St Bartholomew (Birmingham ward)

St Bartholomew was a ward of the County Borough of Birmingham. It was abolished in 1949.

Ward description

The ward covered an area of Birmingham just south-east of the city centre.

Ward history

The ward was in existence in 1911, when the boundaries of the city council were extended and the number of wards extended from 18 to 30 wards in all. At that stage three councillors were elected, and then in subsequent years there were single elections.

In 1949 the boundaries of Birmingham wards were reviewed, and as St Bartholomew had 12,015 electors at the 1949 election, with the average across the city being 23,241, it resulted in the abolition of the ward, which was split between Market Hall and St Martins & Deritend wards.

Parliamentary representation

The ward has been part of Birmingham Bordesley from 1888 to 1918 and Birmingham Deritend from 1918 until the ward's abolition.

Politics

Upon its creation in 1911 the seat was a Liberal stronghold and they retained it throughout the next decade. However, in the early 1920s all three parties became competitive at times, and each won the ward at various times. Labour however became the dominant party and after 1926 only lost it once which was in the disaster of 1931, when they failed to win any Birmingham wards.

Election results

1940s

1949 Electorate 12,015
Turnout 46.2%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	E Smith	3,036	54.7%
	Conservative	J Evans	2,511	45.3%
Majority			525	9.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

1947 Electorate 11,591
Turnout 42.6%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	E Hall	2,580	52.2%
	Conservative	P Arnold	2,360	47.8%
Majority			220	4.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 Electorate 11,591
Turnout 31.4%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	F Coleman	2,191	60.3%
	Conservative	P Arnold	1,443	39.7%
Majority			748	20.6%
	Labour hold		Swing

1945 Electorate 11,134
Turnout 32.6%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Wheeldon	2,412	66.6%
	Conservative	J Evans	1,212	33.4%
Majority			1,200	33.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

1930s

1939 Electorate 11,440
Turnout No Contest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Wheeldon	Unopposed	%
Majority				%
	Labour hold		Swing

1938 Electorate 11,777
Turnout 39.3%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	A Longden	2,457	53.2%
	Conservative	R Dare	2,165	46.8%
Majority			292	6.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

1937 Electorate 12,409
Turnout 32.1%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	G Thompson	2,111	52.9%
	Conservative	J Morgan	1,877	47.1%
Majority			234	5.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

1936 Electorate 13,110
Turnout No Contest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Wheeldon	Unopposed	%
Majority				%
	Labour hold		Swing

1935 Electorate 13,390
Turnout 29.9%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	A Longden	2,274	56.9%
	Conservative	J White	1,726	43.2%
Majority			548	13.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

1934 Electorate 13,593
Turnout 24.2%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	G Thompson	2,092	63.6%
	Conservative	C Elbourne	1,198	36.4%
Majority			894	27.2%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1933 Electorate 13,927
Turnout 29.2%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Wheeldon	2,637	64.8%
	Conservative	J Brewin	1,431	35.2%
Majority			1,206	29.6%
	Labour hold		Swing

1932 Electorate 13,953
Turnout 35.5%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	A Longden	3,569	72.1%
	Conservative	F Fawcett	1,383	27.9%
Majority			2,186	44.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

1931 Electorate 14,032
Turnout 33.79%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H Smith	2,741	57.8%
	Labour	J Tonks	2,001	42.2%
Majority			740	15.6%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1930 Electorate 14,271
Turnout 29.5%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Wheeldon	2,296	54.6%
	Conservative	W Walter	1,909	45.4%
Majority			387	9.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

1920s

1929 Electorate 14,764
Turnout 22.2%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	A Longden	2,318	70.8%
	Conservative	F Greenhill	931	28.4%
	Communist	H Shepperson	27	0.8%
Majority			1,387	42.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

1928 Electorate 13,777
Turnout 31.5%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J Tonks	2,598	59.9%
	Conservative	H Sale	1,740	40.1%
Majority			858	19.8%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1927 Electorate 13,712
Turnout 30.6%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Wheeldon	2,545	60.6%
	Liberal	J Stephens	1,656	39.4%
Majority			889	21.2%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

1926 Electorate 13,762
Turnout 36.5%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	A Longden	3,063	60.9%
	Conservative	J Danielsen	1,966	39.1%
Majority			1,097	21.8%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1925 Electorate 13,909
Turnout 4,017%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H Sale	2,068	51.5%
	Labour	G Payne	1,949	48.5%
Majority			119	3%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1924 Electorate 13,824
Turnout 26.1%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	J Stephens	2,038	56.5%
	Labour	E Podesta	1,567	43.5%
Majority			471	13.0%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1923 Electorate 13,823
Turnout 31.9%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J Danielsen	2,567	58.2%
	Labour	E Podesta	1,846	41.8%
Majority			721	16.4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1922 Electorate 13,598
Turnout 28.5%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	G Payne	2,404	62.0%
	Liberal	A Wright	1,472	38.0%
Majority			932	24.0%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

1921 Electorate 13,356
Turnout 27.6%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	J Stephens	2,296	62.3%
	Conservative	F Willis	1,390	37.7%
Majority			906	24.6%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1920 Electorate 13,335
Turnout 28.9%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J Danielsen	2,435	63.3%
	Labour	J Adams	1,414	36.7%
Majority			1,021	26.6%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1910s

1919 Electorate 13,317
Turnout 11.8%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	A Wright	1,029	65.5%
	Conservative	W Jackson	542	34.5%
Majority			487	31.0%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1914 Electorate 7,040
Turnout No contest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	G Jackson	Unopposed	%
Majority				%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1913 Electorate 6,867
Turnout No contest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	J Stevens	Unopposed	%
Majority				%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1912 Electorate 6,578
Turnout 29.1%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	T Duggan	1,302	68.1%
	Conservative	J Pentland	609	31.9%
Majority			693	36.2%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wednesday 1 November 1911 Electorate 6,894
Turnout 37.3%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	G Jackson	1,571	61.1%
	Liberal	J Stevens	1,427	55.5%
	Liberal	T Duggan	1,392	54.1%
	Conservative	J Pentland	1,001	38.9%
	Conservative	E Beech	891	34.6%
	Conservative	R Mason	861	33.5%
Majority			570,426,391	22.2%,16.6%,15.2%

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