Wolverhampton East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wolverhampton East Borough constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

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.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Fowler	Liberal
	1908	George Rennie Thorne	Liberal
	1929	Geoffrey le Mesurier Mander	Liberal
	1945	John Baird	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

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[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page