Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Wednesbury Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Wednesbury was a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | constituency created | ||
| 1868 | Alexander Brogden | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Wilson Lloyd | ||
| 1886 | Philip Stanhope | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Wilson Lloyd | ||
| 1895 | Walford Davis Green | ||
| 1906 | Clarendon Golding Hyde | ||
| 1910 | John Norton-Griffiths | Conservative | |
| 1918 | Alfred Short | Labour | |
| 1931 | William Ward, Viscount Ednam | Conservative | |
| 1932 by-election | John William Banfield | Labour | |
| 1945 | Stanley Evans | Labour | |
| 1957 by-election | John Stonehouse | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1974 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
Categories: Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (historic) | Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire (historic) | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1868 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974 | United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
