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Birmingham Sparkbrook — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Birmingham Sparkbrook was won by Labour at the 1992 general election, with a majority of 13,572 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Birmingham Sparkbrook from 1918 to 1992.

Full Election History, 1918–1992

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (Unionist) 15,225 78.1% Frank Spires (Co-operative) 12,211 (62.6 pts) 52.5%
1922 Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (Unionist) 13,326 49.5% Thomas Foster Duggan (Liberal) 6,043 (22.4 pts) 71.0%
1923 Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (Unionist) 13,523 56.0% Ernest Walter Hampton (Labour) 7,575 (31.4 pts) 63.7%
1924 Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (Unionist) 15,718 58.1% Sydney Barnett Mackenzie Potter (Labour) 5,959 (22.0 pts) 71.1%
1929 Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (Unionist) 15,867 46.1% Allan Young (Labour) 2,992 (8.7 pts) 73.1%
1931 Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (Conservative) 23,517 73.4% George Archibald (Labour) 14,979 (46.7 pts) 69.6%
1935 Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (Conservative) 17,509 68.5% Henry Whittaker (Labour) 9,446 (36.9 pts) 57.3%
1945 Percy Lionel Edward Shurmer (Labour) 14,065 57.8% Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (Conservative) 5,634 (23.1 pts) 66.5%
1950 Percy Lionel Edward Shurmer (Labour) 24,942 61.5% Piers Debenham (Conservative) 9,675 (23.8 pts) 77.6%
1951 Percy Lionel Edward Shurmer (Labour) 24,184 61.3% Richard Thomas Henry Lonsdale (Conservative) 8,936 (22.7 pts) 76.4%
1955 Percy Lionel Edward Shurmer (Labour) 20,032 54.4% Philip G Hartley (Conservative) 3,211 (8.7 pts) 72.2%
1959 Leslie George Seymour (Conservative) 17,751 51.3% John T Webster (Labour) 886 (2.6 pts) 72.5%
1964 Roy Sydney George Hattersley (Labour) 16,287 52.0% Leslie George Seymour (Conservative) 1,254 (4.0 pts) 68.3%
1966 Roy Hattersley (Labour) 18,266 60.6% Leslie Seymour (Conservative) 6,398 (21.2 pts) 66.7%
1970 Roy Hattersley (Labour) 14,773 52.7% Antony Ewart John Mitton (Conservative) 3,346 (11.9 pts) 64.9%
Feb 1974 Roy Hattersley (Labour) 19,939 61.4% David Savage (Conservative) 7,405 (22.8 pts) 65.8%
Oct 1974 Roy Hattersley (Labour) 17,476 58.5% David Savage (Conservative) 8,521 (28.5 pts) 60.2%
1979 Roy Hattersley (Labour) 18,717 62.7% Nicholas Webb (Conservative) 8,319 (27.9 pts) 65.0%
1983 Roy Hattersley (Labour) 19,757 59.9% Peter Douglas-Osborn (Conservative) 10,548 (32.0 pts) 61.5%
1987 Roy Hattersley (Labour) 20,513 60.8% Nazir Khan (Conservative) 11,859 (35.2 pts) 63.5%
1992 Roy Hattersley (Labour) 22,116 64.1% Mohammed Khamisa (Conservative) 13,572 (39.3 pts) 66.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery Unionist 15,22578.1% Yes
Frank Spires Co-operative 3,01415.5% No
John Gibbard Hurst Liberal 1,2516.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery Unionist 13,32649.5% Yes
Thomas Foster Duggan Liberal 7,28327.1% No
Ernest Walter Hampton Labour 6,31023.4% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery Unionist 13,52356.0% Yes
Ernest Walter Hampton Labour 5,94824.6% No
Donald Leslie Finnemore Liberal 4,67619.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery Unionist 15,71858.1% Yes
Sydney Barnett Mackenzie Potter Labour 9,75936.1% No
Ernest Percy Ray Liberal 1,5805.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery Unionist 15,86746.1% Yes
Allan Young Labour 12,87537.4% No
Thomas Foater Duggan Liberal 5,64516.4% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery Conservative 23,51773.4% Yes
George Archibald Labour 8,53826.6% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery Conservative 17,50968.5% Yes
Henry Whittaker Labour 8,06331.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Lionel Edward Shurmer Labour 14,06557.8% Yes
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery Conservative 8,43134.6% No
Rajani Palme Dutt Communist 1,8537.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Lionel Edward Shurmer Labour 24,94261.5% Yes
Piers Debenham Conservative 15,26737.6% No
James Crump Communist 3550.9% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Lionel Edward Shurmer Labour 24,18461.3% Yes
Richard Thomas Henry Lonsdale Conservative 15,24838.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Lionel Edward Shurmer Labour 20,03254.4% Yes
Philip G Hartley Conservative 16,82145.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leslie George Seymour Conservative 17,75151.3% Yes
John T Webster Labour 16,86548.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roy Sydney George Hattersley Labour 16,28752.0% Yes
Leslie George Seymour Conservative 15,03348.0% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roy Hattersley Labour 18,26660.6% Yes
Leslie Seymour Conservative 11,86839.4% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roy Hattersley Labour 14,77352.7% Yes
Antony Ewart John Mitton Conservative 11,42740.8% No
John Austin Crofton Liberal 1,8136.5% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roy Hattersley Labour 19,93961.4% Yes
David Savage Conservative 12,53438.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roy Hattersley Labour 17,47658.5% Yes
David Savage Conservative 8,95530.0% No
Cecil Williams Liberal 2,9209.8% No
Joseph Molloy Irish Civil Rights 5481.8% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roy Hattersley Labour 18,71762.7% Yes
Nicholas Webb Conservative 10,39834.9% No
Roger Murray Communist 7152.4% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roy Hattersley Labour 19,75759.9% Yes
Peter Douglas-Osborn Conservative 9,20927.9% No
Omkar Parmar Social Democratic Party 3,41610.4% No
Fran Eden Revolutionary Communist 3050.9% No
Carl Chinn Independent 2810.9% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roy Hattersley Labour 20,51360.8% Yes
Nazir Khan Conservative 8,65425.7% No
Robin Dimmick Social Democratic Party 3,80311.3% No
Rex Ambler Green 5261.6% No
Pervaiz Khan Red Front 2290.7% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roy Hattersley Labour 22,11664.1% Yes
Mohammed Khamisa Conservative 8,54424.8% No
David Parry Liberal Democrat 3,0288.8% No
Charles Alldrick Green 8332.4% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Unionist margin 62.6 pts 1922: Unionist margin 22.4 pts 1923: Unionist margin 31.4 pts 1924: Unionist margin 22.0 pts 1929: Unionist margin 8.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 46.7 pts 1935: Conservative margin 36.9 pts 1945: Labour margin 23.1 pts 1950: Labour margin 23.8 pts 1951: Labour margin 22.7 pts 1955: Labour margin 8.7 pts 1959: Conservative margin 2.6 pts 1964: Labour margin 4.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 21.2 pts 1970: Labour margin 11.9 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 22.8 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 28.5 pts 1979: Labour margin 27.9 pts 1983: Labour margin 32.0 pts 1987: Labour margin 35.2 pts 1992: Labour margin 39.3 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992

Trend

Birmingham Sparkbrook has been contested at 21 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Birmingham Sparkbrook in the 1992 general election?

Labour won Birmingham Sparkbrook in 1992 with 22,116 votes (64.1%), a majority of 13,572 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Birmingham Sparkbrook since 1918?

Since 1918, Birmingham Sparkbrook has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Birmingham Sparkbrook?

The closest result on record for Birmingham Sparkbrook was 1959, when Conservative beat Labour by just 886 votes (2.6 percentage points).

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