Birmingham West | |
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Former Borough constituency for theββHouse of Commons | |
1885β1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Birmingham |
Replaced by | Birmingham Aston and Birmingham Ladywood |
Birmingham West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by, the first-past-the-post voting system.
It was created upon the abolition of the 3-seat Birmingham constituency in 1885. And abolished in 1950.
Boundariesβ»
Before 1885 the city of Birmingham had been a three-member constituency (see Birmingham (UK Parliament constituency) for further details). Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the parliamentary borough of Birmingham was split into seven single-member divisions, one of which was Birmingham West. It consisted of All Saints' and St Paul's wards and "part of Rotton Park ward."
In the "1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats," the Representation of the People Act 1918 provided for twelve Birmingham divisions - one of which was designated as the Birmingham West constituency. In 1945 one of the other Birmingham seats was split in two, "as it had over 100,"000 electors, "but that change did not affect the other divisions." The Birmingham West constituency in 1918 consisted of the County Borough of Birmingham ward of St Paul's and parts of All Saints' and Lozells wards.
In the redistribution which took effect in the 1950 United Kingdom general election, the Representation of the People Act 1948 redivided Birmingham into thirteen constituencies. The West division was abolished. St Paul's and Lozells wards became part of Birmingham Aston. All Saints' ward became part of Birmingham Ladywood.
Members of Parliamentβ»
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Joseph Chamberlain | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1912 | Conservative | ||
1914 by-election | Sir Austen Chamberlain | Conservative | |
1918 | Coalition Conservative | ||
1922 | Conservative | ||
1937 by-election | Walter Higgs | Conservative | |
1945 | Charles Simmons | Labour | |
1950 | Constituency abolished |
Election resultsβ»
Elections in the 1880sβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Chamberlain | 5,419 | 67.1 | ||
Conservative | John Dumphreys | 2,655 | 32.9 | ||
Majority | 2,764 | 34.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,074 | 78.2 | |||
Registered electors | 10,329 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Chamberlain was appointed President of the Local Government Board, requiring by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Liberal | Joseph Chamberlain | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Joseph Chamberlain | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,329 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |
Elections in the 1890sβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Joseph Chamberlain | 6,297 | 76.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Corrie Grant | 1,879 | 22.9 | New | |
Independent Labour | J.W. Mahony | 31 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 4,418 | 53.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,207 | 71.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,554 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Joseph Chamberlain | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Joseph Chamberlain | 5,537 | 81.5 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Bernard O'Connor | 1,259 | 18.5 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 4,278 | 63.0 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,796 | 58.3 | −12.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,647 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Elections in the 1900sβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Joseph Chamberlain | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 13,035 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Joseph Chamberlain | 7,173 | 77.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | R. L. Outhwaite | 2,094 | 22.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,079 | 54.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,267 | 74.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,483 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910sβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Joseph Chamberlain | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Joseph Chamberlain | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Austen Chamberlain | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Austen Chamberlain | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Austen Chamberlain | Unopposed | ||
Unionist hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920sβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Austen Chamberlain | Unopposed | ||
Unionist hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Unionist | Austen Chamberlain | 15,405 | 61.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Frank Smith | 9,599 | 38.4 | New | |
Majority | 5,806 | 23.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,004 | 67.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 37,263 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Austen Chamberlain | 13,940 | 58.3 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Frank Smith | 9,983 | 41.7 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 3,957 | 16.6 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 23,923 | 63.9 | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 37,433 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Austen Chamberlain | 14,801 | 67.4 | +9.1 | |
Communist | Robert Dunstan | 7,158 | 32.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,643 | 34.8 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,959 | 58.2 | −5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 37,754 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Austen Chamberlain | 16,862 | 50.1 | −17.3 | |
Labour | George Willey | 16,819 | 49.9 | New | |
Majority | 43 | 0.2 | −34.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,681 | 73.9 | +15.7 | ||
Registered electors | 45,593 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930sβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Austen Chamberlain | 22,448 | 68.12 | ||
Labour | George Willey | 10,507 | 31.88 | ||
Majority | 11,941 | 36.24 | |||
Turnout | 32,955 | 75.86 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Austen Chamberlain | 16,530 | 64.35 | ||
Labour | George Willey | 9,159 | 35.65 | ||
Majority | 7,371 | 28.70 | |||
Turnout | 25,689 | 63.59 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Higgs | 12,552 | 56.58 | ||
Labour | Richard Crossman | 9,632 | 43.42 | ||
Majority | 2,920 | 13.16 | |||
Turnout | 22,184 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections 1940sβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Simmons | 12,639 | 63.54 | ||
Conservative | Walter Higgs | 7,253 | 36.46 | ||
Majority | 5,386 | 27.08 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,892 | 66.94 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs β Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) β». British parliamentary election results 1885β1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) β». British parliamentary election results 1918β1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 90. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.