Candidates for the Birmingham Yardley 2024 General Election

The UK General Election is now just weeks away as voters across the country prepare to head to the polls on the 4th of July. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is hoping to convince voters to stick with his party – while Labor leader Keir Starmer says now is the time for “change” after 14 years of Tory “chaos”.

Parties across the political spectrum are ramping up their campaigns and presenting their visions of the future to voters. Key issues such as the cost of living crisis, the state of the NHS, the environment and immigration are at the forefront of public debate this election.

In Birmingham Yardley, voters will have a choice of six candidates to represent them in Parliament as their local MP. MPs play a crucial role in making decisions that impact the whole country – they are your voice in Westminster. Birmingham Yardley has been held by the Labor Party since 2015 – having previously been a Liberal Democrat seat.

The constituency comprises Acocks Green, Sheldon, Small Heath, South Yardley, Tyseley and Hay Mills, Yardley and Stechford. The Garretts Green ward is now in the Hodge Hill and Solihull North constituency in place of the Small Heath ward.

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Who is the Labor candidate for Birmingham Yardley?

The Labor candidate for Birmingham Yardley is Jess Phillips. This will be the fourth general election Jess Phillips has contested, having first been elected to represent the seat in 2015.

From 2020 to 2023, Jess Phillips served as Shadow Minister for Family Violence and Safeguarding in Keir Starmer’s Opposition Front Bench. In November 2023, Phillips stepped down from the role to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying the party had some “searching to do” following its poor performance in areas with large Muslim populations during local elections.

Speaking to BirminghamLive, Phillips said residents in her constituency were concerned about homelessness in the run-up to this election. “Housing is the biggest issue,” she said. “There’s crime and drug dealing on the streets there’s a lot and just the state of the street and law and order, then Gaza.”

Who is the Conservative candidate for Birmingham Yardley?

The Conservative candidate for Birmingham Yardley is Yvonne Beverley Clements. The Tories haven’t won in this seat since the 1980s, so winning the seat would be a major scalp.

Ms Clements was recently a local election candidate for Solihull Council, where she sat in the Elmdon ward. She lost the vote to the Liberal Democrats.

Launching her election campaign on X, formerly Twitter, she said: “Born and bred in Yardley, went to school here and raised my family here. Now, I’m ready to serve.”

Who else lives in Birmingham Yardley?

Six parties fielded candidates in Birmingham Yardley. The Green Party, UK Reform, the Liberal Democrats and the UK Labor Party will hope to persuade voters to ditch the two biggest political parties.

Here’s a full list of all the Birmingham Yardley contenders:

• Jess Phillips – The work

• Yvonne Beverley Clements – Conservative

• Roxanne Green – Green party

• Roger Harmer – Liberal Democrats

• Nora Kamberi – Reform Great Britain

• Jody McIntyre – Labor Party of Great Britain

Who won the Birmingham Yardley in 2019?

Labor won the seat in 2019 and Jess Phillips returned with 23,379 votes. The Tories’ Vincent Garrington came second with 12,720 votes – while the Liberal Democrats came third with 3,754. The turnout was 57.13%.

Jess Phillip’s majority of 10,659 votes in 2019 was smaller than in 2017 when he won with a majority of 16,574 votes.