Birmingham West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Birmingham West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1950
SeatsOne
Created from Birmingham
Replaced by Birmingham Aston and Birmingham Ladywood

Birmingham West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

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It was created upon the abolition of the 3-seat Birmingham constituency in 1885 and abolished in 1950.

Boundaries

Before 1885 the city of Birmingham 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 West. It consisted of All Saints' and St Paul's wards and part of Rotton Park ward.

In the 1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the Representation of the People Act 1918 provided for twelve Birmingham divisions - one of which was designated as the Birmingham West constituency. In 1945 one of the other Birmingham seats was split in two, as it had over 100,000 electors, but that change did not affect the other divisions. The Birmingham West constituency in 1918 consisted of the County Borough of Birmingham ward of St Paul's and parts of All Saints' and Lozells wards.

In the redistribution which took effect in the 1950 United Kingdom general election, the Representation of the People Act 1948 redivided Birmingham into thirteen constituencies. The West division was abolished. St Paul's and Lozells wards became part of Birmingham Aston. All Saints' ward became part of Birmingham Ladywood.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Joseph Chamberlain Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1912 Conservative
1914 by-election Sir Austen Chamberlain Conservative
1918 Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1937 by-election Walter Higgs Conservative
1945 Charles Simmons Labour
1950 Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Birmingham, West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Chamberlain 5,419 67.1
Conservative John Dumphreys 2,65532.9
Majority2,76434.2
Turnout 8,07478.2
Registered electors 10,329
Liberal win (new seat)

Chamberlain was appointed President of the Local Government Board, requiring a by-election.

Birmingham, West: by-election, 9 February 1886 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Chamberlain Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1886: Birmingham, West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Joseph Chamberlain Unopposed
Registered electors 10,329
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Birmingham, West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Joseph Chamberlain 6,297 76.7 N/A
Liberal Corrie Grant 1,87922.9New
Independent Labour J.W. Mahony310.4New
Majority4,41853.8N/A
Turnout 8,20771.0N/A
Registered electors 11,554
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A
Birmingham, West: by-election, 1 July 1895 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Joseph Chamberlain Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
General election 1895: Birmingham, West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Joseph Chamberlain 5,537 81.5 +4.8
Liberal Bernard O'Connor1,25918.5−4.4
Majority4,27863.0+9.2
Turnout 6,79658.3−12.7
Registered electors 11,647
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +4.6

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Birmingham, West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Joseph Chamberlain Unopposed
Registered electors 13,035
Liberal Unionist hold
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RL Outhwaite
General election 1906: Birmingham, West [1] Electorate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Joseph Chamberlain 7,173 77.4 N/A
Liberal R. L. Outhwaite 2,09422.6New
Majority5,07954.8N/A
Turnout 9,26774.2N/A
Registered electors 12,483
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Birmingham, West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Joseph Chamberlain Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
General election December 1910: Birmingham, West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Joseph Chamberlain Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
Birmingham, West: by-election, 14 July 1914
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Austen Chamberlain Unopposed
Unionist hold
Birmingham, West: by-election, 25 April 1918
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Austen Chamberlain Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1918: Birmingham, West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Austen Chamberlain Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

By-election, 1921: Birmingham West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Austen Chamberlain Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election 1922: Birmingham West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Austen Chamberlain 15,405 61.6 N/A
Labour Frank Smith 9,59938.4New
Majority5,80623.2N/A
Turnout 25,00467.1N/A
Registered electors 37,263
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Birmingham West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Austen Chamberlain 13,940 58.3 −3.3
Labour Frank Smith 9,98341.7+3.3
Majority3,95716.6−6.6
Turnout 23,92363.9−3.2
Registered electors 37,433
Unionist hold Swing −3.3
General election 1924: Birmingham West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Austen Chamberlain 14,801 67.4 +9.1
Communist Robert Dunstan 7,15832.6New
Majority7,64334.8+18.2
Turnout 21,95958.2−5.7
Registered electors 37,754
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1929: Birmingham West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Austen Chamberlain 16,862 50.1 −17.3
Labour George Willey 16,81949.9New
Majority430.2−34.6
Turnout 33,68173.9+15.7
Registered electors 45,593
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Birmingham, West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Austen Chamberlain 22,448 68.12
Labour George Willey 10,50731.88
Majority11,94136.24
Turnout 32,95575.86
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Birmingham, West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Austen Chamberlain 16,530 64.35
Labour George Willey 9,15935.65
Majority7,37128.70
Turnout 25,68963.59
Conservative hold Swing
1937 Birmingham West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Higgs 12,552 56.58
Labour Richard Crossman 9,63243.42
Majority2,92013.16
Turnout 22,184
Conservative hold Swing

Elections 1940s

General election 1945: Birmingham, West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Simmons 12,639 63.54
Conservative Walter Higgs 7,25336.46
Majority5,38627.08N/A
Turnout 19,89266.94
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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