Former Wolverhampton MPs
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Former Wolverhampton MPs, in no particular order include:
- Lord Wolverhampton, the first Methodist in the cabinet
- Lord Turner of Bilston
- Sir Alfred Hickman, the founder of Tarmac.
- Sir Charles Pelham Villiers, a noted free trader and the longest ever serving member of Parliament.
- Sir Thomas Bethell, a former Attorney General
- Sir Alfred Frederick Bird, from the Bird's Custard family, Conservative MP for Wolverhampton West from 1910 - 1922.
- Sir William Plowden, Liberal MP for Wolverhampton West from 1886 - 1891.
- Sir Geoffrey le Mesurier Mander of Wightwick Manor and the Mander paints family, a famous Liberal opponent of appeasement and supporter of the League of Nations. Liberal MP for Wolverhampton East from 1929 to 1945
- Brigadier General Thomas E. Hickman, MP for Wolverhampton South 1910-1918, and Bilston 1918-1922.
- Enoch Powell, Conservative maverick who made the rivers of blood speech. Conservative MP for Wolverhampton South West (UK Parliament constituency) from 1950 - 1974
- Nick Budgen Conservative eurosceptic, one of the Maastricht rebels. Conservative MP for Wolverhampton South West (UK Parliament constituency) from 1974 - 1997.
- Jenny Jones, a so called Blair Babe. Labour MP for Wolverhampton South West (UK Parliament constituency) from 1997 - 2001.
- W. J. Brown, Labour MP for Wolverhampton West from 1929 - 1931
- W. W. Whitmore
- Thomas Thorneley
- Geoffrey Kelsall, Conservative MP for Bilston from 1931 - 1935
- Maureen Hicks, Conservative MP for Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency) from 1987 - 1992
[edit] External link
- “Sir Geoffrey Mander: the last of the Midland Radicals” by Nicholas Mander
