Boundaries
The constituency covers a diverse area of east Birmingham, including the predominantly Asian inner-city area of Washwood Heath and the mostly white area of Shard End on the city's eastern boundary, as well as Hodge Hill itself. The constituency is one of the most deprived in the region and contains very few middle-class residents.
When the Hodge Hill area committee district of Birmingham was created in 2004 its boundaries were those of the constituency.
Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England created a modified Hodge Hill constituency with the following electoral wards:
- Bordesley Green
- Hodge Hill
- Shard End
- Washwood Heath
These boundaries were first used in 2010.
Read more about this topic: Birmingham Hodge Hill (UK Parliament Constituency)
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