Wolverhampton South (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Wolverhampton South Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Wolverhampton South was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[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 1918 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Charles Pelham Villiers | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1898 | John Lloyd Gibbons | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1900 | Sir Henry Norman | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Thomas Edgcumbe Hickman | Conservative | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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