was Jocelyn Cadbury, a member of the influential and large Cadbury family. Opposition parties The Conservative candidate for 2015, MacLean, came within 5.9% of winning the seat. UKIP's swing nationally was +9.5% in 2015; here it was 13.5%, enabling a third place, having been fifth-placed in the previous election. The other two candidates, standing for parties other than Labour on the left, narrowly forfeited their deposits. Turnout Turnout has ranged between 84.7% in 1950 and 52.8% in 2001 (which was below the percentage of the 1982 by-election). Elections Elections in the 2010s Going into the 2015 general election, this was the 121st most marginal constituency in Great Britain, the Conservatives requiring a swing from Labour of 3.3% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election). Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1950s See also List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county) Notes References External links Birmingham city council constituency page Parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham, West Midlands Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950