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Birmingham Yardley — UK General Election Results

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

Birmingham Yardley was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 693 votes over Workers Party of Britain. This page covers every general election in Birmingham Yardley from 1918 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1918–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Alfred Roger Jephcott (Unionist) 10,960 56.3% George Shann (Labour) 3,494 (17.9 pts) 53.2%
1922 Alfred Roger Jephcott (Unionist) 15,586 58.1% Archibald George Gossling (Labour) 4,352 (16.2 pts) 70.5%
1923 Alfred Roger Jephcott (Unionist) 13,300 53.5% Archibald George Gossling (Labour) 1,738 (7.0 pts) 64.4%
1924 Alfred Roger Jephcott (Unionist) 16,149 53.2% Archibald George Gossling (Labour) 1,965 (6.5 pts) 77.3%
1929 Archibald George Gossling (Labour) 23,956 48.8% Edward William Salt (Unionist) 4,366 (8.9 pts) 77.8%
1931 Edward William Salt (Conservative) 32,061 65.2% Archibald George Gossling (Labour) 15,421 (31.4 pts) 76.7%
1935 Edward William Salt (Conservative) 25,717 57.7% Charles Jarman (Labour) 6,838 (15.3 pts) 65.2%
1945 Wesley Perrins (Labour) 33,835 60.5% Edward Wiliam Salt (Conservative) 17,321 (31.0 pts) 69.1%
1950 Henry Charles Usborne (Labour) 22,342 51.2% Gordon Richards Matthews (Conservative) 3,911 (9.0 pts) 84.3%
1951 Henry Charles Usborne (Labour) 22,800 53.1% Albert Shaw (Conservative) 2,701 (6.3 pts) 82.5%
1955 Henry Charles Usborne (Labour) 23,722 53.5% Philip Welsby Holland (Conservative) 3,124 (7.0 pts) 75.0%
1959 Leonard Harry Cleaver (Conservative) 23,482 51.5% Henry Charles Usborne (Labour) 1,385 (3.0 pts) 77.1%
1964 Ioan Lyonel Evans (Labour) 22,788 50.2% Leonard Harry Cleaver (Conservative) 169 (0.4 pts) 77.0%
1966 Ioan Evans (Labour) 25,568 56.3% Leonard Cleaver (Conservative) 5,759 (12.7 pts) 77.6%
1970 Derek Coombs (Conservative) 21,827 50.1% Ioan Evans (Labour) 120 (0.3 pts) 69.7%
Feb 1974 Syd Tierney (Labour) 20,580 44.6% Derek Coombs (Conservative) 1,947 (4.2 pts) 78.7%
Oct 1974 Syd Tierney (Labour) 20,834 48.3% Derek Coombs (Conservative) 4,170 (9.7 pts) 73.1%
1979 David Bevan (Conservative) 20,193 47.6% Syd Tierney (Labour) 1,164 (2.7 pts) 73.8%
1983 David Bevan (Conservative) 17,986 43.2% Roger Godsiff (Labour) 2,845 (6.8 pts) 72.2%
1987 David Bevan (Conservative) 17,931 42.6% Geoffrey Edge (Labour) 2,522 (6.0 pts) 73.9%
1992 Estelle Morris (Labour) 14,884 34.9% David Bevan (Conservative) 162 (0.4 pts) 78.0%
1997 Estelle Morris (Labour) 17,778 47.0% John Hemming (Liberal Democrat) 5,315 (14.1 pts) 70.0%
2001 Estelle Morris (Labour) 14,085 46.9% John Hemming (Liberal Democrat) 2,578 (8.6 pts) 57.2%
2005 John Hemming (Liberal Democrat) 13,648 46.4% Jayne Innes (Labour) 2,672 (9.1 pts) 57.7%
2010 John Hemming (Liberal Democrat) 16,162 39.6% Lynette Kelly (Labour) 3,002 (7.3 pts) 56.7%
2015 Jess Phillips (Labour) 17,129 41.6% John Hemming (Liberal Democrat) 6,595 (16.0 pts) 57.3%
2017 Jess Phillips (Labour) 25,398 57.1% Mohammed Afzal (Conservative) 16,574 (37.2 pts) 61.5%
2019 Jess Phillips (Labour) 23,379 54.8% Vincent Garrington (Conservative) 10,659 (25.0 pts) 57.3%
2024 Jess Phillips (Labour) 11,275 31.2% Jody McIntyre (Workers Party of Britain) 693 (1.9 pts) 49.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Roger Jephcott Unionist 10,96056.3% Yes
George Shann Labour 7,46638.3% No
George Jackson Liberal 1,0495.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Roger Jephcott Unionist 15,58658.1% Yes
Archibald George Gossling Labour 11,23441.9% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Roger Jephcott Unionist 13,30053.5% Yes
Archibald George Gossling Labour 11,56246.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Roger Jephcott Unionist 16,14953.2% Yes
Archibald George Gossling Labour 14,18446.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Archibald George Gossling Labour 23,95648.8% Yes
Edward William Salt Unionist 19,59039.9% No
Charles Albert Beaumont Liberal 5,50011.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward William Salt Conservative 32,06165.2% Yes
Archibald George Gossling Labour 16,64033.8% No
Eustace John Bartleet New Party 4791.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward William Salt Conservative 25,71757.7% Yes
Charles Jarman Labour 18,87942.3% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wesley Perrins Labour 33,83560.5% Yes
Edward Wiliam Salt Conservative 16,51429.5% No
Charles Frederick Middleton Liberal 5,58310.0% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Charles Usborne Labour 22,34251.2% Yes
Gordon Richards Matthews Conservative 18,43142.2% No
Alexander Stanley Ritchie Liberal 2,5535.8% No
Jim Faulkner Communist 3470.8% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Charles Usborne Labour 22,80053.1% Yes
Albert Shaw Conservative 20,09946.9% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Charles Usborne Labour 23,72253.5% Yes
Philip Welsby Holland Conservative 20,59846.5% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leonard Harry Cleaver Conservative 23,48251.5% Yes
Henry Charles Usborne Labour 22,09748.5% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ioan Lyonel Evans Labour 22,78850.2% Yes
Leonard Harry Cleaver Conservative 22,61949.8% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ioan Evans Labour 25,56856.3% Yes
Leonard Cleaver Conservative 19,80943.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Derek Coombs Conservative 21,82750.1% Yes
Ioan Evans Labour 21,70749.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Syd Tierney Labour 20,58044.6% Yes
Derek Coombs Conservative 18,63340.4% No
John Aldridge Liberal 6,91215.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Syd Tierney Labour 20,83448.3% Yes
Derek Coombs Conservative 16,66438.6% No
John Aldridge Liberal 4,51810.5% No
Harold Challendar National Front 1,0342.4% No
Tom Keen Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain 1110.3% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Bevan Conservative 20,19347.6% Yes
Syd Tierney Labour 19,02944.8% No
Susan Mary Anderson Liberal 2,4915.9% No
Harold Challendar National Front 7491.8% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Bevan Conservative 17,98643.2% Yes
Roger Godsiff Labour 15,14136.4% No
David Anthony Bennett Social Democratic Party 8,10919.5% No
Robert Paul Jones National Front 4151.0% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Bevan Conservative 17,93142.6% Yes
Geoffrey Edge Labour 15,40936.6% No
Leslie Smith Liberal 8,73420.8% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Estelle Morris Labour 14,88434.9% Yes
David Bevan Conservative 14,72234.5% No
John Hemming Liberal Democrat 12,89930.2% No
Pauline Read National Front 1920.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Estelle Morris Labour 17,77847.0% Yes
John Hemming Liberal Democrat 12,46333.0% No
Anne Jobson Conservative 6,73617.8% No
Livingston, Duncan Keith Referendum Party 6461.7% No
Alan Ware UKIP 1640.4% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Estelle Morris Labour 14,08546.9% Yes
John Hemming Liberal Democrat 11,50738.3% No
Barrie Roberts Conservative 3,94113.1% No
Alan Ware UKIP 3291.1% No
Colin Wren Socialist Labour 1510.5% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hemming Liberal Democrat 13,64846.4% Yes
Jayne Innes Labour 10,97637.3% No
Paul Uppal Conservative 2,97010.1% No
Robert Purcell BNP 1,5235.2% No
Mohammed Yaqub UKIP 3141.1% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hemming Liberal Democrat 16,16239.6% Yes
Lynette Kelly Labour 13,16032.2% No
Meirion Jenkins Conservative 7,83619.2% No
Tanya Lumby BNP 2,1535.3% No
Graham Duffen UKIP 1,1902.9% No
Paul Morris National Front 3490.9% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jess Phillips Labour 17,12941.6% Yes
John Hemming Liberal Democrat 10,53425.6% No
Paul Clayton UKIP 6,63716.1% No
Arun Photay Conservative 5,76014.0% No
Grant Bishop Green 6981.7% No
Teval Stephens Respect Party 1870.5% No
Eamonn Flynn Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1350.3% No
Peter Johnson Social Democratic Party 710.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jess Phillips Labour 25,39857.1% Yes
Mohammed Afzal Conservative 8,82419.8% No
John Hemming Liberal Democrat 7,98417.9% No
Paul Clayton UKIP 1,9164.3% No
Christopher Garghan Green 2800.6% No
Abu Nowshed Independent 1000.2% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jess Phillips Labour 23,37954.8% Yes
Vincent Garrington Conservative 12,72029.8% No
Roger Harmer Liberal Democrat 3,7548.8% No
Mary Ann McKenna Brexit Party 2,2465.3% No
Christopher Garghan Green 5791.4% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jess Phillips Labour 11,27531.2% Yes
Jody McIntyre Workers Party of Britain 10,58229.3% No
Nora Kamberi Reform UK 5,06114.0% No
Yvonne Clements Conservative 3,63410.1% No
Roger Harmer Liberal Democrat 3,63410.1% No
Roxanne Green Green 1,9585.4% No

Margin Over Time

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

1918: Unionist margin 17.9 pts 1922: Unionist margin 16.2 pts 1923: Unionist margin 7.0 pts 1924: Unionist margin 6.5 pts 1929: Labour margin 8.9 pts 1931: Conservative margin 31.4 pts 1935: Conservative margin 15.3 pts 1945: Labour margin 31.0 pts 1950: Labour margin 9.0 pts 1951: Labour margin 6.3 pts 1955: Labour margin 7.0 pts 1959: Conservative margin 3.0 pts 1964: Labour margin 0.4 pts 1966: Labour margin 12.7 pts 1970: Conservative margin 0.3 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 4.2 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 9.7 pts 1979: Conservative margin 2.7 pts 1983: Conservative margin 6.8 pts 1987: Conservative margin 6.0 pts 1992: Labour margin 0.4 pts 1997: Labour margin 14.1 pts 2001: Labour margin 8.6 pts 2005: Liberal Democrat margin 9.1 pts 2010: Liberal Democrat margin 7.3 pts 2015: Labour margin 16.0 pts 2017: Labour margin 37.2 pts 2019: Labour margin 25.0 pts 2024: Labour margin 1.9 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Birmingham Yardley has been contested at 29 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Birmingham Yardley in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Birmingham Yardley in 2024 with 11,275 votes (31.2%), a majority of 693 votes over Workers Party of Britain in second place.

Which parties have won Birmingham Yardley since 1918?

Since 1918, Birmingham Yardley has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Birmingham Yardley?

The closest result on record for Birmingham Yardley was 1970, when Conservative beat Labour by just 120 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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