Birmingham Hodge Hill (constituency)
Birmingham Hodge Hill is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons.
Boundaries
The seat is centred on the Hodge Hill district of Birmingham.
Westminster elections
The Member of Parliament since a 2004 by-election is Liam Byrne of the Labour Party. He succeeded Terry Davis, who had represented the seat since its creation in 1983, and before that represented the equivalent Birmingham Stetchford constituency since 1979.
Politics and History of the constituency
For the history of the constituency prior to 1983 please see Birmingham Stechford (constituency)
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.
