EU referendum results – Birmingham a divided city

By Leicestershire Correspondent

 

The EU referendum results in Birmingham reflect a divided city based on culture and values, with immigrant areas more supportive of the UK staying in the EU. 50.4 per cent of more than 450,000 voters wanting to leave. In total 22 of Birmingham’s 40 wards voted to Leave, and 18 wanted to Remain. Four wards make up a parliamentary constituency – and only five were unanimous. All four wards in Yardley, Northfield and Erdington voted to leave while all four wards in Hall Green and Ladywood wanted to Remain. Shard End was the ward with the most Leave voters wanting to leave the European Union, while Moseley and Kings Heath wanted to remain the most.

 

LEAVE CONSTITUENCIES – SIX

 

Erdington constituency, Leave – 62%

In the north-east of the city of Birmingham, this is a mix of council estates; the large Kingstanding estate and Castle Vale, and generally more affluent suburbs which are private housing particularly towards the Sutton Coldfield border in Erdington

 

Ward	Remain	Leave	Total	% Leave
Erdington	4,467	6,217	10,684	58.19
Kingstanding	2,857	7,038	9,895	71.13
Stockland Green	4,233	5,087	9,320	54.58
Tyburn	3,222	6,793	10,015	67.83

 

Hodge Hill constituency, Leave – 51.17%

Safe Labour seat. The constituency covers a diverse area of east Birmingham, including the predominantly south Asian inner-city area of Washwood Heath and the mostly white area of Shard End on the city’s eastern boundary, and Hodge Hill.

 

Ward	Remain	Leave	Total	% Leave
Bordesley Green	6,248	3,817	10,065	37.92
Hodge Hill	4,710	5,503	10,213	53.88
Shard End	2,617	8,127	10,744	75.64
Washwood Heath	6,496	3,852	10,348	37.22

 

 

Northfield constituency, Leave – 61.69%

 

Conservative and Labour marginal seat, the area includes several white middle and working class areas. Labour majority just 5.6%

 

Ward	Remain	Leave	Total	% Leave
Kings Norton	4,275	6,643	10,918	60.84
Longbridge	4,269	8,157	12,426	65.64
Northfield	5,005	8,151	13,156	61.96
Weoley	4,785	6,695	11,480	58.32

 

Perry Barr constituency, Leave – 50.52

A mixed seat, with British area Oscott present. Seat has a large foreign population and its local MP is Khalid Mahmood.

 

Ward	Remain	Leave	Total	% Leave
Handsworth Wood	6,511	4,891	11,402	42.90
Lozells & East Handsworth	6,320	3,469	9,789	35.44
Oscott	3,622	8,316	11,938	69.66
Perry	4,686	5,518	10,204	54.08

 

Yardley constituency, Leave – 60.2%

A Labour/Liberal Democrat marginal seat. In January 2016, Jess Phillips Labour MP said on Question Time that events akin to the mass sexual assaults in Cologne happened every week on Birmingham’s Broad Street. Her remarks provoked widespread criticism and calls to resign.

 

Ward	Remain	Leave	Total	% Leave
Acocks Green	5,135	6,299	11,434	55.09
Sheldon	3,619	7,519	11,138	67.51
South Yardley	5,244	6,523	11,767	55.43
Stechford & Yardley North	4,101	6,915	11,016	62.77

 

 

Sutton Coldfield constituency, Leave – 51.75%

Safe Conservative seat with a large middle class population.

 

Ward	Remain	Leave	Total	% Leave
Sutton Four Oaks	7,629	7,519	15,148	49.64
Sutton New Hall	6,023	7,510	13,533	55.49
Sutton Trinity	6,859	7,916	14,775	53.58
Sutton Vesey	7,485	6,991	14,476	48.29

 

 

REMAIN CONSTITUENCIES – FOUR

 

Edgbaston constituency, Remain – 53.05%

Seat of Vote Leave senior figure Gisela Stuart MP, and historically a Conservative/Labour marginal. Situated to the south west of Birmingham city centre, this is a neat and mostly middle-class constituency with limited social housing, with parks, there are pockets of considerable deprivation and of low incomes, helping Labour hold the seat since 1997. It contains the University of Birmingham’s main campus, and most of the student halls.

 

Ward	Remain	Leave	Total	% Leave
Bartley Green	3,655	7,241	10,896	66.46
Edgbaston	6,017	3,010	9,027	33.34
Harborne	7,844	4,049	11,893	34.05
Quinton	5,328	6,242	11,570	53.95

 

 

Hall Green constituency, Remain – 66.61%

The constituency is a suburban seat on the fringes city centre to its south and bordering Solihull in the east. The number of non-whites (9.3%) is low compared to the rest of the city, as is the proportion of social housing (25.7%). Large Muslim population, the Islamist Respect party came second with 25.1% in 2010.

 

Ward	Remain	Leave	Total	% Leave
Hall Green	7,579	6,064	13,643	44.45
Moseley & Kings Heath	10,144	3,026	13,170	22.98
Sparkbrook	7,124	3,182	10,306	30.88
Springfield	7,228	3,936	11,164	35.26

 

Ladywood constituency, Remain – 64.11%

In the last general election Labour MP Shabana Mahmood won the seat with 73.6% of the vote. Employment rate is 46.6% (compared with 69.7% for the West Midlands as a whole)

 

Ward	Remain	Leave	Total	% Leave
Aston	5,999	2,850	8,849	32.21
Ladywood	6,863	2,793	9,656	28.93
Nechells	4,726	3,062	7,788	39.32
Soho	5,049	3,821	8,870	43.08

 

 

Selly Oak constituency, Remain – 54.21%

Historically a marginal seat, the presence of UKIP taking votes of the Conservatives has helped to increase Labours majority. Includes many students and staff from the nearby University of Birmingham. Half of the University’s Selly Oak campus is located within the constituency. The Cadbury factory and Cadbury World are also within its boundaries.

 

Ward	Remain	Leave	Total	% Leave
Billesley	4,995	7,487	12,482	59.98
Bournville	8,293	6,003	14,296	41.99
Brandwood	6,310	6,399	12,709	50.35
Selly Oak	5,879	2,620	8,499	30.83