Wolverhampton West (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Wolverhampton West
Type = Borough
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1950
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

Members of Parliament

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

Election box begin
title=General Election 1918: Wolverhampton WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Conservative
candidate = Sir Alfred Frederick Bird
votes = 13,329
percentage = 58.8
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alexander Walkden
votes = 10,158
percentage = 42.2
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 3,171
percentage = 13.6
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 23,487
percentage = 63.3
change = N/AElection box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = N/A

Elections in the 1920s

Election box begin
title=By-election, March 1922: Wolverhampton WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Conservative
candidate = Sir Robert Bird, Bt.
votes = 16,790
percentage = 54.9
change = −1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alexander Walkden
votes = 13,799
percentage = 45.1
change = +1.9Election box majority
votes = 2,991
percentage = 9.8
change = −3.8Election box turnout
votes = 30,589
percentage = 80.0
change = +16.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Coalition Conservative
swing = −1.9

Election box begin
title=General Election, November 1922: Wolverhampton WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Robert Bird, Bt.
votes = 17,738
percentage = 53.9
change = −1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alexander Walkden
votes = 15,190
percentage = 46.1
change = +1.0Election box majority
votes = 2,548
percentage = 7.8
change = −2.0Election box turnout
votes = 32,928
percentage = 83.5
change = +3.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −1.0

Election box begin
title=General Election, 1923: Wolverhampton WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Robert Bird, Bt.
votes = 15,990
percentage = 50.4
change = −3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William John Brown
votes = 15,749
percentage = 49.6
change = +3.5Election box majority
votes = 241
percentage = 0.8
change = −7.0Election box turnout
votes = 31,739
percentage = 79.5
change = −4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −3.5

Election box begin
title=General Election, 1924: Wolverhampton WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Robert Bird, Bt.
votes = 17,886
percentage = 51.2
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William John Brown
votes = 17,046
percentage = 48.8
change = −0.8Election box majority
votes = 840
percentage = 2.4
change = −Election box turnout
votes = 34,932
percentage = 85.9
change = +6.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +0.8

Election box begin
title=General Election, 1929: Wolverhampton WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William John Brown
votes = 21,103
percentage = 49.1
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Robert Bird, Bt.
votes = 17,237
percentage = 40.2
change = −11.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = G. H. Roberts
votes = 4,580
percentage = 10.7
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 3,866
percentage = 8.9
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 42,920
percentage = 84.1
change = −1.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +6.8

Elections in the 1930s

Election box begin
title=General Election, 1931: Wolverhampton WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Robert Bird, Bt.
votes = 26,181
percentage = 60.5
change = +20.3Election box candidate
party = Independent Labour
candidate = William John Brown
votes = 17,090
percentage = 39.5
change = −9.6Election box majority
votes = 9,091
percentage = 21.0
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 43,271
percentage = 84.3
change = +0.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent Labour
swing = +15.0

Election box begin
title=General Election, 1935: Wolverhampton WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Robert Bird, Bt.
votes = 19,697
percentage = 54.9
change = −5.7Election box candidate
party = Independent Labour
candidate = William John Brown
votes = 14,867
percentage = 41.4
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rev. R. Lee
votes = 1,325
percentage = 3.7
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 4,830
percentage = 13.5
change = −7.5Election box turnout
votes = 35,889
percentage = 72.4
change = −9.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +3.3

Elections in the 1940s

Election box begin
title=General Election, 1945: Wolverhampton WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Herbert Delauney "Billy" Hughes
votes = 21,186
percentage = 59.9
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. Beattie
votes = 14,176
percentage = 40.1
change = −14.8Election box majority
votes = 7,010
percentage = 19.8
change = −Election box turnout
votes = 35,362
percentage = 74.8
change = +2.4Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +7.4

ee also

*List of Members of Parliament for Wolverhampton
*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wolverhampton

References

*Rayment