Birmingham Hall Green advertises for a PPC

9.22.38am GMT Thu 28th Dec 2006

Just before Christmas the new Parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Hall Green was advertised for its Parliamentary candidate. Hall Green is effectively a new seat, although the name exists already it is being made up of three current Parliamentary constituencies - Hall Green, Selly Oak and Sparkbrook and Small Heath (which has led to some fun with those three Labour MPs!). It has nine Liberal Democrat Councillors, one Labour Councillor, one RESPECT Councillor and one Independent Councillor (that was elected as a Liberal Democrat.

This May the whole seat had local government elections and the Liberal Democrats just topped the poll across the Constituency, Labour were second. The Liberal Democrats had 29.2% compared to Labour's 28.7%, the Conservatives took 12.9% with the remainder split between 'others' with the largest other being RESPECT followed by the BNP.

Potential applicants should contact the Returning Officer, Dr. M. Ann Morrison, 23 Nigel Avenue, Birmingham, B31 1LL or by email on annmorrison@talktalk.net for an application pack. Applications must be received by the Returning Officer by 5pm on 19th January 2007.