Birmingham Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Birmingham Central | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Birmingham |
Birmingham Central is a former parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency was created upon the abolition of the Birmingham constituency in 1885, and was itself abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
Before 1885 the city of Birmingham, in the county of Warwickshire, 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 Central. It consisted of the wards of Market Hall, Ladywood, and St Thomas's.
The division was bounded to the west and south-west by Birmingham Edgbaston, to the north by Birmingham North, to the north-east by Birmingham East and to the south and south-east by Birmingham South.
In the 1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the Representation of the People Act 1918 provided for twelve new Birmingham divisions. The Central division was abolished.
Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | John Bright | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist/meta/color" | | 1886 | Liberal Unionist | |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist/meta/color" | | 1889 | John Albert Bright | Liberal Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist/meta/color" | | 1895 | Ebenezer Parkes | Liberal Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1912 | Unionist | |
1918 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Rt Hon. John Bright | 4,989 | 54.2 | n/a | |
Conservative | Rt Hon. Lord Randolph Churchill | 4,216 | 45.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 773 | 8.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 84.3 | n/a | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Rt Hon. John Bright | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | John Albert Bright | 5,621 | |||
Liberal | William Phipson Beale | 2,561 | |||
Majority | 3,060 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | John Albert Bright | 5,525 | |||
Liberal | Jesse Herbert | 1,522 | |||
Majority | 4,003 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Edward Ebenezer Parkes | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Edward Ebenezer Parkes | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Edward Ebenezer Parkes | 5,684 | |||
Liberal | TG Lee | 2,075 | |||
Majority | 3,609 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Edward Ebenezer Parkes | 6,015 | |||
Liberal | Arthur Brampton | 1,711 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Edward Ebenezer Parkes | 4,640 | |||
Liberal | Henry John Manton | 1,417 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing |
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;
- Unionist: Edward Ebenezer Parkes
- Liberal:
See also
References
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- 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 – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)