Walsall (UK Parliament constituency)
Walsall | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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1832–1955 | |
Number of members | one |
Walsall was a borough constituency centred on the town of Walsall in the West Midlands of 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.
Contents
History
In 1955 it was abolished and replaced by Walsall North and Walsall South constituencies.
Boundaries
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Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir Charles Forster | 5,112 | 59.8 | ||
Conservative | Frank James | 3,435 | 40.2 | ||
Majority | 1,677 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 79.6 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Charles Forster | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Thomas Holden | 4,899 | 52.9 | n/a | |
Conservative | Frank James | 4,360 | 47.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 539 | 5.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 79.1 | n/a | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank James | 5,226 | 51.2 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Edward Thomas Holden | 4,989 | 48.8 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 237 | 2.4 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 85.7 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Arthur Divett Hayter | 5,235 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | Rt Hon. Charles Thomson Ritchie | 5,156 | 49.6 | ||
Majority | 79 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 87.8 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sydney Gedge | 5,145 | 51.6 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Sir Arthur Divett Hayter | 4,828 | 48.4 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 317 | 3.2 | 4.0 | ||
Turnout | 90.5 | 2.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.0 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Rt Hon. Sir Arthur Divett Hayter | 5,610 | 51.5 | ||
Conservative | Sydney Gedge | 5,285 | 48.5 | ||
Majority | 325 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 84.8 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edward Marten Dunne | 7,092 | 54.6 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Bernall Bagshawe | 5,893 | 45.4 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 1,199 | 9.2 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 91.9 | +7.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Ashmole Cooper | 7,290 | 51.9 | ||
Liberal | Edward Marten Dunne | 6,745 | 48.1 | ||
Majority | 545 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 95.4 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Ashmole Cooper | 7,174 | 52.9 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | John Morgan | 6,385 | 47.1 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 789 | 5.8 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 92.2 | -3.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
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: Sir Richard Ashmole Cooper
- Liberal: William Henry Brown[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Party | Sir Richard Ashmole Cooper | 14,491 | 52.3 | ||
Labour | Joseph Thickett | 8,336 | 30.0 | n/a | |
Liberal | William Henry Brown | 4,914 | 17.7 | ||
Majority | 6,155 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 64.7 | ||||
National Party gain from Unionist | Swing |
- Cooper founded the National Party and had the support of the local Unionist Association. However, his candidature was not supported by Unionist party HQ or the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Patrick Collins | 14,674 | 38.6 | +20.9 | |
Unionist | Lady Cooper | 14,349 | 37.8 | -14.5 | |
Labour | Robert Dennison | 8,946 | 23.6 | -6.4 | |
Majority | 325 | 0.8 | 35.4 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +17.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Patrick Collins | 16,304 | 43.5 | -4.9 | |
Unionist | Sydney Kersland Lewis | 14,141 | 37.8 | -0.0 | |
Labour | Arthur Carr Osburn | 7,007 | 18.7 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 2,163 | 5.7 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 82.6 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Charles William Preston | 15,168 | 37.9 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Patrick Collins | 12,734 | 31.8 | -11.7 | |
Labour | Gladstone Lothian Rosebery Small | 11,474 | 28.7 | +10.0 | |
Independent | Dr J J Lynch | 622 | 1.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 6.1 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Charles William Preston | 14,793 | 38.2 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 12,300 | 31.8 | +0.0 | |
Labour | Gladstone Lothian R Small | 11,610 | 30.0 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 2,493 | 6.4 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 83.4 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John James McShane | 20,524 | 39.6 | +9.6 | |
Unionist | Charles William Preston | 15,818 | 30.6 | -7.6 | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas James Macnamara | 15,425 | 29.8 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 4,706 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 85.9 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.6 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Alexander Leckie | 30,507 | 56.0 | +26.2 | |
Labour | John James McShane | 23,952 | 44.0 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 6,555 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 86.3 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.9 |
- Conservative candidate, William J Talbot, withdrew.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Joseph Alexander Leckie | 28,563 | 57.5 | +1.5 | |
Labour | William Graham | 19,594 | 39.5 | -4.5 | |
Christian Socialist | J A Harper | 1,480 | 3.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 18.0 | +6.0 | |||
Turnout | 75.3 | -11.0 | |||
Liberal National hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Sir George Ernest Schuster | 28,720 | 57.1 | -0.4 | |
Labour | George Jeger | 21,562 | 42.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 7,158 | 14.2 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 75.9 | ||||
Liberal National hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1939/40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election and by the end of the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal National: Sir George Ernest Schuster
- Labour: A J Stanley[21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maj. William Thomas Wells | 28,324 | 53.9 | ||
Liberal National | Lt-Col. Sir George Ernest Schuster | 24,197 | 46.1 | ||
Majority | 4,127 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 76.2 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal National | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Wells | 36,483 | 56.0 | ||
National Liberal | Sir John Denman Barlow | 28,700 | 44.0 | ||
Majority | 7,783 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 86.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Wells | 33,556 | 52.3 | ||
Conservative | Frank Roper | 23,083 | 36.0 | ||
Liberal | Barbara Estelle Lewis | 7,517 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 10,473 | 16.3 | |||
Turnout | 83.1 |
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ Black Country History
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ Report of the Annual Conference, 1939
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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