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Encyclopedia > Birmingham Perry Barr (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Perry Barr 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 Perry Barr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Khalid Mahmood 18,269 47.0 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Jon Hunt 10,321 26.5 +3.6
Conservative Naweed Khan 6,513 16.7 −6.4
Respect Mohammed Naseem 2,173 5.6 N/A
Socialist Labour Party Rajinder Clair 890 2.3 −1.8
UKIP Bimla Balu 745 1.9 +1.0
Majority 7,948 20.4
Turnout 38,911 55.5 +2.9
Labour hold Swing −1.6
General Election 2001: Birmingham Perry Barr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Khalid Mahmood 17,415 46.5 -16.5
Conservative David Binns 8,662 23.1 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Jon Hunt 8,566 22.9 +13.0
Socialist Labour Party Avtar Jouhl 1,544 4.1 N/A
Socialist Alliance Caroline Johnson 465 1.2 N/A
UKIP Natalya Nattrass 352 0.9 N/A
Marxist Party Michael Roche 221 0.6 N/A
Muslim Party Robert Davidson 192 0.5 N/A
Majority 8,753 23.4
Turnout 37,417 52.6 -11.9
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. ... Khalid Mahmood (born 13 July 1961) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... RESPECT The Unity Coalition is a British political party founded on 25 January 2004 in London. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... 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. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... The Socialist Alliance is a far left electoral alliance in England. ... 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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