Elections in The 1990s
| General Election 1997: Birmingham, Northfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Richard Burden | 22,316 | 57.4 | +11.9 | |
| Conservative | Alan C. Blumenthal | 10,873 | 28.0 | −14.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Micheal R. Ashell | 4,078 | 10.5 | +0.4 | |
| Referendum Party | David Gent | 1,243 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| BNP | Keith A. Axon | 337 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,443 | 29.5 | |||
| Turnout | 38,847 | 68.3 | −7.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +13.1 | |||
| General Election 1992: Birmingham, Northfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Richard Burden | 24,443 | 45.5 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | Roger King | 23,803 | 44.4 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David L. Cropp | 5,431 | 10.1 | −5.5 | |
| Majority | 630 | 1.1 | −4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 53,667 | 76.1 | +4.5 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Read more about this topic: Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament Constituency)
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