General election February 1974: Birmingham Stechford
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Roy Jenkins
23,704
53.1
-3.1
Conservative
David John Wedgwood
13,472
30.1
-9.6
Liberal
Graham Gopsill
7,221
16.2
New
Workers Revolutionary
Royston Bull
280
0.6
New
Majority
10,232
23.0
+6.3
Turnout
44,677
72.1
+8.3
Labour hold
Swing
Roy Jenkins
General election October 1974: Birmingham Stechford
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Roy Jenkins
23,075
57.6
+4.5
Conservative
David John Wedgwood
11,152
27.8
−2.4
Liberal
Graham Gopsill
5,860
14.6
−1.4
Majority
11,923
29.8
+6.8
Turnout
40,087
64.1
-8.0
Labour hold
Swing
1977 Birmingham Stechford by-election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Andrew MacKay
15,731
43.4
+15.6
Labour
Terence Davis
13,782
38.0
−19.6
National Front
Andrew Brons
2,955
8.2
New
Liberal
Graham Gopsill
2,901
8.0
−6.4
International Marxist
Brian Heron
494
1.4
New
Socialist Workers
Paul Foot
377
1.0
New
Majority
1,949
5.4
N/A
Turnout
36,240
Conservative gain from Labour
Swing
General election 1979: Birmingham Stechford
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Terry Davis
21,166
48.4
−9.2
Conservative
Andrew MacKay
19,517
44.6
+16.8
Liberal
Graham Gopsill
2,349
5.4
−9.2
National Front
F. Russell
698
1.6
New
Majority
1,649
3.8
-26.0
Turnout
43,730
71.6
+7.5
Labour hold
Swing
References[edit]
^"'Birmingham Stechford', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Cardiff South East
Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1967–1970