Party Zane Carpenter 151 0.5 N/A
Communist Andrew Chaffer 60 0.2 N/A
Majority 7,798 26.4
Turnout 29,534 52.8 -15.5
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. ... Richard Haines Burden (born September 1, 1954) is a politician in England. ... 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 British National Party (BNP) is the largest political party of the far-right 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. ... Richard Haines Burden (born September 1, 1954) is a politician in England. ... 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 Socialist Alliance is a far left electoral alliance in England. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... 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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Home - Richard Burden MP - On your side in Birmingham Northfield (771 words)
Go to Soapbox and In Parliament to find out what my views are on important issues, and to see some of the things that I have done on your behalf.
Richard welcomes the news that Northfield station is to be made accesible to all.
Richard writes to Tony Blair expressing concern over the Prime Minister's speech at the World Affairs Council yesterday, emphasizing the "arc of extremism is not the root cause of Middle East crisis." Click here to read his letter.
Birmingham, Hodge Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (335 words)
Birmingham, Hodge Hill is a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
When the Hodge Hill area committee district of Birmingham was created in 2004 its boundaries were those of the constituency.
The current Member of Parliament is Liam Byrne of the Labour Party, who was elected in the 2004 by-election.
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