Wolverhampton East (UK Parliament constituency)
Wolverhampton East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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1885–1950 | |
Number of 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.
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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.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Wolverhampton wards of St James, St Mary, and St Peter, and the civil parishes of Wednesfield and Willenhall.
1918-1950: The County Borough of Wolverhampton wards of St James's, St Mary's, and St Peter's, and the Urban Districts of Short Heath, Wednesfield, Wednesfield Heath, and Willenhall.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Henry Fowler | Liberal | |
1908 by-election | George Rennie Thorne | Liberal | |
1929 | Geoffrey Mander | Liberal | |
1945 | John Baird | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 7,660 | 51.8 | ||
National Democratic |
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7,138 | 48.2 | ||
Majority | 522 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 48.6 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 11,577 | 45.9 | -5.9 | |
Unionist | Charles Henry Pinson | 9,410 | 37.3 | n/a | |
Labour | William Thomas Augustus Foot | 3,076 | 12.2 | n/a | |
National Liberal | Rev. James A Shaw | 1,169 | 4.6 | -43.6 | |
Majority | 2,167 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 80.4 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | unopposed | n/a | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 11,066 | 42.1 | ||
Unionist | Sir Thomas Joseph Strangman | 10,013 | 38.1 | ||
Labour | D Rowland Williams | 5,188 | 19.8 | ||
Majority | 1,053 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 80.6 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander | 15,391 | 44.8 | +2.7 | |
Unionist | Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn | 10,163 | 29.5 | -8.6 | |
Labour | D Rowland Williams | 8,840 | 25.7 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 5,228 | 15.3 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 81.5 | +0.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander | 14,945 | 44.1 | -0.7 | |
Conservative | Maj. A T Waters-Taylor | 12,628 | 37.2 | +7.7 | |
Labour | John Smith | 6,340 | 18.7 | -7.0 | |
Majority | 2,317 | 6.9 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 78.6 | -2.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander | 15,935 | 48.5 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | J Brockhouse | 11,935 | 36.3 | -0.9 | |
Labour | H E Lane | 4,985 | 15.2 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 4,000 | 12.2 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 73.3 | -5.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Elections in the 1940s
A General election was due to take place before the end of 1940, but was postponed due to the Second World War. By 1939, the following candidates had been selected to contest this constituency;
- Liberal: Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander
- Conservative:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Baird | 17,763 | 47.7 | +32.5 | |
Liberal | Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander | 11,206 | 30.1 | -18.4 | |
Conservative | William Francis Cuthbert Garthwaite | 8,266 | 22.2 | -14.1 | |
Majority | 6,557 | 17.6 | |||
Turnout | 73.3 | n/c | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
See also
- List of Members of Parliament for Wolverhampton
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wolverhampton
References
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in Wolverhampton
- Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county) (historic)
- Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950