Birmingham King's Norton (UK Parliament constituency)
| Birmingham King's Norton | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1955 | |
| Seats | One |
Birmingham King's Norton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
Boundaries
The Representation of the People Act 1918 provided that the constituency was to consist of the "Northfield and Selly Oak Wards and the part of King's Norton Ward which is not included in the Moseley Division" in the County Borough of Birmingham.[1]
The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of the "King's Norton and Moseley and King's Heath wards of the County Borough of Birmingham". Moseley and King's Heath wards had previously been part of the Birmingham Moseley and Birmingham Sparkbrook constituencies, as had the part of King's Norton ward which lay to the north of Bells Lane and to the east and south-east of the middle of Monyhull Hall Road and Brandwood Road. Northfield and Selly Oak wards became the constituency of Birmingham Northfield.[2]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[3] | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" | | 1918 | Sir Herbert Austin | Coalition Conservative[4] | later Baron Austin |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1922 | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1924 | Robert Dennison | Labour | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1929 | Lionel Beaumont Thomas | Conservative | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1935 | John Ronald Hamilton Cartland | Conservative | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1941 by-election | Basil Arthur John Peto | Conservative | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | Raymond Blackburn | Labour | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1950 | Geoffrey William Lloyd | Conservative | later Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd |
| 1955 | Constituency abolished | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Sir Herbert Austin | 9,545 | 43.4 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Eleanor Barton | 6,743 | 30.7 | −2.1 | |
| Liberal | Elizabeth Mary Cadbury | 5,686 | 25.9 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 12.7 | +3.9 | |||
| Turnout | 74.1 | +0.1 | |||
| Unionist hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Lionel Beaumont-Thomas | 14,464 | 42.0 | −0.8 | |
| Labour | Robert Dennison | 13,973 | 40.6 | −2.7 | |
| Liberal | Archibald Pellow Marshall | 5,998 | 17.4 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 491 | 1.4 | 1.9 | ||
| Turnout | 82.8 | −2.1 | |||
| Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +1.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lionel Beaumont-Thomas | 22,063 | 57.5 | +15.5 | |
| Labour | Gilbert Richard Mitchison | 11,016 | 28.7 | −11.9 | |
| Liberal | Archibald Pellow Marshall | 5,294 | 13.8 | −3.6 | |
| Majority | 11,047 | 28.8 | +27.4 | ||
| Turnout | 81.0 | −1.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +13.7 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Geoffrey William Lloyd | 27,308 | |||
| Labour | A F Bradbeer | 21,715 | |||
| Liberal | Michael Edwin Beesley | 4,940 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Geoffrey William Lloyd | 30,456 | |||
| Labour | Denis Herbert Howell | 22,325 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1918, Schedule 9
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1948, Schedule 1
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 86. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
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