Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 52°28′N 1°49′W / 52.46°N 1.82°W / 52.46; -1.82
Birmingham, Yardley | |
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Borough constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Birmingham, Yardley in Birmingham. |
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Location of Birmingham within England. |
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County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 73,261 (December 2010) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 (1918) |
Member of Parliament | John Hemming (Liberal Democrat) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | West Midlands |
Birmingham, Yardley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
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