North_Worcestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
North Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
North Worcestershire was a county constituency in the county of Worcestershire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
| North Worcestershire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | one |
| Replaced by | Stourbridge and Kidderminster |
It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. The constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election.
The constituency included the Sessional Divisions of Halesowen and Oldbury, the Municipal Borough of Dudley, and the parishes of Cradley, Lutley, Lye, and Northfield.[1]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Benjamin Hingley | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1892 | Liberal | ||
| 1895 | John William Wilson | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1903 | Liberal | ||
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Benjamin Hingley | 5,774 | 72.8 | ||
| Conservative | John Willis-Bund | 2,155 | 27.2 | ||
| Majority | 3,619 | 45.6 | |||
| Turnout | 7,929 | 75.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,573 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | Benjamin Hingley | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Benjamin Hingley | 5,329 | 62.7 | New | |
| Conservative | William Bridgeman | 3,171 | 37.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,158 | 25.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 8,500 | 79.1 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 10,744 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | John Wilson | 5,012 | 55.5 | +18.2 | |
| Liberal | Robert Waite | 4,024 | 44.5 | −18.2 | |
| Majority | 988 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 9,036 | 80.6 | +1.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,209 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.2 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | John Wilson | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal Unionist hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Wilson | 6,908 | 51.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Unionist | William Campion | 6,429 | 48.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 479 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 13,337 | 84.8 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 15,732 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Wilson | 8,272 | 51.0 | -0.8 | |
| Liberal Unionist | William Campion | 7,953 | 49.0 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 319 | 2.0 | -1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 16,225 | 89.1 | +4.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,200 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Wilson | 7,894 | 50.9 | −0.1 | |
| Conservative | D. T. Timins | 7,625 | 49.1 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 269 | 1.8 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 15,519 | 85.3 | −3.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 18,200 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: John Wilson
- Unionist:
- Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1916
- Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 423. ISBN 9781349022984.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 423. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.