Wolverhampton_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Wolverhampton South (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
Wolverhampton South was a parliamentary 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.
Wolverhampton South | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Wolverhampton |
Replaced by | Bilston |
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 1918 general election.
The civil parish of Bilston, and part of the civil parish of Sedgley.
Year | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Charles Pelham Villiers | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1898 | John Lloyd Gibbons | Liberal Unionist | |
1900 | Henry Norman | Liberal | |
1910 | T. E. Hickman | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Villiers | Unopposed | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Charles Villiers | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Charles Villiers | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Charles Villiers | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | |||||
Villiers' death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | John Lloyd Gibbons | 4,115 | 50.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 4,004 | 49.3 | New | |
Majority | 111 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,119 | 88.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,194 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Norman | 3,701 | 51.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | W Oulton | 3,532 | 48.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 169 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,233 | 76.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,414 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Norman | 4,823 | 53.8 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Charles Hyde Villiers (soldier) | 4,137 | 46.2 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 686 | 7.6 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,960 | 89.8 | +13.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,974 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. E. Hickman | 4,989 | 51.9 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | Henry Norman | 4,619 | 48.1 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 370 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,608 | 93.7 | +3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,253 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. E. Hickman | 4,784 | 51.9 | 0.0 | |
Liberal | Arthur Lever | 4,440 | 48.1 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 344 | 3.8 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,224 | 90.0 | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,253 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
- Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 213. ISBN 9781349022984.
- The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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