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Birmingham Edgbaston is a constituency, [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Preet Gill, a Labour Co-op MP. [ n 2 ] The most high-profile MP for the constituency was former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940).
Edgbaston means "village of a man called Ecgbald", from the Old English personal name + tun "farm". The personal name Ecgbald means "bold sword" (literally "bold edge"). The name was recorded as a village known as Celboldistane in the Hundred of Coleshill in the 1086 Domesday Book [3] until at least 1139, wrongly suggesting that Old English stān "stone, rock" is the final element of the name.
The Edgbaston ward is currently represented by two Conservative Councillors; Deirdre Alden (1999-), and Matt Bennett (2015-). The ward of Edgbaston forms part of the Parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Edgbaston along with Bartley Green , Harborne , and Quinton , which has been represented by Labour Party MP Preet Gill since 2017 .
Birmingham Edgbaston BC: 71,787 8,368 Preet Gill ‡ Ashvir Sangha † Birmingham Erdington BC: 77,463 7,019 Paulette Hamilton ‡ Jack Brookes ¤ Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley BC: 76,936 5,656 Tahir Ali ‡ Shakeel Afsar ¥ Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North BC: 77,737 1,566 Liam Byrne ‡ James Giles ♣ Birmingham Ladywood BC ...
Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (née Gschaider; born 26 November 1955) is a British-German politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 to 2017. A former member of the Labour Party, she now sits as a crossbencher in the House of Lords. [2]
In 1846, Elizabeth Brady founded a school in Edgbaston for the daughters of Quakers in 1846 and this ran for 21 years. [1] This school was founded in 1876 making it the oldest girls' secondary school open to the public in Birmingham. The first headmistress was Alice Cooper. [2] The school used to be a boarding school in a different location.
The 1940 Birmingham Edgbaston by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Birmingham Edgbaston on 18 December 1940. The seat had become vacant when Neville Chamberlain, the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliament had died from stomach cancer on 9 November.
Birmingham (/ ˈ b ɜːr m ɪ ŋ ə m / ... Edgbaston was the scene of the highest ever score by a batsman in first-class cricket, when Brian Lara scored 501 not out ...