Members of Parliament
In most general elections the MP elected for Birmingham Yardley was a member of the party winning the general election, making it a bellwether seat. Exceptions were 1951 (Conservative win), 1955 (Conservative win), 1992 (Conservative win), 2005 (Labour win) and 2010 (hung parliament in which the Conservatives emerged as the largest party).
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Alfred Roger Jephcott | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1929 | Archibald George Gossling | Labour | |
| 1931 | Edward William Salt | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Wesley Perrins | Labour | |
| 1950 | Henry Usborne | Labour | |
| 1959 | Leonard Cleaver | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Ioan Evans | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1970 | Derek Coombs | Conservative | |
| Feb 1974 | Syd Tierney | Labour | |
| 1979 | David Gilroy Bevan | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Estelle Morris | Labour | |
| 2005 | John Hemming | Liberal Democrat | |
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