History
The seat was held by the Conservatives until the 1997 Election. At that election it was the ninth seat to declare and the first seat to be gained by Labour from the Conservatives on a 10% swing, presaging the Labour landslide of that year.
Edgbaston has returned a female MP for over 50 years. The sitting MP is Gisela Stuart. It has been classified as a marginal seat.
Read more about this topic: Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament Constituency)
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