1997, and formed, with Birmingham, Edgbaston, the last of the Birmingham seats during the 1979–1997 Conservative Governments lost to Labour in 1997. This was the first time a Labour candidate had won the seat since it was created in 1950. The 2015 result saw a +26.9% swing to the Labour Party and a correspondingly much greater than national average swing away from the Liberal Democrat candidate. This was in part due to the collapse of Respect's vote. Turnout Turnout has ranged from 83.1% in 1950 to 57.5% in 2001. Elections Elections in the 2010s (Note that the vote-share changes for 2010 are from the notional results on the new boundaries, not the actual 2005 results) 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