Election results
Election result
Northfield voted for a new direction on Thursday.
It is the honour of my life to be elected as the new Member of Parliament for the Northfield constituency. I will work hard every day to repay the trust that has been placed in Labour, and in me.
The election represented a clear mandate for changed. Labour achieved the biggest majority recorded in the seat for twenty years.
I know, however, that many people voted Labour this time to give us a chance to change things for the better, after fourteen long years of Conservative Government. It is my duty as MP to help turn our manifesto into policies that make a real and material difference to people’s lives.
At the count, I paid tribute to Gary Sambrook, who has left his mark in Northfield. I am sure that this is not the end for him in Birmingham politics.
I said that:
As MP, I want to represent all the communities in the constituency, and those who did not vote Labour, or who voted Labour for the first time.
The constituency faces profound challenges after 14 years of the national running down of public services. People voted Labour in the Parliamentary election and in the council elections to deliver better public services - that is what we are going to fight for.
I said at the start of the campaign that I want to be an advocate for SEND pupils, and their families, and to fight in Parliament for a better and fairer system. That is what I am committed to doing.
Labour won the two council by-elections for Kings Norton North and Northfield wards. Carmel Corrigan and Esther Rai will be brilliant representatives and I look forward to working with them to make our areas better.
I am now busy responding to correspondence, being inducted into Parliament, and setting up two offices. Job adverts for constituency staff roles will be published here, and on the W4MP website.
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Photo credits - Amara Sophia Elahi and Liz Clements on Twitter.