Birmingham Hodge Hill is a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created in 1983.
Boundaries
When the Hodge Hill area committee district of Birmingham was created in 2004 its boundaries were those of the consituency.
Members of Parliament
The current Member of Parliament is Liam Byrne of the Labour Party, who was elected in the 2004 by-election. He succeeded Terry Davis, who had held the seat since its creation 21 years earlier. Terry Davis was first elected in the 1983 general election. Before that he had held the now historic constituency of Birmingham Stechford , since the 1979 general election.
Recent election results
Politics and history of the constituency
The constituency was created with its current name in 1983. It is predated by Birmingham Stechford
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.
