Birmingham Acock's Green (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Birmingham Acock's Green Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1945 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Birmingham Acock's Green was a short-lived constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
Before 1945 the area formed part of the Birmingham Moseley constituency. That division had over 100,000 electors and was considered to be overlarge. As an interim measure, before the Boundary Commission for England carried out the first periodic review of Parliamentary boundaries, it was authorised by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 (7 & 8 Geo. 6, c. 41) to divide the largest constituencies.
The new constituency comprised the then Birmingham City Council wards of Acock's Green and Hall Green.
In the first periodic review, which was given effect by the Representation of the People Act 1948 (which applied from the United Kingdom general election, 1950), Acock's Green became part of Birmingham Yardley and Hall Green gave its name to the new seat of Birmingham Hall Green.
[edit] Member of Parliament
- Constituency created (1945)
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1945 | Henry Usborne | Labour | |
- Constituency abolished (1950)
[edit] Election
| General Election 1945: Birmingham Acock's Green | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Henry Usborne | 19,951 | 49.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | A.T. Maxwell | 15,797 | 39.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal | W.P. Hamsher | 4,546 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,154 | 10.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 55,880 | 72.1 | N/A | ||
| Labour gain from new seat | Swing | N/A | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Revised edition - Macmillan Press 1977)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
