Wolverhampton East (UK Parliament constituency)
Wolverhampton East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Replaced by | Wolverhampton North East and Wolverhampton South West |
Wolverhampton East was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, 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.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Wolverhampton wards of St James's, St Mary's, and St Peter's, and the civil parishes of Wednesfield and Willenhall.
1918-1950: The County Borough of Wolverhampton wards of St James's, St Mary's, and St Peter's, and the Urban Districts of Short Heath, Wednesfield, Wednesfield Heath, and Willenhall.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | ||
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Henry Fowler | Liberal | |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1908 | George Thorne | Liberal | |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1929 | Geoffrey Mander | Liberal | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | John Baird | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Fowler | 3,935 | 59.8 | n/a | |
Conservative | W Bird | 2,648 | 40.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,287 | 19.6 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 83.2 | n/a | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Fowler | 3,752 | 58.8 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | J Underhill | 2,629 | 41.2 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,123 | 17.6 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 80.6 | -2.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.0 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Fowler | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Fowler | 4,011 | 57.4 | n/a | |
Conservative |
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2,977 | 42.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,034 | 14.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
- some sources describe as Liberal Unionist
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Fowler | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Fowler | 5,610 | 67.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | Leo Amery | 2,745 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,865 | 34.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,355 | 85.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,756 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 4,514 | 50.0 | −17.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | Leo Amery | 4,506 | 50.0 | +17.1 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.0 | −34.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,020 | 89.7 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,058 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −17.1 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 5,276 | 54.2 | −12.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | Leo Amery | 4,462 | 45.8 | +12.9 | |
Majority | 814 | 8.4 | −25.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,738 | 95.1 | +9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,238 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −12.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 5,072 | 56.7 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Borras Whiteside | 3,881 | 43.3 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 1,191 | 13.4 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,953 | 87.4 | −7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,238 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.5 |
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: George Rennie Thorne
- Unionist: Ivor Windsor-Clive
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 7,660 | 51.8 | −4.9 | |
C | National Democratic | James A Shaw | 7,138 | 48.2 | N/A |
Majority | 522 | 3.6 | −9.8 | ||
Turnout | 14,798 | 48.6 | −38.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 11,577 | 45.9 | -5.9 | |
Unionist | Charles Henry Pinson | 9,410 | 37.3 | n/a | |
Labour | William Thomas Augustus Foot | 3,076 | 12.2 | n/a | |
National Liberal | James A Shaw | 1,169 | 4.6 | -43.6 | |
Majority | 2,167 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 80.4 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | unopposed | n/a | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 11,066 | 42.1 | ||
Unionist | Thomas Strangman | 10,013 | 38.1 | ||
Labour | D Rowland Williams | 5,188 | 19.8 | ||
Majority | 1,053 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 80.6 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Geoffrey Mander | 15,391 | 44.8 | +2.7 | |
Unionist | Patrick Buchan-Hepburn | 10,163 | 29.5 | -8.6 | |
Labour | D Rowland Williams | 8,840 | 25.7 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 5,228 | 15.3 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 81.5 | +0.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Geoffrey Mander | 14,945 | 44.1 | -0.7 | |
Conservative | A T Waters-Taylor | 12,628 | 37.2 | +7.7 | |
Labour | John Smith | 6,340 | 18.7 | -7.0 | |
Majority | 2,317 | 6.9 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 78.6 | -2.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Geoffrey Mander | 15,935 | 48.5 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | J Brockhouse | 11,935 | 36.3 | -0.9 | |
Labour | H E Lane | 4,985 | 15.2 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 4,000 | 12.2 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 73.3 | -5.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Elections in the 1940s
A General election was due to take place before the end of 1940, but was postponed due to the Second World War. By 1939, the following candidates had been selected to contest this constituency;
- Liberal: Geoffrey Mander
- Conservative:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Baird | 17,763 | 47.7 | +32.5 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Mander | 11,206 | 30.1 | -18.4 | |
Conservative | William Garthwaite | 8,266 | 22.2 | -14.1 | |
Majority | 6,557 | 17.6 | |||
Turnout | 73.3 | n/c | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
See also
- List of Members of Parliament for Wolverhampton
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wolverhampton
References
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ a b Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916