Birmingham Duddeston (UK Parliament constituency)

Birmingham Duddeston
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Birmingham Small Heath and Birmingham Aston

Birmingham Duddeston was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of "Duddeston and Nechells Ward, St Mary's Ward (except the part thereof included in the Aston Division), and so much of the portion of Aston Ward which is not included in the Aston Division as lies to the west of the London and North Western Railway".

On its abolition by the Representation of the People Act 1948, the Duddeston and Nechells Wards became part of the Small Heath constituency, and the St Mary's and Aston wards were transferred in their entirety to the Aston constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Eldred Hallas	Coalition NDP
	1919		Labour
	1922	Sir Ernest Varvill Hiley	Conservative
	1923	John Bedford Burman	Conservative
	1929	George Francis Sawyer	Labour
	1931	Sir Oliver Edwin Simmonds	Conservative
	1945	Edith Agnes Wills	Labour Co-operative
	1950	Constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1923: Birmingham Duddeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Bedford Burman	11,712	59.6
	Labour	George Francis Sawyer	7,309	37.2
	Independent	A. Ford	634	3.2
Majority			4,403	22.4	-0.2
Turnout				56.9
	Unionist hold		Swing

• Ford stood on a Free Trade platform

General Election 1929: Birmingham Duddeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Francis Sawyer	18,204	61.0
	Unionist	John Bedford Burman	11,639	39.0
Majority			6,565	22.0
Turnout			29,843
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)