Election 97

Birmingham Selly Oak

Current MP Dr Lynne Jones
Conservative 97 14,033
Labour 97 28,121
LibDem 97 6,121
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 755
Elected party
Birmingham Selly Oak

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Birmingham Selly Oak
Conservative 92 23,370
Labour 92 25,430
LibDem 92 5,679
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 797
Elected party Labour

Having once been predominantly better-off in character, the overall profile of Selly Oak is now fairly typical of the City of Birmingham as a whole, and followed the general local pattern in 1992 with a marked swing to Labour. The constituency notably contains the former Cadbury model community of Bournville, home of the eponymous chocolate. The move in the Labour vote here should be a strong indicator of Labour's fortunes nationally, and Labour must be expected to hold on current trends.


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