Election in The 1950s
| General Election 1959: Birmingham, Northfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Donald Chapman | 29,587 | 50.8 | −2.0 | |
| Conservative | R.E. Eyre | 28,647 | 49.2 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 940 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 58,234 | 78.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
| General Election 1955: Birmingham, Northfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Donald Chapman | 27,072 | 52.8 | +0.0 | |
| Conservative | C. Sweet | 24,188 | 47.2 | +0.0 | |
| Majority | 2,884 | 5.6 | |||
| Turnout | 51,260 | 78.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
| General Election 1951: Birmingham, Northfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Donald Chapman | 26,580 | 52.8 | −0.2 | |
| Conservative | M. Chandler | 23,730 | 47.2 | +7.6 | |
| Majority | 2,850 | 5.7 | |||
| Turnout | 50,310 | 83.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | −3.9 | |||
| General Election 1950: Birmingham, Northfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Raymond Blackburn | 26,714 | 53.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | T.L. Iremonger | 19,974 | 39.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal | R. Richards | 3,280 | 6.5 | N/A | |
| Communist | R. Etheridge | 479 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,740 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 50,447 | 84.7 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Read more about this topic: Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament Constituency)
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