Birmingham Selly Oak (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 52°26′N 1°56′W / 52.43°N 1.94°W / 52.43; -1.94
| Birmingham, Selly Oak | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Birmingham, Selly Oak in Birmingham. |
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Location of Birmingham within England. |
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| County | West Midlands |
| Electorate | 75,668 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1955 (1955) |
| Member of Parliament | Steve McCabe (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | West Midlands |
Birmingham, Selly Oak is a parliamentary constituency located in the south west of Birmingham. It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
Since the general election in May 2010, Selly Oak's MP has been Steve McCabe of the Labour Party.
Read more about Birmingham Selly Oak (UK Parliament Constituency): Boundaries, History, Proposed Abolition, Members of Parliament
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