Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament Constituency) - Election in The 1980s

Election in The 1980s

General Election 1987: Birmingham, Northfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger King 24,024 45.1 +2.4
Labour John Spellar 20,889 39.2 +1.7
Social Democrat J.C. Gordon 8,319 15.6 −3.6
Majority 3,135 5.9
Turnout 53,232 72.6
Conservative hold Swing +2.0
General Election 1983: Birmingham, Northfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger King 22,596 42.7 −2.7
Labour John Spellar 19,836 37.5 −7.6
Liberal D. Webb 10,045 19.0 +10.8
Communist Peter R. Sheppard 420 0.8 N/A
Majority 2,760 5.2
Turnout 52,897 71.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +5.1
Birmingham, Northfield by-election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Spellar 15,904 36.3 −8.8
Conservative Roger Gale 15,615 35.6 −9.8
Liberal Stephen Ridley 11,453 26.1 +18.0
National Front Ian Anderson 411 0.9 −0.2
Communist Peter Sheppard 349 0.8 N/A
People's Progressive Party Ronald Taylor 63 0.2 N/A
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident Bill Boaks 60 0.1 N/A
Majority 289 0.7
Turnout 43,855 55.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -0.51

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