Wolverhampton_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

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.

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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 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The civil parish of Bilston, and part of the civil parish of Sedgley.

Members of Parliament

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Elections

Elections in the 1880s

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Elections in the 1890s

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Villiers' death caused a by-election.

George Thorne
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Elections in the 1900s

Henry Norman
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Elections in the 1910s

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Arthur Lever
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See also


References

  1. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 213. ISBN 9781349022984.
  2. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  3. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916



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