StaffsWCML
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My constituency (Birmingham Hodge Hill) has had a Labour MP ever since it was created in 1983 and Liam Byrne won the last election with a majority of 81.1%. In fact 9 out of 10 Birmingham Constituencies have a Labour MP
However down the road in Solihull, they have a Conservative MP
How did these areas vote in the referendum?
My area Stoke has been Labour since time began, 70% voted for Brexit. I cant honestly see how they would be returned again in this area at the present time.
The irony is the Brexit vote is part caused by many decades of local mismanagement from the Labour party, even when they were in power for 13 years and couldn't blame the Tories for their incompetence; although they probably did try. The city actually possibly declined more under the Labour years with dimwit schemes like the Pathfinder project (to clear alleged slum housing) which basically ripped the heart out of communities in good well built terraced streets, replacing them with boarded up, arson attacked clearance zones they couldn't afford to knock down or replace, rife with crime. Previously there was the Garden Festival, Trentham Lake developments. The perceived uncontrolled immigration to already poor areas due to Blairs treaty give aways is also another reason. I can see why people did what they did.