Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Wednesbury | |
---|---|
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
1868–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | South Staffordshire |
Replaced by | Walsall North, Walsall South, West Bromwich West |
Wednesbury was a
Wednesbury became a parliamentary borough under the Reform Act 1867, taking territory that previously belonged to the constituency of South Staffordshire.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Alexander Brogden | Liberal | |
1885 | Wilson Lloyd | Conservative | |
1886 | Philip Stanhope | Liberal | |
1892 | Wilson Lloyd | Conservative | |
1895 | Walford Davis Green | Conservative | |
1906 | Clarendon Hyde | Liberal | |
1910 | John Norton-Griffiths
|
Conservative | |
1918 | Alfred Short | Labour | |
1931 | Viscount Ednam | Conservative | |
1932 | John Banfield
|
Labour | |
1945 | Stanley Evans | Labour | |
1957 | John Stonehouse | Labour Co-operative
| |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Boundaries
1868–1885: The parishes of Wednesbury, West Bromwich, and Tipton.[2]
1885–1918: The parishes of Wednesbury, Tipton, and Darlaston.[3]
1918–1950: The municipal borough of Wednesbury, and the urban districts of Darlaston and Tipton.[4]
1950–1955: The municipal borough of Wednesbury, and the urban districts of Darlaston, Wednesfield and Willenhall.[5]
1955–1974: The municipal borough of Wednesbury, and the urban districts of Darlaston and Willenhall.[6]
Over its existence the constituency had five different sets of boundaries, in each case combining the town of Wednesbury with neighbouring communities and reflecting population and local government boundary changes.
The new constituency was defined in Schedule B of the
The final adjustment made was as part of a
There were widespread local government changes in the Black Country in 1966, and all the local government districts making up the constituency were abolished and their areas absorbed into neighbouring county boroughs. This was reflected when the Wednesbury constituency was abolished in 1974, with its area being divided between the seats of Walsall North (Willenhall), Walsall South (Darlaston), and West Bromwich West (Wednesbury).[10]
Elections
Election in the 1860s
The local people were inclined to vote
The nominations were made on Monday, 16 November 1868 from a wooden husting erected on the South side of the Market Place. It was a lively occasion with all space taken, including windows and housetops. There was rioting and special constables had to be sworn in. Each candidate arrived in style and made a speech. By a show of hands organised by the Returning Officer, it was decided that the election would be held on the next day.[1][12][13]
On Election Day, 300 police officers were marched into the borough, but again, there was rioting. This was the last general election at which voting was open. The state of the voting was collected hourly from the different booths by mounted messengers and announced. 10,995 voted out of 15,000 voters.[1][12][13] The result was:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Brogden | 6,129 | 56.3 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Eades Walker | 3,779 | 34.7 | ||
Independent
|
Edward Kenealy | 969 | 8.9 | ||
Majority | 2,350 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 10,877 | 76.2 | |||
Registered electors | 14,277 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Election in the 1870s
The second time the seat was contested was at the general election of 1874. Walker, the Conservative candidate at the previous election stood instead at East Worcestershire, where he won a seat. In his place, the Conservatives selected Richard Mills, a Darlaston Ironmaster. The result was:[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Brogden | 7,530 | 56.4 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Mills | 5,813 | 43.6 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 1,717 | 12.8 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 13,343 | 65.5 | −10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 20,357 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Elections in the 1880s
In the general election of 1880, Frederick Wootton Isaacson opposed the sitting MP. He withdrew shortly before the contest. However, his name remained on the ballot paper and he received a handful of votes:[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Brogden | 6,912 | 97.1 | +40.7 | |
Conservative | Frederick Wootton Isaacson | 207 | 2.9 | −40.7 | |
Majority | 6,705 | 94.2 | +81.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,119 | 35.5 | −30.0 | ||
Registered electors | 20,035 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +40.7 |
At the next general election in 1885, there had been large boundary changes, in particular the removal of West Bromwich to form a separate constituency. The sitting MP did not defend his seat: Brogden's liquidation had been gazetted in January 1884 due to the failure of the family business. In his place, the Liberals selected the Hon. Philip James Stanhope. The Conservatives selected Wilson Lloyd, who gained the seat for the party.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wilson Lloyd | 4,628 | 51.1 | +48.2 | |
Liberal | Philip Stanhope | 4,433 | 48.9 | −48.2 | |
Majority | 195 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,061 | 83.8 | +48.3 | ||
Registered electors | 10,808 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +48.2 |
Early in 1886,
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Philip Stanhope | 4,883 | 53.6 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Wilson Lloyd | 4,221 | 46.4 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 662 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,104 | 84.2 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,808 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.7 |
Elections in the 1890s
The same two candidates fought the 1892 general election, with a narrow victory for the Conservatives with a majority of sixty votes:[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wilson Lloyd | 4,986 | 50.3 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Philip Stanhope | 4,926 | 49.7 | -3.9 | |
Majority | 60 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,912 | 88.5 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,201 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.9 |
In 1895, there were two new candidates. The Conservatives selected: Walford Davis Green, a barrister and grandson of Thomas Davis, ironmaster of Hill Top, while the Liberals chose Charles Roberts. Green retained the seat for the Conservatives. The result was:[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walford Davis Green | 4,924 | 51.0 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 4,733 | 49.0 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 191 | 2.0 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,657 | 89.0 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,855 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Elections in the 1900s
The
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walford Davis Green | 4,733 | 50.9 | -0.1 | |
Liberal | Enoch Horton | 4,558 | 49.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 175 | 1.8 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,291 | 78.4 | -10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,856 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 |
At the 1906 general election, Green retired and in his place, the Conservatives nominated Alfred Bird, head of the manufacturers of Bird's Custard to defend the seat. The Liberals nominated Clarendon Hyde, a businessman, as their candidate. The Liberals polled well throughout the country, and they won a large majority in the House of Commons. Wednesbury was one of the seats the party gained from the Conservatives, and Hyde won a majority of 944 votes.[16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Clarendon Hyde | 6,150 | 54.2 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Alfred Bird | 5,206 | 45.8 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 944 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,356 | 89.8 | +15.4 | ||
Registered electors | 12,639 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.1 |
Elections in the 1910s
A general election was next held in January 1910: the sitting Liberal MP was opposed by a new Unionist candidate,
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Norton-Griffiths
|
6,636 | 52.4 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | Clarendon Hyde | 6,040 | 47.6 | -6.6 | |
Majority | 596 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,676 | 94.0 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.6 |
The result of the general election in January 1910 was inconclusive and another general election was held in December. Norton-Griffiths retained the seat for the Unionist Party against a new Liberal opponent, with an increased majority.[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Norton-Griffiths
|
6,423 | 53.0 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Herbert Arthur Baker | 5,691 | 47.0 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 732 | 6.0 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,114 | 89.9 | -4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 |
The next general election was delayed by the
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Short | 11,341 | 49.8 | New | |
C | Unionist
|
Archibald White Maconochie | 10,464 | 45.9 | -7.1 |
Liberal | Robert Leveson Gower Simpson | 988 | 4.3 | -42.7 | |
Majority | 877 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,793 | 66.2 | -23.7 | ||
Registered electors | 34,415 | ||||
Unionist
|
Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
At the next general election in
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Short | 16,087 | 50.2 | +0.4 | |
Unionist
|
Herbert Williams | 15,982 | 49.8 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 105 | 0.4 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 32,069 | 85.5 | +19.3 | ||
Registered electors | 37,501 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Although the Unionist Party won an overall majority in 1922, another general election was held at the end of 1923. This followed the resignation of Prime Minister Bonar Law in May 1923 and concerns over unemployment and protectionism. The new Conservative Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin called a general election for December 1923.
The same two candidates contested the constituency, and Short held the seat comfortably as the Labour Party saw an increase in votes.[24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Short | 17,810 | 51.5 | +1.3 | |
Unionist
|
Herbert Williams | 16,791 | 48.5 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 1,019 | 3.0 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 34,601 | 88.7 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 39,024 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
The 1923 general election resulted in a hung parliament. Following the collapse of a short-lived minority Labour government, another general election was held in October 1924.
The Unionists chose a new candidate, Benjamin Garnet Lampard-Vachell, an international hockey player. Despite a drop in the Labour vote, Short held the seat by a slim majority.[26]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Short | 18,170 | 50.5 | −1.0 | |
Unionist
|
Benjamin Lampard-Vachell | 17,832 | 49.5 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 338 | 1.0 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 36,002 | 89.9 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 40,035 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.0 |
The next general election was held in May 1929. Four candidates were nominated: the sitting MP, Alfred Short for
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Short | 22,420 | 50.1 | −0.4 | |
Unionist
|
Harold Rubin | 17,089 | 38.1 | −11.4 | |
Liberal | John Henry Stockdale | 5,249 | 11.7 | New | |
Workers | Thomas Gee | 61 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 5,331 | 12.0 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,819 | 89.7 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 49,971 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Elections in the 1930s
The 1929 general election led to a short-lived
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Viscount Ednam | 25,000 | 54.5 | +16.4 | |
Labour | Alfred Short | 20,842 | 45.5 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 4,158 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,842 | 89.0 | -0.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +15.0 |
Ednam only served as the Member of Parliament for Wednesbury for about eight months: on 29 June 1932 his father died and he inherited the title of
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Banfield
|
21,977 | 54.7 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Rex Davis | 18,198 | 45.3 | -9.2 | |
Majority | 3,779 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,175 | 78.0 | -11.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.2 |
The next general election was held in November 1935. The National Government candidate was the Rev. Herbert Dunnico, a former Labour Party MP, who had lost his seat in 1931 after which he switched to supporting the government. Banfield held the seat for Labour with a reduced majority.[33]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Banfield
|
22,683 | 53.3 | -1.4 | |
National Labour | Herbert Dunnico | 19,883 | 46.7 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 2,800 | 6.6 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,566 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 |
Election in the 1940s
Following the outbreak of the
The Labour Party selected: Stanley Evans, a Birmingham-born industrialist, to defend the seat. His only opponent was Sebastian Earl, a champion rower and member of the National Labour Organisation.[34] National Labour dissolved itself in June 1945, and Earl stood as a "National" candidate supporting the minority Conservative administration of Winston Churchill. The election resulted in a landslide Labour victory, and Evans was elected with a majority of nearly 16,000 votes.[35]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Evans | 29,909 | 68.2 | +14.9 | |
National Labour | Sebastian Earl | 13,974 | 31.8 | -14.9 | |
Majority | 15,935 | 36.4 | +29.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,883 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +14.9 |
Elections in the 1950s
The next general election was held in 1950. Evans was opposed by both Conservative and Liberal candidates. Henry Wilkins, a managing director of Wilkins & Mitchell Limited, washing machine manufacturers of Darlaston, was the Conservative candidate. The Liberals nominated J Bowker, a land agent and former chairman of the Worcestershire Liberal Federation. The constituency's boundaries had been considerably altered, and Evans held the redrawn seat with a similar majority to the one that he had achieved in 1945.[36]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Evans | 33,215 | 55.85 | ||
Conservative | Henry Ravenscroft Wilkins | 17,761 | 29.87 | ||
Liberal | Ronald James Bowker | 8,494 | 14.28 | New | |
Majority | 15,454 | 25.98 | |||
Turnout | 59,470 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The 1950 general election resulted in a Labour government with a very slim majority in the House of Commons. In October 1951, the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, called a general election seeking to increase his party's majority.
At Wednesbury, there was straight fight between Labour and the Conservatives, who nominated the same candidates as in the previous year. Evans was re-elected with a reduced majority.[37][38]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Evans | 35,196 | 60.51 | ||
Conservative | Henry Ravenscroft Wilkins | 22,971 | 39.49 | ||
Majority | 12,225 | 21.02 | |||
Turnout | 58,167 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The 1951 general election, resulted in a Conservative government under the leadership of Winston Churchill. In April 1955, Anthony Eden succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister, and he called a general election in the following month.
There were once again two candidates at Wednesbury. The sitting Labour Party MP, Stanley Evans was opposed by Ronald Hall, a divisional inspector for the West Midlands Gas Board, running for the Conservative Party. Evans retained the seat, which had substantially changed boundaries.[39]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Evans | 26,064 | 60.4 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | Ronald Edgar Hall | 17,120 | 39.6 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 8,944 | 20.8 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,184 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
In November 1956, there was a
Stonehouse held the seat for Labour with an increased majority.[47]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
John Stonehouse | 22,235 | 62.17 | +1.77 | |
Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 9,999 | 27.96 | -11.64 | |
Independent
|
Michael Wade | 3,529 | 9.87 | New | |
Majority | 12,236 | 34.21 | +13.41 | ||
Turnout | 35,763 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing |
The next general election was held in October 1959. The Conservative government, now under the leadership of Harold Macmillan, was re-elected with an increased majority. At Wednesbury, there was a three-way contest with Stonehouse holding the seat for Labour against the Conservative candidate Ernest Knight, Chairman of the West Midlands Conservative Teachers' Association, and Francis Wilmott, an industrialist standing for the Liberal Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
John Stonehouse | 24,157 | 52.1 | -8.3 | |
Conservative | Ernest Knight | 17,464 | 37.7 | -1.9 | |
Liberal | Francis B Wilmott | 4,780 | 10.3 | New | |
Majority | 6,683 | 14.4 | -6.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,401 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
The next general election was held in October 1964. Macmillan had resigned from the premiership in October 1963, and his successor, Alec Douglas-Home, failed to win the election for the Conservatives. The Labour Party under Harold Wilson won a narrow majority, returning Labour to government after thirteen years in opposition.
John Stonehouse faced a straight fight with the Conservative candidate David Harman, an electrical engineer and member of
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
John Stonehouse | 23,473 | 53.7 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | David Michael Harman | 20,251 | 46.4 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 3,222 | 7.3 | -7.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,724 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing |
Wilson called a general election in March 1966 in an attempt to secure a larger majority. He succeeded, and the Labour Party were comfortably re-elected. At Wednesbury, the same two candidates fought the election, and Stonehouse saw his majority more than double.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
John Stonehouse | 26,041 | 58.9 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | David Michael Harman | 18,213 | 41.2 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 7,828 | 17.7 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,254 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing |
Election in the 1970s
The next general election was held in June 1970: the Conservatives under Edward Heath defeated the Labour government. At Wednesbury, the same two candidates fought for a third time. Stonehouse held the seat with a reduced majority.[49]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op
|
John Stonehouse | 23,998 | 53.8 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | David Michael Harman | 20,627 | 46.2 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 3,371 | 7.6 | -10.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,265 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold
|
Swing |
The constituency was abolished prior to the next election in February 1974. Stonehouse was subsequently elected MP for Walsall North which included part of the abolished seat.
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