Wolverhampton West (UK Parliament constituency)
Wolverhampton West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Wolverhampton West was a borough constituency in the town of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the former two-seat Wolverhampton constituency was divided into three single-member constituencies.
It was abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Wolverhampton South West constituency.
Boundaries
1885–1918
The original boundaries of the constituency were set in the sixth schedule of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The seat comprised five wards of the municipal borough of Wolverhampton (St. Mark's, St. Paul's, St. John's, St. George's and St. Matthew's) and the neighbouring Ettingshall area which lay outside the borough boundaries.[1]
1918-1950
Constituencies throughout Great Britain were redrawn by the Representation of the People Act 1918. Wolverhampton's municipal boundaries had been enlarged and it had become a county borough in the period since 1885. The Wolverhampton West seat was redefined to reflect this, and was described as comprising nine wards of the county borough: Blakenhall, Dunstall, Graiseley, Merridale, Park, St. George's, St. John's, St. Mark's and St. Matthew's.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Alfred Hickman | Conservative | |
1886 | Sir William Chichele Plowden | Liberal | |
1892 | Sir Alfred Hickman | Conservative | |
1906 | Thomas Frederick Richards | Labour | |
1910 | Sir Alfred Frederick Bird | Conservative | |
1922 by-election | Sir Robert Bland Bird, Bt. | Conservative | |
1929 | William Brown 1 | Labour | |
1929 | Independent Labour | ||
1931 | Sir Robert Bland Bird, Bt. | Conservative | |
1945 | Herbert Delauney "Billy" Hughes | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Wolverhampton South West |
1 Brown was elected in 1929, as a Labour Party candidate, but later sat as an "Independent Labour" MP. He sought re-election in 1931 and 1935 as an Independent Labour candidate, opposed in 1935 by an official Labour Party candidate, but lost on both occasions
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Coalition Conservative | Sir Alfred Frederick Bird | 13,329 | 58.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Alexander Walkden | 10,158 | 42.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,171 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,487 | 63.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 16,790 | 54.9 | −1.9 | ||
Labour | Alexander Walkden | 13,799 | 45.1 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 2,991 | 9.8 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 30,589 | 80.0 | +16.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Bland Bird | 17,738 | 53.9 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Alexander Walkden | 15,190 | 46.1 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 2,548 | 7.8 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,928 | 83.5 | +3.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Bland Bird | 15,990 | 50.4 | −3.5 | |
Labour | William John Brown | 15,749 | 49.6 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 241 | 0.8 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,739 | 79.5 | −4.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Bland Bird | 17,886 | 51.2 | +0.8 | |
Labour | William John Brown | 17,046 | 48.8 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 840 | 2.4 | − | ||
Turnout | 34,932 | 85.9 | +6.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William John Brown | 21,103 | 49.1 | +0.3 | |
Unionist | Robert Bland Bird | 17,237 | 40.2 | −11.2 | |
Liberal | G. H. Roberts | 4,580 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,866 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,920 | 84.1 | −1.8 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Bland Bird | 26,181 | 60.5 | +20.3 | |
Independent Labour | William John Brown | 17,090 | 39.5 | −9.6 | |
Majority | 9,091 | 21.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,271 | 84.3 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent Labour | Swing | +15.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Robert Bland Bird | 19,697 | 54.9 | −5.7 | |
Independent | William John Brown | 14,867 | 41.4 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Rev. R. Lee | 1,325 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,830 | 13.5 | −7.5 | ||
Turnout | 35,889 | 72.4 | −9.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Delauney "Billy" Hughes | 21,186 | 59.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Beattie | 14,176 | 40.1 | −14.8 | |
Majority | 7,010 | 19.8 | − | ||
Turnout | 35,362 | 74.8 | +2.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.4 | |||
See also
- List of Members of Parliament for Wolverhampton
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wolverhampton
References
- ↑ "so much of the Parish of Bilston, as is known as Ettingshall New Village, being the portion which lies to the west of a line drawn along the centre of Ward Street, and is bounded on the south by Sedgley Parish, and on the north and west by the Municipal Borough of Wolverhampton". Sixth Schedule. Divisions Of Boroughs. Number, Names, Contents, and Boundaries Of Divisions. Redistribution Of Seats Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict.) Chapter 23.
- ↑ Representation Of The People Act 1918, Ninth Schedule. Redistribution Of Seats.
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949