Small Heath Election Campaign
Tommy Shelby's road to Westminster at the end of the fourth series.
Tommy Shelby's campaign for Parliament closes the fourth series of Peaky Blinders. After the vendetta with the Changrettas ends, Tommy contacts the union convenor Jessie Eden, acquires the names of her communist party contacts, and takes the information to the Crown to secure an endorsement for his campaign as a Member of Parliament, an election he wins.
Quick Facts
- Primary character
- Thomas Shelby
- Season of focus
- 4
Lore & Background
Tommy is elected as an MP in 1927, following the general strike of May 1926, and sits for the Labour Party. In the fifth series he meets Oswald Mosley at the House of Commons, and the journalist Michael Levitt tries to damage his image as an MP. In the 2026 film his sister Ada has succeeded him as the MP for Birmingham South.
Reader's Guide
The campaign comes after a bitter rivalry with the New York Mafia; as an MP, Tommy entrusts the management of the family's legal business to his older brother, Arthur.
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