Birmingham Bordesley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Birmingham Bordesley Borough constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Birmingham Bordesley was a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency, which returned one member to Parliament. It was created upon the abolition of the multi-member Birmingham seat in 1885 and abolished in 1918.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

Before 1885 the city of Birmingham, in the county of Warwickshire, had been a three-member constituency (see Birmingham (UK Parliament constituency) for further details). Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the parliamentary borough of Birmingham was split into seven single-member divisions, one of which was Birmingham Bordesley.

The division was located in the south-east corner of the city, within its boundaries in 1885. To the west was Birmingham South, to the north Birmingham East, to the east Tamworth and to the south East Worcestershire.

In the 1918 redistribution of parliamentary seats, the Representation of the People Act 1918 provided for twelve new Birmingham divisions. The Bordesley division was abolished.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1885)

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Broadhurst	Liberal/Labour
	1886	Jesse Collings	Liberal Unionist
	1912		Conservative

• Constituency abolished (1918)

Note: Broadhurst was an official Liberal MP who, as a leading Trade Unionist, was known as a Liberal/Labour politician. He was Secretary of the Trades Union Congress Parliamentary Committee (equivalent to the later office of General Secretary of the TUC) 1876-1885 and 1886-1890.

[edit] Election results

Explanatory notes:-

• The votes figure in the 'Turnout' box is the number of registered electors.
• For the purposes of % change and swing calculations, Liberal-Labour and Liberal candidates are considered to belong to the same party as are Conservative and Liberal Unionist candidates. Positive swing is towards the Conservative/Liberal Unionist candidate and negative swing is towards the Liberal-Labour/Liberal candidate. No swing figure is calculated unless the same two parties are in first and second place in both the present and the last election.

General Election 1885: Birmingham Bordesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	Henry Broadhurst	5,362	57.2	N/A
	Conservative	W. Showell	4,019	42.8	N/A
Majority			1,343	14.4	N/A
Turnout			11,178	83.9	N/A
	Lib-Lab gain from new seat		Swing	N/A

General Election 1886: Birmingham Bordesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Jesse Collings	4,475	81.1	+38.3
	Liberal	L. Tait	1,040	18.9	-38.3
Majority			3,435	62.2	N/A
Turnout			11,178	49.3	-34.6
	Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab		Swing	+38.3

General Election 1892: Birmingham Bordesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Jesse Collings	6,380	70.6	-10.5
	Lib-Lab	W.J. Davis	2,658	29.4	+10.5
Majority			3,722	41.2	-21.0
Turnout			12,876	70.2	+20.9
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-10.5

General Election 1895: Birmingham Bordesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Rt. Hon. Jesse Collings	6,004	73.6	+3.0
	Liberal	William Cook	2,154	26.4	-3.0
Majority			3,850	47.2	+6.0
Turnout			13,824	59.0	-11.2
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+3.0

General Election 1900: Birmingham Bordesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Rt. Hon. Jesse Collings	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1906: Birmingham Bordesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Rt. Hon. Jesse Collings	7,763	66.1	N/A
	Labour	John Bruce Glasier	3,976	33.9	N/A
Majority			3,787	32.2	N/A
Turnout			16,653	70.5	N/A
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election January 1910: Birmingham Bordesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Rt. Hon. Jesse Collings	9,021	72.3	+6.2
	Labour	F. Hughes	3,453	27.7	-6.2
Majority			5,568	44.6	+12.4
Turnout			17,358	71.9	+1.4
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+6.2

General Election December 1910: Birmingham Bordesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Rt. Hon. Jesse Collings	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

[edit] References

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)