At Westminster
Birmingham's first two members of parliament were Thomas Attwood and Joshua Scholefield who were elected when the town was enfranchised in 1832, following the Great Reform Act.
Birmingham's ten parliamentary constituencies are represented in the House of Commons by one Conservative, one Liberal Democrat, and eight Labour MPs.
| Constituency | MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Gisela Stuart | Labour | |
| 2 | Birmingham, Erdington | Jack Dromey | Labour | |
| 3 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Roger Godsiff | Labour | |
| 4 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Liam Byrne | Labour | |
| 5 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Shabana Mahmood | Labour | |
| 6 | Birmingham, Northfield | Richard Burden | Labour | |
| 7 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Khalid Mahmood | Labour | |
| 8 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Steve McCabe | Labour | |
| 9 | Sutton Coldfield | Andrew Mitchell | Conservative | |
| 10 | Birmingham, Yardley | John Hemming | Liberal Democrat | |
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