Birmingham King's Norton (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham King's Norton
Birmingham King's Norton
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1918–1955
Seats	One
Replaced by	Birmingham Selly Oak and Birmingham Northfield

Birmingham King's Norton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Quick Facts 1918–1955, Seats ...

	Member^[3]	Party	Notes
1918	Sir Herbert Austin	Coalition Conservative^[4]	later Baron Austin
1922	Sir Herbert Austin	Conservative	later Baron Austin
1924	Robert Dennison	Labour
1929	Lionel Beaumont-Thomas	Conservative
1935	Ronald Cartland	Conservative
1941 by-election	John Peto	Conservative
1945	Raymond Blackburn	Labour
1950	Geoffrey Lloyd	Conservative	later Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd
1955	Constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
C	Unionist	Herbert Austin	8,809	54.5
	Co-operative Party	Thomas Hackett	4,917	30.4
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	2,435	15.1
Majority			3,892	24.1
Turnout			16,161
	Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Austin	8,870	41.5	−13.0
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Barton	7,017	32.8	+2.4
	Liberal	Walter Meakin	5,474	25.6	+10.5
Majority			1,853	8.7	−15.4
Turnout			21,361	74.0
	Unionist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Herbert Austin	9,545	43.4	+1.9
	Labour Co-op	Eleanor Barton	6,743	30.7	−2.1
	Liberal	Elizabeth Cadbury	5,686	25.9	+0.3
Majority			2,802	12.7	+4.0
Turnout			21,974	74.1	+0.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	+2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Dennison	10,497	43.3	+12.6
	Unionist	Herbert Austin	10,364	42.8	−0.6
	Liberal	John Fryer	3,370	13.9	−12.0
Majority			133	0.5	N/A
Turnout			24,231	84.9	+10.8
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

Boundaries

General election 1929: Birmingham Kings Norton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lionel Beaumont-Thomas	14,464	42.0	−0.8
	Labour	Robert Dennison	13,973	40.6	−2.7
	Liberal	Archie Marshall	5,998	17.4	+3.5
Majority			491	1.4	N/A
Turnout			34,435	82.8	−2.1
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+1.0

General election 1931: Birmingham Kings Norton^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Beaumont-Thomas	22,063	57.5	+15.5
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchison	11,016	28.7	−11.9
	Liberal	Archie Marshall	5,294	13.8	−3.6
Majority			11,047	28.8	+27.4
Turnout			38,373	81.0	−1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.7

General election 1935: Birmingham Kings Norton^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Cartland	24,559	56.8	−0.7
	Labour	Gilbert Mitchison	18,684	43.2	+14.5
Majority			5,875	13.6	−15.2
Turnout			43,243	74.6	−6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

1941 Birmingham King's Norton by-election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peto	21,573	86.9	+30.1
	Independent	A. W. L. Smith	1,696	6.8	New
	Pacifist	Stuart Morris	1,552	6.3	New
Majority			19,877	80.1	+66.5
Turnout			24,821	35.0	−39.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A