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Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath 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. ...
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Election results | General Election 2005: Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | | Labour | Roger Godsiff | 13,787 | 36.1 | -21.4 | | Respect | Salma Yaqoob | 10,498 | 27.5 | N/A | | Liberal Democrats | Talib Hussain | 7,727 | 20.2 | +7.0 | | Conservative | Sameer Mirza | 3,480 | 9.1 | -1.7 | | UKIP | Jennifer Brookes | 1,342 | 3.5 | +1.8 | | Green | Ian Jamieson | 855 | 2.2 | N/A | | Independent | Abdul Chaudhary | 503 | 1.3 | N/A | | Majority | 3,289 | 8.6 | | | Turnout | 38,192 | 51.8 | +2.5 | | Labour hold | Swing | -24.4% | | | General Election 2001: Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | | Labour | Roger Godsiff | 21,087 | 57.5 | -6.7 | | Liberal Democrats | Qassim Afzal | 4,841 | 13.2 | +3.9 | | People’s Justice Party | Shafaq Hussain | 4,770 | 13.0 | N/A | | Conservative | Iftkhar Hussain | 3,948 | 10.8 | -6.7 | | Independent | Gul Mahammed | 662 | 1.8 | +0.5 | | UKIP | Wayne Vincent | 634 | 1.7 | N/A | | Muslim Party | Abdul Aziz | 401 | 1.1 | N/A | | Socialist Alliance | Salman Mirza | 304 | 0.8 | N/A | | Majority | 16,246 | 44.3 | | | Turnout | 36,647 | 49.3 | -7.8 | | 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. ...
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